The husband's son-in-law

"Are you leaving? If you don't mind, I just took the child into the city to buy salt..."

The old man talked enthusiastically and made gestures.Rong Ye's servant, that is, the old man named Lao Zhong, if the young master hadn't said it last night, he would have misunderstood that the old man wanted to borrow their car to go all the way, but now he doesn't think so.

The family heard that they came to Zhaozhou to look for Li Zhouzhou, and they killed chickens to entertain them.

The old man wanted to show the family the way, so don't go in the wrong direction.

"Thank you." Old Zhong thanked him and left the silver for him, but the other party put it away if he didn't want it, then turned his head and said to his grandson, "I'll go to harness the car, you help the young master out, be careful not to touch it."

"Understood, Grandpa." Grandson Zhong Qi hurriedly went to the back room.

Seeing that the little grandson is small and thin, the son of the old man's family wanted to help such a big young master immediately, but Zhong Qi hurriedly said no, he did it.

"It's real? Then be careful, don't fall." The man didn't touch it, but he was puzzled and whispered to the people in his house, "They are all big men, so protect them tightly."

His wife didn't speak. The old lady was carrying a bamboo basket, leading her grandson, and said first: "The young master who went to Boss Li, look at the delicate skin and tender flesh. You have nothing heavy in your hands. It's made by chopping firewood and planting the land. It's not good to serve people, it's already hurt, don't help it."

Hearing this, the man looked at the back. He was dressed in such a hot day, and he looked like he was from the north. His exposed hands and neck were whiter and tenderer than the tofu bought at his house. They were indeed different.

Zhong Qi helped the young master into the carriage.

Rong Ye had a fever all the time, and he was in a half-awake and half-comatose state. When he woke up, the pain and heat on his body were indistinguishable, and he didn't feel anything. He would sit in the carriage and be in a half-awake state. Hearing Lao Zhong's words I can go.

It took more than half a day to arrive in Zhaozhou.

"Old Zhong, let the child get in the car." Rong Ye leaned against the car wall and said weakly.

"It doesn't get in the way, it doesn't get in the way, let's just walk over." The old man refused, but finally let his grandson get into the car and sit down, instead of sitting in the car, he just sat on the frame.

Old Zhong jumped down and led the horse. Zhong Qi sat with the child.

"It's a long way for you to go into the city. I'm afraid you won't be able to come back in the afternoon? It's not safe to walk at night." Old Zhong said to the old woman.

The old man said in local language: "If we go there for a long time, on weekdays Mao Mao will go, I will walk for a while and rest for a while, and then I will carry him in a basket and walk slowly. If I drive a car, it will be fast. At noon arrive."

"That's fast." Old Zhong said.Compared with the twists and turns all the way from Beijing to the south, this half-day journey is already fast.

The old man laughed and said: "There was no cement road before. My family went there once a year and bought salt and vinegar, enough to last for a year. Since Mr. Gu repaired the cement road, the road is flat and easy to walk. It goes straight all the way without detours. When it’s hot, my family likes to visit Zhaozhou from time to time, and if I can’t come back in time, I’ll rest in the city for one night.”

Lao Zhong didn't ask about the accommodation. Looking at the living conditions of the old man's family, the weather is hot and he must find a shelter in the city to rest for one night, and then get up and go out of the city the next day.

"In Chinese New Year, there is a Lantern Festival in Zhaozhou. The whole family went to Zhaozhou to watch the Lantern Festival. They gritted their teeth and had a good time. They spent ten yuan to stay for one night..."

When the little grandson in the car heard his grandfather talking about the Lantern Festival, he wanted to drool and yelled, "Sugar, sugar."

"I'll buy it for you when I go back to the city, greedy Mao Mao." The old man smiled and coaxed his grandson.

The little grandson smiled happily with his fingers in his mouth.

Rong Ye was sitting in the carriage, and when he was dazed with fever, he listened to the voice of the old man outside, talking about the road in Zhaozhou and the goods in Zhaozhou. When he arrived in Beijing, at the palace banquet, his brother-in-law, now Emperor Tianshun, looked at him playfully...

"Master, Master."

Rong Ye woke up from the dream, sweating all over, but cold.In the narrow compartment, he suddenly felt that he didn't know where he was. The noise outside and the chime of the bell pulled him back to reality.

He has arrived in Zhaozhou.

Rong Ye lifted the curtain, and in the distance was the dilapidated city gate, which was neither as grand as the Jingli city gate, nor even as good as the Mozhou city gate——

Is this Zhaozhou?

Is it Zhaozhou, which is touted by all those merchants?

"Master, we're here." Zhong Qi knelt on the frame and lifted the curtain, and asked how the young master was doing, and if he wanted to take a rest before entering the city.

Rong Ye was in a daze, and he didn't know what to say. When he regained consciousness, their carriage had already entered Zhaozhou. It was the streets of Zhaozhou City, the concrete road, the sound of hawking, the shops hung with streamer silk and yelling. There are coconuts.

When Zhong Qi saw the girl walking on the street, he covered his eyes in fright, not knowing where to look.

Why do people here dress like this, like this——

"We're here." The old man got out of the car with Maomao in his arms, pointed in the direction and said, "Where to go, when you get to Baishan Street, just ask anyone and you will know where Li Mansion is..."

"Okay, thank you, brother, for your guidance." Old Zhong cupped his hands and thanked him.

The old man waved his hands indifferently, carried a bamboo basket on his back, and left with his little grandson in his arms. He still needed to buy salt, vinegar, sauce, some coconut candies, and a headband for his daughter. The two daughters-in-law Can't fall...

"Grandpa, grandpa, Mao Mao wants to eat candy."

"I'll buy it for you later."

"Grandpa, that grandpa stuffed me with this just now, and said to buy candy for Maomao." Maomao spread out his tightly clenched little hands, holding a small piece of silver in his palm.

The old man was frightened, and quickly covered it, and then looked around for the carriage of his family, but the shadow of the carriage had long since disappeared, and he couldn't catch up in time, he only knew that he was going to Li Mansion.

He was just given this tael of silver, but he didn't want it, the young master in this carriage is a distinguished guest of Li Mansion, how could he accept the silver.The old man immediately hugged his grandson, don't buy anything, first went to Li Mansion to have a look, and returned the money to him.

The grandpa and grandson walked over and came slowly.

A navy blue and dusty carriage stopped in front of Li Mansion's gate first.

"The young master is here." Zhong Qi whispered into the carriage.

After waiting for a while without any movement, Zhong Qi knew something was wrong. It was like this all the way. The young master always had a fever, and the person who had the fever was confused. ,like a statue.

"Grandpa, grandpa."

Old Zhong was very frightened when he saw this, he didn't care to hide it, and said: "Go and knock on the door of Li Mansion, and tell us that we are from the Rong family in Jingli, and beg them to find a doctor for the young master first."

Zhong Qi hurriedly got off the carriage, stumbled because of his haste, not caring about his broken knee bleeding, limped and quickly went up to the gate of Li Mansion and knocked on the door.

"Who are you looking for?" The gatekeeper of Li's mansion never watched people order food, and when he saw people dressed as servants anxious, he hurriedly said: "But what do you need to ask my master?"

"We belong to the Rong family in Beijing. My young master is in a coma, please help us from the Li Mansion." Zhong Qi cried and said anxiously.

At noon, the four members of Li Fu's family were sitting together for a meal. It was rare for Fu Bao to take a day off from practicing at school, because his father said that after dinner, he would take him to the official arena on horseback to practice in the afternoon, which was no better than at school. powerful?

Familiarize yourself with the track in advance.

Master Gu said categorically, with a look of "Who made Li Zhaoxi my son, let you take advantage", but Fu Bao was taken aback, and immediately went to school without making a fuss in the morning. After practicing calligraphy and homework in the morning, he obediently ate lunch , just waiting to go to the stadium in the afternoon.

Butler Zhou hurried in now, it was not good to disturb the master's meal.

"What's the matter?" Li Zhouzhou asked, knowing that there was no rush, it was impossible for Butler Zhou to come here.

Butler Zhou said: "Boss, a carriage came outside the door. It is said to be from Jingli Rong's family. His young master has a fever. Seeing the danger, he begged to see the boss."

"The Rong family?" Li Zhouzhou knew about the Rong family in Beijing. He sold stewed ducks in Beijing that day. When he set the price, he was surprised and sighed that he was a big family in Beijing because the second-class maid of the Rong family wanted two taels of silver for rouge and gouache. The consumption determines the price.

But he knew about the Rong family, but he had never been in contact with any young master of the Rong family.

At that time, Xianggong was in Hanlin, and he was a businessman. In a place like Beijing, their family was not as high as the Rong family, and they couldn't even step into the gate of the Rong family.This is the reality portal.

Not to mention that today, the eldest daughter of the previous generation of the Rong family is the current Queen Mother, and the third daughter of this generation is the current queen. The Rong family has all occupied the position of the most honorable woman in the world.

"Invite people into the mansion first, and place them in the front courtyard." Gu Zhao ordered after thinking about it.

Li Zhouzhou added: "Doctor Oda, please come and see."

Regardless of whether he is the serious young master of the Rong family in Beijing or not, people are begging to come to the door now. According to Steward Zhou, when a person's life is at stake, he should help him first, and then talk about it after he has something to say.

"Let's eat first. I'm thinking that even if it's the Rong family in Beijing, it won't be the main family. I'm afraid it's a side branch, and I won't be able to survive—" Gu Zhao got stuck halfway.

Nowadays, the aristocratic families, especially the good ones in the main family, have more spare money and status. If the branch and other families can't live on, they must go to the main house in the autumn wind. Where can someone go all the way to Zhaozhou with injuries? go to -

"Did Zhou Ming just say that the young master of the Rong family defected to Zhou Zhou?"

Mr. Gu's mind was connected for a moment, but after asking, he gave it to the card owner again. Zhou Zhou of his family knew that he would never know someone with the surname Rong. Just people who don't matter.

But why would an insignificant person come all the way to Zhaozhou to find Zhou Zhou?

So it came back again.Gu Zhao: ...

Li Zhouzhou was also curious.

Now I can't eat anymore.

"I said that I will take you to the game in the afternoon. It will definitely not change. If the sky is under the knife, we will not go. If the knife is really under the knife, you will not be able to kick the ball." Gu Zhao said to Li Zhaoxi who couldn't sit still on the opposite side.

Fu Bao said: "Father, I'm not so worried, I'm just curious, is this someone from Beijing?"

"I haven't seen anyone from Jingli yet."

Gu Zhao: ...

"People in Jingli are just like us, with two eyes and one nose, and whoever said you haven't seen it."

"Father, I almost can't remember what Dabai and Sister Yingniang looked like. I only remember that Sister Yingniang's clothes are beautiful and shiny." Fu Bao said.

Children have deep memories of bright colors when they were young.

Gu Zhao said: "Then do you want to play football, or watch the people in Beijing?"

"Guests in Beijing are injured and need to rest in peace. Fufu will not bother you." Li Zhaoxi decisively chose the former. The guests have already arrived at his house. When do you want to see it, why worry?

A lunch was full of doubts and ended hastily.

When Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao got up to go to the front yard, before Xiao Tian arrived, Housekeeper Zhou settled them down. There was an old man and a child, they were grandpa and grandson. The young master was carried into the bed. It's just that when it was his turn to wash and clean himself, both the grandpa and grandson stopped him.

"If you are worried, why don't you take care of it yourself?" Butler Zhou didn't say anything angry. Someone from Beijing must be more disciplined than them.

Unexpectedly, the two also shook their heads.

"It's so hot, you can't let your young master wake up and wipe himself off?" Butler Zhou wondered.

Old Zhong didn't speak, but Zhong Qi was still young and couldn't hide the matter, and he looked right.Steward Zhou was shocked immediately, what kind of burnt man was this man, why did he ask the young master to scrub it himself when he woke up?

What kind of Jingli rules is this?

Butler Zhou didn't understand, but he didn't insist.When the adults and the boss arrived to ask about the situation, Steward Zhou explained in detail, where the people settled down, the hot water was boiled, and the meals were being cooked, but Dr. Oda hadn't come yet, "...it was this servant who faltered and fumbled in the way." , don’t let the girl in the mansion help his young master change his clothes and scrub, I see that the clothes are thick, and they are almost gone from burning.”

It was hot to the touch, his face was pale, and he was not very angry.

Gu Zhao was also confused, but Li Zhouzhou thought that if he didn't want outsiders to serve him, then there must be something on him——

Oda is here.

We entered the courtyard house together.It's not midsummer now, but it's almost the end of May. For Zhaozhou, that's summer. According to rumors, the young master of the Rong family is lying on the bed with a thin quilt covering his body, and his clothes are tightly wrapped Reality.

Refer to the dressing method of noble men in Beijing.

Gu Zhao: ... Doesn't this person have a fever?

"Open the window for ventilation and bring some cold water." Gu Zhao told his servants.

Xiaotian stepped forward to take the pulse, said that the weak pulse was very dangerous, and asked if it was caused by an injury on his body, and said that he wanted to undress to check, but the two servants who came with him didn't go to eat and rest, so they rushed over in a daze, saying that it couldn't be done, they had to wait Let's talk when the young master wakes up.

Gu Zhao: ...not allowed to undress.

"Do you want the young master not to undress, or just leave your life here?" Gu Zhao asked.

The old servant was in tears but could not say anything.Li Zhouzhou saw that the old man was distressed, so he said: "Sir, take someone out first, I'll ask."

In fact, Gu Zhaolue guessed it slightly, so he nodded and took the person away first.

As soon as the door was closed, only Li Zhouzhou and his servant, grandfather and grandson, were left.Li Zhouzhou didn't come to say polite words, and the person on the bed was in danger, so he asked, "Is there something difficult about your young master?"

"I'm Li Zhouzhou. Your young master said he was looking for me. Now that I'm here, he didn't see me at a glance. You don't want your young master to just disappear. You didn't see me before you died, do you?"

The old servant cried immediately. He looked at the comatose and unpopular young master on the bed, and at Li Zhouzhou, this Boss Li, "You, are you brother?"

"I'm."

"My young master, my young master is also a brother." Lao Zhong knelt down and cried bitterly, "Master, he has been wronged, he has suffered a great wrong..."

Let's talk about the grievance later, saving people is the most important thing.

"You guys go out. I'll scrub him and change his clothes first, and call Xiao Tian in. This man is sick and dying. How can he care about these things?" Li Zhouzhou's voice softened, but it made the grandparents and grandsons who were walking in fear Relieved, "You guys go, take a rest."

"I see that your grandson's leg is injured, and there is blood in his knee, so deal with it quickly, and don't fall into trouble at a young age."

Afterwards, Li Zhouzhou changed Rong Ye's clothes on the bed by himself. When he unbuttoned the other party's robe, the other party obviously passed out, but he was able to hold his arm when he undid his coat.

"I know you are brother, and so am I. If you die, you will really die. You took such a breath and came to Zhaozhou with serious injuries. Could it be that you want to die in Zhaozhou?"

The hand loosened.

"I'm Li Zhouzhou. I'll scrub and change your clothes first. The doctor will come and see you later."

After Li Zhouzhou finished speaking, he untied his clothes. He was very strong, and it was not troublesome to turn over and scrub alone, but when he saw the back of Mr. Rong, he was shocked.

The wounds were densely packed with whip wounds, the wounds were deep, and the flesh was ripped open, unlike ordinary whips, it must have been thorned.The wounds are not completely healed, some of them are pus...

"Xiaotian, come in quickly." Li Zhouzhou stripped him naked, leaving only a pair of obscene trousers, turned him over and lay on his stomach, with a thin quilt covering his waist.

The grandparent and grandson are also confused, with such serious back injuries, why don't they say anything, and let them lie down and sleep?

Xiaotian came in with a medicine kit, and was surprised when he saw the wound, "This injury is terrible, it has become like this, it needs to be scraped clean before applying medicine, otherwise it will be painful."

"Scrape." Li Zhouzhou said.

Oda asked if there was any cork, and he had to stuff it in his mouth, fearing that it would hurt for a while, he bit off his tongue in a coma, but there was no cork, so he wrapped it in a towel, ordered spirits, and roasted a knife.

"Brother Zhou Zhou, hold him down, don't let him move around."

"Success, I'll do it, you just clean the wound."

When Xiaotian started to move the knife, Li Zhouzhou looked at other parts of Master Rong, except for some thin calluses on the writing area, his hands were really white and delicate.

Pampered young master, how could he bear this pain.

Sure enough, when the knife went down, the unconscious Young Master Rong woke up, but he didn't make a sound, if it wasn't for the trembling of his arm, Li Zhouzhou doubted whether he was awake.

When the knife went down, some places were severely festered, and the scraping was deeper.

Li Zhouzhou felt pain, and the arm he was holding was shaking violently, but from the beginning to the end, except for some hissing sounds, this young master Rong really didn't cry out that he was in pain.

"If it hurts, just scream, it's nothing."

"It's okay if you don't want to shout, you can bear it if you can, Xiao Tianqing is in a hurry, and he will be fine soon."

"Are you from the Rong family? When I was in Beijing, I saw girls from your house go to the street to buy rouge and powder."

"It seems that I also encountered it when I went to the hot spring village in the suburbs of Beijing before. I don't know if it was you. The carriage broke down..."

Li Zhouzhou talked about some small things. All he could remember was related to the Rong family, but these two things were the only things he could talk about. He was curious for a while, "We have no relationship, why did you come to Zhaozhou?"

Rong Ye, who was in a coma, naturally couldn't hear him when he asked.

Li Zhouzhou said this to help Rong Ye distract, "Since you are coming to Zhaozhou, you must be curious about us in Zhaozhou. When you recover from your injury and wake up, I will take you for a stroll, Zhaozhou The fruit is delicious..."

the other end.

Gu Zhao thought too much, caught the old servant who was anxiously waiting at the door, asked a few words, and then got out. The young master of the Rong family was called Rong Ye, and his name was familiar, so let's not mention it for the time being.

Hearing that he was kicked out of Beijing by the Rong family except for the genealogy list.

Gu Zhao was afraid that this person was a criminal minister, or committed some serious crime.He asked the servants, but the Rong family in Beijing was in bad luck and was ransacked and exiled. Your young master sneaked out.The servant was so frightened that he didn't reply for a while.

That's not the downfall of the Rong family.

Gu Zhao wasn't very curious, as long as he wasn't a criminal, it would be fine. In fact, if he really committed a crime, with the current prosperity of the Rong family, it's not easy for a noble son like Rong Ye to protect him. .

The Rong family is fine, but this young master is the one who has something to do, and he was expelled from the genealogy - this is a big deal nowadays, for a large family, being expelled from the genealogy is more humiliating and tragic than being killed.

"Zhou Zhou, how long do you have inside? Fu Bao should go to the stadium." Gu Zhao asked inside through the door.

Li Zhouzhou sounded a little vague and said: "Master, there is still a while, there are too many wounds, you should take Fubao first."

"... Let's do it." Gu Zhao was reluctant, but he promised Fu Bao to go, and he couldn't miss the appointment, so he wanted him to send someone there, and his father would pick up Fu Bao in the afternoon.

Rong Ye in it is half dead now, but it still needs to be read.

Gu Zhao murmured in his heart and went to the backyard. Young Master Rong had a sickly face that could hardly be concealed, but no matter how good-looking he was, he was not as good-looking as him—he suddenly remembered who this person was.

Beijing had boasted before that Rong Ye, the Fourth Young Master, was so stunningly beautiful.

"Fufulai, look at Dad."

Fu Bao is called Fu Fu by his father, he is a jerk, he can't be well-behaved, look at his father carefully - although he doesn't understand, but he should listen first and listen first.

"How does your father look?"

Fu Bao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's pretty!"

"You have vision, you are not bad."

Li Zhaoxi was happy, of course.

Master Gu was happy, and patted the child's head, "Go get the ball, Dad will take you there on horseback, but today there are guests, I have to leave early, I won't be with you for long, grandpa will pick you up this afternoon."

"Know!"

Li Da saw that the two of them were about to go out, so they said together, "You should come back early and watch, I'm still worried." Don't be a trouble to this Beijinger?

Gu Zhao knew what his father was afraid of, and said in an understatement tone: "It's just a shabby household who was driven out by the mansion. It's nothing important, and it won't affect our family."

"It will work, it will work." Li Da was also slightly relieved.

Out of the gate of the mansion, Gu Zhao saw a pair of grandparents and grandchildren in the alley outside their mansion kept staring at the gate of his house. Seeing him staring, he shrank back nervously and honestly. The clothes he was wearing were also from Zhaozhou locals. dress up.

"Father, I'll go, I'll be back later." Gu Zhao raised his foot and stopped him, "Old man, who are you looking for at my house?"

The old man gave a tael of silver, but when he arrived at the gate of Li Mansion, he saw the grandeur and did not dare to knock on the door, so he could only stand at a distance. Now that he heard the question, his legs were trembling with fright , first knelt down to say hello to the adults.

Gu Zhao stopped, "Don't kneel down, the old man is talking about things, but if you have something to ask, go to the mansion?"

The old man stammered to explain things, but the beginning was: there was a carriage last evening...

"Speaking of this, what are you doing at the gate of Li's Mansion? Who are you looking for?" Gu Zhaozhen was in a hurry, and had to go home after sending the children off to play football.

The old man was frightened and asked what he said.

Gu Zhao understood. He looked at the silver in the old man's hand and said, "He took it for you. Go and buy things with your grandson. If you can't go back after dark, don't just hang out in Zhaozhou City." Su, you old and young, when the time comes to knock on my door, Master Gu told me to lend me a place to sleep."

"Go."

Look how simple his people are.

Gu Zhao coaxed the grandpa and grandson to go shopping, then turned around and said to the concierge boy: "Remember the grandpa and grandson? If there is a knock on the door in the evening, let them in, just talk to housekeeper Zhou to arrange accommodation and dinner. "

The servant hurriedly nodded yes, but he secretly thought, how lucky this old man is, he ran into an adult, and he didn't have to sleep on the streets at night. He had hot water and food, and he had to serve him. This time.