The wind

Just as Li Zhongnan's words fell, there were a few bursts of thunderous thunder, and then a few golden snakes appeared in the air, as if echoing his words.

Hearing what Li Zhongnan said, Xiao Zhouheng suddenly realized that he was afraid.

Xiao Zhouheng couldn't help feeling sorry for Li Zhongnan like this, but there was still some untimely joy in his heart. After all, he was willing to show himself his vulnerable side—he was willing to fully expose his wounds and embarrassment to himself. This man , is to really love yourself.

When the hair was almost dry, Xiao Zhouheng turned around and lit the lamp, went to boil some hot water, and poured it for Li Zhongnan.

"Only white water, do you mind?"

"White water is fine too." Li Zhongnan's eyes finally had the usual tenderness, "Is there no tea at home?"

Xiao Zhouheng lowered his eyes, and paused with his hands: "I don't drink tea in this room anymore. Since Dong Chi and Huang Fu left, I always feel that these days... I can't touch the bitter teacher for the time being."

Li Zhongnan bowed his head, drank the water in the cup, and then took a moment to talk about what happened tonight——

If Li's Mansion is located in the south of Jinling City, then Jiang's Mansion is in the east of the city. Because of the short distance from Li's Mansion, the Li and Jiang clans have had frequent exchanges for decades.

And today's so-called banquet is not a routine matter. As Jiang Ning Mansion's judge, Jiang Ning Mansion's censor who directly communicates with the court, after the grain shipment to the capital in the season that just ended, he specially invited Jiangning Mansion to reward the officials. Several colleagues of the government office are in their own mansion.

Firstly, Yu Gong can be regarded as win over and maintain the relationship with these local officials of high rank; secondly, Yu privately, they have worked together for a long time, and they can be regarded as good friends, besides, Jiang Lan’s transfer period is approaching , When spring begins, he will return to Beijing to return to his command, waiting for his reassignment in the coming year.

Jiang Tu's father, Jiang Tu, served as a doctor in the court, and Li Yanqing and Li Yanqing entered the official position almost at the same time. Under such a mainstay of power, the officials of the Jiangning Mansion naturally wanted to attend the banquet, and they dared not refuse.

After Li Zhongnan, Li Yunyi and Qu Yeliang came to the Jiang residence tonight, there were already a few people in the hall—the judge Lu Hongqiu who hadn't seen him for a long time, and Zhijun Lin Wanzhao who had just met for the first time.

After a few people said hello and courteously, they all entered the table and sat down.The hall is not big, and some Baihe and dragon saliva are burned in the incense burner in the corner, but there are bright lights all over the room, steaming clouds and colorful clouds, a list of eight treasures, and laying inside and outside, it can be called another world of flowers.

"Why don't you see brother Jing today?" Li Yunyi wore a hibiscus-colored gold dark-pattern tuck shirt today. Recently, after taking the Anshen Pill prescribed by Li Zhongnan, he slept better, and his peach blossom eyes came back to life. The graceful posture made Qu Yeliang on one side be dazzled and full of will.

The brother Jing that Li Yunyi was referring to was Jing Chun, the magistrate of Jiangning Prefecture.

"It's strange, he came with me just now, no matter how you go to blow the wind, you can't see anyone." Lin Wanzhao smiled, "During Brother Li's visit, Brother Jing and I ate a few leather cups in the hall, He couldn't hold on anymore."

Lin Wanzhao is a talented Beijing official, and seems to be younger than the others.

"You took Lao Jing to the newly opened restaurant?" Jiang Xi sifted a glass of wine, fixed his eyes, and turned his eyes around, "I heard that the girl there is very hot, and Lao Jing is no longer Lin Xiandi is such a talented person, can he stand it?"

"Brother Jiang, don't make fun of me..."

"Brother Jing has passed the year of his destiny, and he still doesn't know himself clearly." Before Lin Wanzhao finished Jiang Xi's joke, Lu Hongqiu, who was on the side, said something else, regardless of the presence of outsiders, " If Brother Jiang Xiandi and Brother Lin Xiandi were not blocking this time, would the head on top of his head be safe?"

"Brother Lu... Now that this matter is over, it's okay not to mention it." Lin Wanzhao raised his hand and poured out his cup again, and drank it down. "Today is just to have fun."

Lu Hongqiu stroked his long beard, and managed to pinch the fire in his eyes: "If I were him, why would I have the face to go to the hall? This time it's been dealt with, what if there is an emergency? Your and my heads have already been moved. Home, this world can only be a brother and sister in Huangquan!" Lu Hongqiu was quite fat, and he was a little out of breath after speaking so fiercely.

A few people laughed and smoothed things over again, Jiang Lan took advantage of the opportunity to call the maiko in, and the few people started the next round of drinking.

Li Zhongnan had been listening to these confused words, and whispered to Qu Yeliang who was beside him: "That Mr. Jing...did he make a fool of himself?"

"Of course." Holding the cup in his hand, Qu Yeliang seemed to be in a good mood, "Have you never heard of it? The batch of grain and grass that went from him was robbed."

"Jie?" Li Zhongnan was a little surprised, "Have you found out who did it?"

"No, but this place is not difficult to check. The number of bandits around the official road has increased sharply today, and it can be said that it is difficult to travel." Qu Yeliang said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if the government sends troops, it's just a matter of time. What a coincidence."

"Isn't that batch of grain and grass going to the front line?"

"That's right, Amon is not stupid." Qu Yeliang smiled, his eyes became more frivolous, "You can teach me."

"Heh." Li Zhongnan followed him and laughed, "I am naturally inferior to Mr. Qu, no matter how much you stare at my sixth brother, he will not divorce his wife and concubine today."

"Hiss..." Qu Yeliang made fun of himself, averted his eyes, flicked his purple sleeves, stood up, and was blown out by a gust of wind, "It doesn't make sense to you."

Seeing Qu Yeliang left the table, Li Zhongnan continued to listen to those people talking about something, and amidst the hustle and bustle, he actually missed Xiao Zhouheng a little bit.

I don't know when there was a drizzle outside the hall, and it was dripping down the eaves intermittently, but it didn't affect the few people in the room to change the cups again and again, which seemed to add a touch of elegance.

Just as the few people were laughing and talking, they heard a shrill scream from outside the hall.

Jiang Shou instantly recognized that it was the voice of his wife Li Ningsu!The small cup filled in his hand shook and spilled all over his sleeve.

Then there were a few more panicked shouts from the maidservants: "It's bad! It's bad! Young Mistress has seen blood!"

Everyone was shocked, got up and went outside the hall, and then saw a puddle of blood and an indescribable smell on the veranda not far away.

The servants ran around in a panic on the corridor to find the doctor. No one expected such a situation, and some servant girls were still crying.

"Where's the midwife? What happened just now? What's going on!" Jiang Lan ran frantically to the maid who was supporting Li Ningsu, looking at Li Ningsu's pale face pinched together, Jiang Lan His calf twitched and he couldn't stand up, so he just knelt down.

He was really panicked.

"Shouldn't Su'er be in the room? Why are you here?"

The little maid was terrified by Jiang Xi's roar: "Returning to the young master, the young mistress said that she was a little bored... she wants to go out for a walk."

"Say!" Jiang Xi held Li Ningsu's hand tightly, and she could feel her body temperature passing by every second while she was panting with exhaustion.

"Young Mistress refused to let the servant girl follow...so...suddenly..." The maidservant was even more trembling, shaking her body again and again.

Rolling thunder exploded in the ears of several people, and the rain fell like this without warning, as if it was going to bring Tianyu down with it. In the chaos, someone pushed Li Zhongnan, and he just arrived In front of Jiang Xi, Jiang Xi, whose eyes were bloodshot, remembered that the eighth young master of the Li family in front of him was a well-known doctor in the world.

At this moment, Jiang Shou's lips lost even a trace of blood, and his expression was extremely bewildered. He stared at Li Zhongnan dumbly, and his voice was so humble that he said, "...please...please save Su'er .”

But the master had never done this kind of thing before, so Li Zhongnan naturally didn't understand it very well, especially in this situation, he was frightened.

But who can think about these things in a panic?At the moment, everyone didn't care about looking for other midwives, so they didn't allow Li Zhongnan to refuse, and pushed him straight to the shelf.

The situation was at stake, and Li Zhongnan, adhering to the benevolence of doctors, had no choice but to bite the bullet.

However, Li Zhongnan was not the best prepared, so when the baby who could distinguish the nose, eyes and mouth was in his hands, Li Zhongnan only felt like ghosts and gods, crying impermanently, piercing through the whole Jinling. night sky.

At that moment Li Zhongnan, holding the stillborn Li Zhongnan, felt that he was a sinner through the ages.At that moment, he realized that he would never be able to catch up with his master for the rest of his life, and he would never be able to be as calm and composed as his master. No matter how bad the situation was, he would be able to cope with it and turn the crisis into peace.

Unlike himself, he couldn't hide his fright, he just wanted to escape from here, so when he and his blood-stained hands turned to go out, he faintly saw the complexity in those people's eyes.

Li Zhongnan finished his memories, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had been embraced by Xiao Zhouheng.

"Shu Ting..." Hearing Xiao Zhouheng's reassuring heartbeat, Li Zhongnan didn't seem to be so flustered anymore.

"I'm here."

"Shu Ting..."

"Zhong Nan, I'm here."

Xiao Zhouheng kissed his forehead, the scars from the injury that day are no longer obvious, so there is no need to say anything, Li Zhongnan, I understand.

With me here, you don't have to be afraid.

Outside the window is a night of continuous rain, drums like urging, and more wind, but so what, my beloved is in sight.

No matter when and where, we must help each other in the same boat, and we must go through wind and rain together in this life.

……

But what Li Zhongnan didn't know at this moment was that just after he fled, the atmosphere in Jiang's mansion got worse.

"Wei Ji."

"Muhan, let's..." Qu Yeliang just came back from another place, and saw the chaos here from a distance. He shook his numb wrist, turned around, but the rest of the sentence was not finished yet. , was abruptly cut back by Li Yunyi in front of him.

Li Yunyi's face was livid, and he pointed at a place behind him with trembling hands, unable to hide his anger, he choked out a few words from between his teeth: "Wei Ji, tell me the truth, did you kill that person? "

The author has something to say: new characters appear in this chapter: Lin Wanzhao, Jing Chun.

Li Zhongnan didn't kill the baby, he didn't save it, Li Zhongnan just felt a little powerless.