The husband's son-in-law

The man was hanging from a tree.

The guards are all strong and strong men from the village, and the terrain of the village is clear, although they don't come here often - it's okay if it's too steep, it's the Nanyi territory, so it's not worth it.

But it is still possible to climb up the rocks to find strength along the small cliffs with pits and hollows.

"Captain, this man looks like a dead man." The superior shouted again.

It means that if a person dies, there is no need to bother, and if you are so careful, you can just throw it down, which is not too high.Before the team leader could answer, seeing Guanshi Meng coming from the city, he yelled in local dialect to wait for a while, and then greeted Guanshi Meng.

People in the village are not polite when they meet, they just nod and bow, but this manager Meng has always been cold-faced, and he doesn't like such polite words if he says something straightforward. Show off your might.

"When a person dies, just go up in Banla." The village head showed the way.

Meng Jianyun saw that the top of the tree protruded a little over ten feet above the ground.

"Hey, I'm still angry—"

"Not dead, not dead."

The guards above shouted in panic.

team leader:……

"Boss Meng, he's not dead yet."

Meng Jianyun heard it too, and said, "Tie it down with hemp rope at both ends, and the people below will follow."

Everyone behaved obediently, tied their shoulders, but when they were tied, the fainted 'dead corpse' person immediately moved and opened his eyes again, which made everyone jump. Someone noticed that this person's shoulder was pierced , the blood-smeared clothes can't be seen clearly.

"This, this is still alive?"

"It's really fate."

"Maybe you'll die if you carry it back."

This is true.

The face of this person is not clear, the hair is messy, there is no good part of the clothes on his body, and the exposed skin is also smeared with blood. It is impossible to see where it is hurt and where it is good. Several men held it down, trying to avoid the wound Fortunately, this person struggled a few times to the extreme and passed out again.

Finally put it down.

The people below had already prepared planks and slats, lifted the person on a flat place, and let the adults in the city look out of the way.

Meng Jianyun squatted down and took a look at this man's hair. Although his face was smeared with blood, his eyebrows were slightly raised and his nose was straight. He didn't look like a Dali man. Could it be a Nanyi spy?But the spy's injury——

"Carry it back first, and ask the doctor to look at it." Meng Jianyun said, then looked up at the top of the steep cliff, and said, "Leave a team here to watch."

There is a vacant house in the village head's house, which is reserved for the adults in the city, and it will be carried to the village head's house at this time.

The town doctor has to go to the village some times, and he will definitely not be able to make it today, when is this time.This man looked like he was going to die at any time. The village head was old, and he stumbled tremblingly when facing the adults in the city. He couldn't speak Zhaozhou dialect. After speaking it again, the young people in the village would learn it.

"Our village head said that there is a midwife in the village, do you want to find it?" The young man said something after seeing the village head after learning, and followed the translation: "There is also a midwife in the next village."

Meng Jianyun: ...

"Let's find them all."

It looks almost dead, but it can be used.

Meng Jianyun scrubbed and changed his clothes, but he couldn't find a place to untie his clothes, and there was nowhere to start. The blood was so thick that he could only find scissors to cut it. When the cutting was finished, the remaining villagers looked at him The people took a breath of air-conditioning.

This, this person is full of wounds, big and small, there is a bloody hole in the chest, the shoulder is pierced, other places are whip wounds, the kind of flesh and blood, and brand marks——

There is no good place.

"Is there any wine? Take wine and boiled water to clean the wound, first scrub the dirt and dust." Meng Jianyun now feels that this person should not be a spy.

After a while, the midwife came, and the cooking work was handed over to the midwife. When the sorceress arrived and saw the person on the bed, she said that her soul was gone, and she was in danger of dying, and then summoned her soul.

Finally on the second day, the doctor from the town came over, looked at the wound on the person lying on the bed, shook his head and said that he couldn't save it, other wounds were easy to say, the chest one was going to die.

"Prepare the carriage, put some thick bedding, and send it to Zhaozhou City." Meng Jianyun said to Zhong Shishi who brought him.

Eleven asked: "Aren't you going back to the steward?"

"I'll stay and take a look. There's something wrong with this person falling down. In case Nanyi comes looking for it again, you take the horses and chariots to Zhaozhou, and go back to the mansion and make it clear that if the lord is not here, everything will be decided by the boss."

"Yes." Eleven took people back.

Meng Jianyun didn't leave, but stayed here, patrolling the cliffs where people fell from time to time.The concrete road that Zhong Shishi drove along was not bumpy—government vehicles had rubber tires, which acted as shock absorbers.

After traveling day and night, I finally arrived at Zhaozhou City on the third day.

Zhong Shishi was afraid that the person in the car would die on the road, so he was hung with ginseng water. This person was unconscious and had a high fever, but he had no choice but to suffer.

The carriages and horses arrived in front of the gate of Li Mansion, and the gatekeeper saw the black tires, so he hurriedly sent someone to inform Steward Zhou.

"Boss, I'm back on Eleventh, and there's someone in the car."

After hearing what the butler said, Li Zhouzhou walked towards the front yard, "Doctor Xiaotian, please come here."

The main courtyard used to be where Rong Ye slept, and now it was empty to accommodate this person. When Eleven saw the boss come out to salute, Li Zhouzhou raised his hand to let him not ask about the business, and Eleven made it clear.

This person fell from Nanyi.

"This matter must not be leaked." Li Zhouzhou said to Butler Zhou.

Butler Zhou responded.

Li Zhouzhou looked at the person on the bed, this person's face had been wiped clean, his face was pale and lifeless, very thin, with lifeless purple bruises on his lips, but this person's handsome appearance could not be suppressed.

Unlike ordinary people.

Xiao Tian came quickly, Wang Wen Wen cut a set, his brows were furrowed, his face was more solemn than when he saw Rong Ye last time, and said: "Boss, I can't help this man, I'm afraid he won't survive."

"...Then let the dead horse be a living horse doctor, do your best." Li Zhouzhou asked Xiaotian to let go of the doctor.

Then you can only let go.But Xiaotian never let go of his brows, his life was in his hands, he had to clean up the 'minor injuries' elsewhere first, and the bones were broken.

"Dislocated left shoulder, broken hand."

"The person who did it was too ruthless."

Ordinary people in Xiaotian usually see a doctor for typhoid fever, infertility, or bruises and dislocations. I have never seen it. All kinds of injuries are on one person, and he has never seen it before Yes, the wound on the chest seems to be caused by some kind of weapon.

"Take a break on Eleventh and ask the two guards to come over and look at this person." Li Zhouzhou said.

I don't know if this person is good or bad, even though he was seriously injured, Li Zhouzhou didn't take it lightly, first let someone look at the handle, "Ordinary people are not allowed to enter this yard, and the maids in the house are not allowed to come here, you come in person for meals and so on."

Li Zhouzhou gave instructions to Butler Zhou.

He didn't go back to the backyard, but went to the study in the front courtyard not far away, wrote a letter quickly, and handed it to Zhongsan next to him, "You go to Xinzhou to deliver the letter to Mr. Gu."

A wounded person was sent to the front yard of the mansion, the door of the small courtyard was closed, and the news was blocked. Although the servants in the mansion were curious, every time they talked about this matter, if Steward Zhou heard about it, they would be scolded and fined. The next time I came down, no one dared to say anything.

Wage penalty!Gossip is not as important as money.

But it is so mysterious, everyone is still curious, but curious and curious in their stomachs.

Sun Mubaiyin in the courtyard next door also knew a thing or two, that the courtyard there was usually empty, but now there was someone at the door, and housekeeper Zhou delivered three meals a day, and Xiao Tian also passed by.

The two knew about it, but they continued as usual without asking or being curious.

Xinzhou.

Finally the new general arrived.Gu Zhaoben was relieved to go back - the fourteenth prince was taken captive in Nanyi, and the captive has already been taken captive. What happens after that depends on the court, but there must be soldiers and generals stationed here in Xinzhou, otherwise the dragons will have no leader, and the people of Xinzhou will suffer.

Gu Zhao waited here for more than half a month, but the Nanyi didn't come to commit any crimes, so he might wait for the news from Dali—whether the city will be exchanged for fourteen, so although he is anxious and nervous, he is still calm.

But recently, Nanyi seemed to be unable to wait any longer, and a small team came to attack several times.

Fortunately, there were still soldiers stationed there, and they did not cause too much damage. As Gu Zhao said, it is not a long-term thing for a group of dragons to be leaderless. Fortunately, a new general has arrived.

Maybe seeing the new garrison general, this relieved heart was vaguely suspended again.

The last time I met General Li in a hurry, although I can't say anything else, but I saw that he was young and vigorous, and he also had the majesty of being a general in war. At least the march looked very neat and did not have the air of a veteran in the officialdom.

This general was different, he came to receive him, he asked for wine or meat, and in his voice he asked them to send women to the barracks.

The magistrate of Xinzhou wanted to agree - it was easy and easy to do, and he did it often.Except that Mr. Zuo Zhengsi is not an official, the other adults sent by the superiors are all arranged to drink flower wine and watch songs and dances, what's the matter.

But Gu Zhao refused.

"Now that the battle is tight, General Wang still needs to be alert and defensive. Don't delay the battle because of foreign objects." Gu Zhao looked serious.

Although civil and military officials have different systems, they are also officials in Dali, and they are also arranged according to official rank.

Gu Zhao has a higher rank than this young general, so what are you afraid of?

That General Wang's expression changed, and he looked at Gu Zhao, but Gu Zhao's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Where did I say something wrong? Now that there are external worries and wars, General Wang doesn't want to relieve His Majesty's worries, and there is such leisurely fun, don't be afraid." Your Majesty knows? Punish you for the crime of dereliction of duty, and when the time comes, will General Wang be able to keep his position?"

The general Wang gave up with a dark face, and said in a rough voice that the official knows.

Zhizhou of Xinzhou was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, he just laughed and didn't dare to smooth things over, and when the general Wang left in a mighty manner, Zhizhou carefully said: "My lord, the lower officials have also resigned?"

"He's not allowed to handle military prostitute affairs." Gu Zhao knew at a glance that the magistrate of Xinzhou wanted to obey others, so he threatened people, "I just said that I didn't show mercy, and people have already offended them. It's not a big deal. He wants to If you do it, then do it yourself, if something goes wrong, the Holy Majesty knows that the blame will be blamed on the military officer, if you run errands for him, and when the time comes, you will see if you can keep the hat on your head."

Zhizhou of Xinzhou was dripping with cold sweat. He originally thought that this was not a big deal, it was just a matter of a few prostitutes, Zuo Zhengsi was too fussy, but when he saw Zuo Zhengsi's solemn face, he couldn't make up his mind, could it be true? so serious?

He gritted his teeth and complied, listening to the Chief Secretary.

Anyway, as His Majesty said, His Majesty had already rejected it just now, and the person who offended him was also His Majesty Zuo, so he could put all the blame on His Majesty Zuo, for fear of General Wang.

If General Wang didn't defend and retreated steadily, it would be General Wang's own fault.

Thinking of this, Tongzhi Xinzhou relaxed and went down.

Gu Zhao rubbed his temples, and sighed slowly. Such a general—I hope he is inaccurate in judging people. Maybe this General Wang is not an idiot with a belly full of fat. He really has a few brushes.

Within a few days, it was reported outside the yamen that someone from Li's Mansion in Zhaozhou had come.

"My lord, the letter from the boss." Eleven handed over the letter.

Gu Zhao knew that Zhou Zhou would not send him a letter if he had nothing important to do—for fear of disturbing his work.When he opened the letter and looked at it, his brows were straightened up. He knew the cliff on the other side of Bolin, and then Nanyi, the person who fell there was still in danger of life or death.

His brows twitched, and now he is concerned about the danger of Gu Zhao, the word Nanyi, and now he is still at home. Although he is seriously injured, he wrote in the letter: It is difficult to treat, he is unconscious, and he is afraid that he will not be able to save him.But still not safe.

"Go back." Gu Zhao ordered.

When General Wang arrived at the garrison, he couldn't get in - it was already a shame.He can play very little role by staying here, it is better to go back and see what is going on with that person.

Mr. Gu led the team back to Zhaozhou.

As soon as the front foot left, the urgent documents and envoys from the capital also arrived in Wuzhou, but there were other adults to receive them. Emperor Tianshun gave the answer to Nanyi's exchange of fourteen for the city.

Zhaozhou Li Mansion.

Rong Ye went to the government school to teach playing the piano today. Li Zhaoxi came back with him in his carriage and entered the gate of Li Mansion. Li Zhaoxi used to be sitting upright, but now he is a little skinny. He smiled and said, "Uncle Rong!"

In the official school, it was Mrs. Rong, and at home it was Uncle Rong, who could be naughty.

When Rong Ye saw Li Zhaoxi smiling, he also smiled and said, "Go back, your father will definitely wait for you for dinner."

"Okay." Li Zhaoxi smiled and ran home quickly.

Rong Ye walked slowly, dressed coldly in his robes, and headed for the backyard.

Master Gu is not in the mansion, Li Zhaoxi often eats with Dad, more than half of the ten days are eaten by father and son, and the rest of the time is eaten by grandparents and grandchildren.

Today is also.

Li Zhaoxi first went to Dad's yard to ask how she was doing, then returned to her own yard with her schoolbag on her back, washed her hands and did her homework, and then went to Dad's yard after finishing her homework.

In the dining room of the main courtyard at the back, Brother Lin calculated the account book and showed it to Dad.

Li Zhouzhou took a look and said, "I've made a lot of progress, but there's still one thing. The family buys vegetables, meat, and house repair workers to pay monthly money, etc. Our family's account books are still clean. Brother Lin, you should buy less. Now that you are a housekeeper, you can’t be ignorant about the price, you still have to feel it, and have a bottom line in your heart.”

Brother Lin was surprised when he heard that, "Is there anyone else in the mansion making money from it?"

He thought that Father was a strict housekeeper, so there would be no such thing.

"If caught, won't you be punished?"

Li Zhouzhou said: "Look what's going on. For example, we have a lot of flower seedlings in the garden at home. If we follow the flower farmer's lottery for a long time, they must give us a low price, not the market price. Look at this. column, already a penny lower than the market price."

"The money may not be wrong, but there are too many goods. The flower farmer will give you some heads. How about this? Or ten pots and twenty pots and then a penny less. If the quantity is too large, it is not a sum of money. But housekeeper Zhou is doing things. Zhou Dao, don't bully the servants, get servants to pay filial piety, I don't go into it, he is loyal to the Li Mansion, as long as he can use it for his affairs."

"Brother Lin, when it comes to employing people, sometimes it's not about principles, so you don't have to go into it too carefully. People have selfishness, and after a long time, they will become bolder. You can beat one or two from time to time. You know what you have in mind. This is this person." Go down, you have someone who can be used immediately, don't be afraid that if you don't have someone, you won't be able to use it, there are too many people in the mansion to watch Steward Zhou's position."

So Butler Zhou didn't dare to stretch his hands too far.

Brother Lin asked: "Father, what is principle? Is it loyalty?"

"Loyalty is fundamental, and the principle is to see what you can't bear." Li Zhouzhou said.

Brother Lin seemed to be thinking about it, but he didn't say anything more. Li Zhaoxi came, and dinner was ready.When eating together, Li Zhaoxi talked about today's official school courses, and also learned a piece of music, saying: "Uncle Rong praised me that I played crisply, and the jingle makes people feel good." There was no sorrow.

"What song? If you finish eating later and want to play it for me, play it?"

Of course Li Zhaoxi was happy.

When the meal was over, Li Zhaoxi sent someone to fetch his piano, and immediately performed for father and sister-in-law. Brother Lin laughed when he heard it, and Li Zhouzhou felt that something was wrong, but he agreed after seeing that Fu Bao played well. .

The jingle of the piano faintly spread to Rong Ye's yard.

Rong Ye was eating, so he stopped his chopsticks after a few mouthfuls, but he could eat two more mouthfuls when he heard the sound of the piano, with a slight smile in his eyes, he said: "This piece is the piano score left by the qin player when he was dying. Endless heartbroken, played by him happily."

Old Zhong didn't understand the melodious and mysterious sound of the zither, he only understood joy and joy, and seeing that the young master was in a good mood, he said, "It's good to be happy and happy."

As night fell, Brother Lin went back to the yard.

A few days ago, he asked Li Mu to go to school to report that the school was some distance away from the mansion, and he walked back in the morning and evening. Brother Lin was afraid of Li Mu's hard work, so he said that he still lived on campus, and you would come back for two days every five days. As before, don't bother.

Li Mu was not afraid of trouble, and it took less than an hour to walk, but Li's mother insisted on running, and she came forward and said that Brother Lin was waiting by her side, so hurry up and don't delay your study.

Therefore, in the past few days, Mother Li has been grasping the yard with one hand. After several efforts, she has tidied up all the former maids in Li's mansion.Before Mama Li joins Brother Lin, don’t drink any water when it’s cold. Drink hot tea to keep it warm. Don’t always eat light and vegetarian food. Eat more meat to make you fatter and stronger. Wait for the uncle Come back and give birth to heirs.

Today is also.

As soon as Brother Lin arrived at the gate of the yard, he heard Mama Li scolding people inside. Seeing him coming back, the servant girl picked him up with a lantern, and Mama Li said, "Hey, Brother Lin, you are back. I just scolded these girls. You're ignorant, you have to follow people around you when you go out, how can I let you go alone..."

Ramble.

Brother Lin sometimes finds these nagging and concerns annoying and doesn't want to listen to it, but this is not on his principle. At home, his mother and grandma also say that about him, and he is used to it.

"...Go to the main courtyard, go there more diligently, it is right to serve your wife, for a long time, even if you are born, you are closer than flesh and blood—"

Brother Lin stopped in his tracks and looked sideways.

"Mother Li, pack your luggage, I will send someone to take you back to Li's house tomorrow."

"Gah—" Mama Li was stunned in disbelief.

Mother Li was about to make a fuss, she knelt down and cried, she complained at length about Brother Lin's lack of old love, and brought out Brother Lin's mother to threaten Brother Lin, meaning that she was an old man next to Brother Lin's mother. She grew up on her milk, and now that she is in power, she will be driven away when she grows up.

Both soft and hard come.

Brother Ke Lin didn't waver, he thought of what his father said, he can bear some things, it's true that Mama Li is the old man who served by his mother, it's true that he had Mama Li's milk for a while, and Mama Li treated her well in the Li family. It's true how much he cares.

So he can tolerate Mama Li's nagging, and Mama Li's meddling in his eating and drinking, but he can't do it at all. Last time he stopped him, Mama Li still thought so in her heart, and she didn't say it so bluntly. Turning a corner and blowing wind in his ears.

He understands what it means.

Li's mother thought about the Li family's family business for him.

Brother Lin didn't agree, he knew Meng Jianyun wouldn't like to say that.

"Come here, help Mama Li go back to her room and pack her luggage. I'll call Steward Zhou early tomorrow morning and send a car to take her back." Brother Lin said to the servants standing in the yard.

Dad said, don't be afraid that no one will use it, there are many people staring at Butler Zhou's position.

It's the same for Li's mother in Xiaoyuan.

Those who didn't move and were frightened, came down quickly, helping and pulling Mama Li, and there were some who gagged.Brother Lin kept these girls in mind, and felt that these girls could be used.

the next day.

The girl came to report that Li's mother had a cold and fever last night, should she move out?

These tricks, the little girls are stunned, and some are confused and don't see the truth. I really sympathize with Mama Li, thinking that the lady is soft-hearted, she must stay for a while, and ask the doctor to treat it. After such a delay, Mama Li will change it again. Come over, stay soon?

The loquat rushed too fast yesterday, and still gagged Mama Li's mouth. If Mama Li recovered and stayed, the loquat would definitely suffer.

Brother Lin looked at the little girl who came to intercede with Mama Li, and asked, "Who is the one with bangs in her hair and spots on her face yesterday?"

It sounds like loquat.

"You let the loquat come over."

When the loquat came over, Brother Lin explained to the girl, "Ask a doctor to go back to Jiting Li's house with Mama Li, and I will send you a letter and some money. I have a message..."

Loquat got the order, but his face was not happy and impetuous, and he quickly went to work.

Mama Li sent her away so quickly. It was useless to cry and cry for grievances. Anyway, she was sent to the carriage through the back door. Loquat said: "Don't shout, the lady has the kindest heart. How can I see the servants?" You are the only one who is served by a Langzhong personally, and the temple of Lifu cannot accommodate you, an old man and a big Buddha."

Tell the boy you know don't delay, send it away as soon as possible, to save yourself from bad luck.

The carriage started off in a hurry. In the carriage, Madam Li's hands and feet were still tied with cloth strips—the loquat was dry. If she didn't do it, this old guy was appointed to rush down. Threats of death and life, it was a mistake not to gag her mouth.

Anyway, after picking up the doctor, I will definitely let go not far from Zhaozhou City, and I am not afraid to run back when the time comes.

At noon, brother Lin went to have dinner with daddy, and talked about sending mother Li away at home, "...she is getting old and has a stomachache, so she can't bother to serve me anymore."

Li Zhouzhou had probably heard about it, and when he saw what Brother Lin said, he didn't want him to worry about it, so he smiled and said that Brother Lin is doing well, and that the old man should go back to enjoy the happiness when he is old.

Brother Lin is a good boy, just like Xiao Meng.

In the evening of that day, Mr. Gu took people to Zhaozhou City in the afterglow.