I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 293

Although the wooden house is simple, it has bedding and everything, and with the burning of the charcoal basin, Yang Xu, who was half leaning on the bed, did not feel cold after he recovered.

"Master Xu first drank the ginger soup to drive away the cold." He Nuan handed over the porcelain bowl exuding a strong ginger flavor, worried that Yang Xu would be given rouge fruit. After the ginger tea woman was cooked, He Nuan After checking to make sure there is no problem, it was brought into the house.

Zhan Feiyu looked sympathetically at Yang Xu, who swallowed the spicy ginger tea in a few mouthfuls while holding the bowl, "Do you want to eat some dried plums?"

"I'm fine." Yang Xu hurriedly refused. He was not a cute little girl. Thinking of the danger of falling into the water today, he couldn't help but said to Zhan Feiyu: "Thank you, Big Brother He today."

If it weren't for He Sheng's fast speed, even if Yang Xu had practiced martial arts for several years, he would not be able to bear the cold air entering his body after soaking in the cold pool water for a long time.

"It's okay, even if Ah Sheng didn't make a move, the people who secretly protect you will come to your rescue." Zhan Feiyu knew that the people from the old Yang family were hiding not far away, just because falling into the water was an accident, and people were not prepared. If someone lays an ambush to attack and kill, the old members of the Yang family will definitely show up immediately.

He Nuan put the empty bowl on the table, and took Yang Xu's pulse again, "Master Xu is fine, just drink some cold medicine after you get back."

Zhan Feiyu nodded, and stared at Yang Xu with round eyes blinking, looking straight at him with hairs on his chest.

"Little fish, I will be careful next time." With a strong desire to survive, Yang Xu immediately promised, thinking of being dragged down by the girl from the Fu family and rolled into the pool today, Yang Xu's dark face showed embarrassment.

Especially although He Nuan went out, Yin Wuyan was still here. The fierce and powerful aura on his body aroused Yang Xu's competitiveness, even though he was just a child with no hair on his face in the eyes of outsiders.

"For saving my life, I promise you with your body." Zhan Feiyu's chilly voice rang out, looking at Yang Xu whose expression froze, he made another stab, "I heard from Ah Nuan that you hugged Miss Fu after falling into the water. .”

"I did it to save people!" Frightened by Zhan Feiyu's words, Yang Xu raised his voice eagerly to explain, "I hugged her because I was afraid that she would sink underwater."

The moment Yang Xu fell into the water, he was also confused. After all, he was only an eight-year-old child. Fortunately, after several years of martial arts training, Yang Xu also reacted after his face was wet by the cold pool water.

Seeing the girl from the Fu family who was bubbling and bubbling and about to sink into the water, Yang Xu hurriedly reached out and caught her, but the cotton jacket was heavy after being wet, and the girl from the Fu family sank like an iron scale.

Yang Xu couldn't catch him and had to hug him. Fortunately, He Sheng came in time and lifted both of them out of the water with one hand, otherwise Yang Xu would have been dragged by the Fu family girl to the bottom of the water together.

Yin Wuyan, who was standing at the window, turned around and glanced at Yang Xu. His long and narrow phoenix eyes were still indifferent, but Yang Xu saw ridicule and contempt in them.

Before Zhan Feiyu had time to speak, there was a sudden noise outside, followed by the shrill cry of the girl's family, "Miss..."

Shocked by fright, Yang Xu stared blankly at Zhan Feiyu, and after a while he recovered his voice, "What happened?"

The cries and shouts were so chaotic that they couldn't really hear them through the wooden house.

"I guess she lost her reputation, so the girl from the Fu family wanted to die, but she was found out by the maid." Every time Zhan Feiyu said a word, Yang Xu's face became numb. When she finished speaking, Yang Xu The whole person is petrified.

Not to mention that Yang Xu was only eight years old, if he was, it would be understandable for him to be forced into marriage.

The crying became a little quieter, Yang Xu stared blankly, "I did it to save her, and I wore such thick clothes."

If it's summer, it's fine. In the cold winter, even if Meigu is not cold, they all wore thick cotton clothes. Although Yang Xu hugged the girl from the Fu family, He Sheng was so fast that it took half a cup of tea time before and after. None, can this be considered a loss of reputation?
Before Zhan Feiyu could answer, there were footsteps outside the wooden house, the door was suddenly pushed open with a creak, and a figure rushed in, kneeling beside the bed with a plop.

"Master Xu, I beg you to be merciful and save my young lady..." The servant girl cried out in grief, and kowtowed after she finished speaking. , The servant girl's forehead instantly became red and swollen.

Yang Xu, who was half leaning on the bed, was stunned again. He looked at the kowtowing maid in a daze, and finally looked at Zhan Feiyu in the room for help. Yang Xu didn't know how to deal with this sudden situation.

"Master Xu, I beg you, my maidservant, my young lady almost died just now." Seeing that Yang Xu didn't answer, the servant girl burst into tears, "This is trying to force my young lady to death, she is only 11 years old..."

"Xiaoyu, what are you doing? Who allowed you to disturb Master Xu!" An angry voice sounded outside the door, the girl from the Fu family couldn't compare with Yang Xu, her voice would be weak and she would appear to be out of breath.

"Miss, your life is about to die, and the servant can't help it." Xiaoyu, the maid who was kneeling on the ground, cried helplessly.

The girl from the Fu family hurried into the room. Her complexion was fair at first, but after falling into the water, her face was even paler without any blood, and her lips were still purple.

The little girl is only 11 years old, and this meeting is too anxious. She didn't wear a padded jacket on her face, only a plain white singlet, and her half-wet hair was scattered down, making her look even thinner and haggard.

"Master Xu, it's because I'm incapable of disciplining him and causing trouble for Master Xu." The girl from the Fu family lost her previous joy and celebration, and apologized to Yang Xu with a bitter smile.

But when he raised his head inadvertently, he revealed the marks on his neck that had been strangled by the cloth, which would have become red and swollen. If he hadn't been discovered in time, he might have hanged himself to death with a cloth.

Yang Xu was stunned. Although he was three years younger than the girl from the Fu family, his height was very similar to that of the Yang family. At the age of eight, he was as tall as an eleven or twelve-year-old child. Younger and thinner.

Zhou Shuyao, Miss Feng and a few other girls followed into the room, while Qiu Jinyu and the young men stood outside the door, but they could hear clearly what was said inside the room.

"Men and women have different seats at the age of seven, and younger sister Fu is almost at the age of the golden hairpin. If it gets out, it will really hurt her reputation." The sympathetic girl whispered, with a bit of sadness in her tone.

It's hard for a woman, once her reputation is ruined, don't expect to have a good marriage, you can only marry a widower or those old bachelors who can't get a wife.

Fortunately, the Fu family is a businessman. If it is a scholarly family with strict rules, Miss Fu's situation will either be Qingdeng Ancient Buddha for a lifetime, or she will be "died of illness" by the family. Married aunts, cousins, and cousins ​​will all be implicated.

Zhou Shuyao didn't like Miss Fu in the first place, so she said angrily, "In the end, it's because she didn't stand still and caused Xiao Xu to fall into the water. Could it be that Xiao Xu saved someone by mistake?"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Shuyao looked at the girl from the Fu family warningly, who was about to cry. She suspected that this lowly girl was playing tricks.

But under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhou Shuyao shouldn't be aggressive, otherwise it will spread that outsiders think that Zhou Shuyao is not only bullying, but also cold and ruthless, trying to kill the girl who fell into the water.

"It's my fault, everything has nothing to do with Master Xu." The girl from the Fu family forced her smile on her face, looked at the maid who was still kneeling on the ground, and said sharply: "Xiaoyu, if you don't get up, if you continue to be so rude, I'll sell you after I go back, and my Fu family doesn't have a servant like you who will repay your kindness!"

"We won't spread this matter to the outside world. Sister Fu, you are still young. After a few years, no one will mention this matter again." Miss Feng spoke softly, looked at Xiaoyu and said, "Hurry up and help your young lady Go back to the house and rest, don't catch the cold."

The girl from the Fu family is only 11 years old, and it will take at least four or five years before she gets married. Besides, Yang Xu is younger, so what Miss Feng said makes sense.

Yang Xu's attitude is here, and Zhou Shuyao's attitude is also the same, so when Miss Feng spoke, the rest of the girls followed suit and persuaded Miss Fu's family to go out with half help and half support.

Who is willing to offend the Yang family for a merchant's daughter, and why should a lowly merchant's daughter marry into the Yang family? They just didn't expect that the surname Fu would be so open-minded. How old is Young Master Xu, she would dare to use something like "falling into the water" Drama.

The room was finally quiet. Yang Xu glanced at the little blood stains left by the maid kowtow on the ground, and asked uncertainly, "Xiaoyu, she won't seek death anymore, right?"

Zhan Feiyu grinned, which made Yang Xu shiver in fright.

"Xiao Xu, have you never thought that Miss Fu fell into the water on purpose?" Zhan Feiyu asked pointedly. The situation at that time may have been accidental, or it may have been intentional.

"Just to rely on me?" Yang Xu tried hard to recall the situation at that time, Miss Fu seemed to have slipped on her foot, and happened to be standing beside her, so she was grabbed by her arm and finally fell down together.

But thinking of the Yang family that was about to recover, thinking of his uncle and Da Yi, whom he had never met in the past, rushing from Linzhou Prefecture to Xiangwu County with a carriage of heavy gifts, Yang Xu was not sure if the girl from the Fu family did it on purpose.

"Being defensive is essential, but things have already happened. If a girl from the Fu family can seek death once, she can seek death a second time." Zhan Feiyu estimated that it is [-]% possible that the girl from the Fu family deliberately plotted against Yang Xu. She is a concubine and a high-ranking member of the Fu family.

What's more, Yang Xu is young, and Ms. Fu is a scheming woman. Even if the start is not good, after ten years of "childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts", there is no need to worry about giving birth to a child first. Is the Yang family not standing firm?

Yang Xu just let go of his heart and hangs up again. He is irritable like a little tiger in a cage. He doesn't know what to do?
But he was suddenly asked to be engaged to a girl whom he had just met, Yang Xu was unwilling and never thought about it, but when he thought of the strangle marks on the girl of the Fu family, Yang Xu, who was like a trapped animal, wilted again.

"If this was just an accident, Ms. Fu probably wouldn't seek death to force you." Zhan Feiyu glanced at Yang Xu sympathetically. Fortunately, he was in Meigu. If he returned to Qiu's mansion, Mr. Qiu would probably scold Yang Xu I wish I could roll back into the pool and drown myself.

"She wants to die again?" Yang Xu asked sullenly, could he just watch her hang himself?

But if it was the other party's trick, but he had no choice but to step in, Yang Xu became even more irritable, why didn't he stay with Grandpa Qiu to study and practice calligraphy, why did he come to Plum Valley!
Yin Wuyan looked down at Yang Xu, who was in a dilemma, and said coldly, "Then let her die."

Uh...Yang Xu was stunned, but looking at Yin Wuyan whose face was so indifferent that he didn't have any trace of popularity, he knew in his heart that he was not joking, the blood in this person's bones was cold, otherwise how could he say such cruel and ruthless words Come.

Big brother is really simple and rude!Thinking about it, there is absolutely no woman who would dare to use such a method to force the elder brother.

Zhan Feiyu looked at the shocked Yang Xu, the elder brother's words were too vicious, "Xiao Xu, if the girl from the Fu family is forcing her to die, as long as you don't soften her heart, she won't really die. Life is more important."

The more ambitious people are, the less likely they are to die.

"What if?" Yang Xu was still worried. If someone died, his conscience would be disturbed for the rest of his life.

Yin Wuyan put a hand on her shoulder to prevent her from speaking, and looked at the hesitant Yang Xu with disgust, "If you are afraid of accidents, then you should get engaged, Xiaoyu, it's time to eat."

Not giving Zhan Feiyu a chance to speak again, Yin Wuyan forcefully and domineeringly took him out.

Zhan Feiyu didn't intend to stay either, the matter had already happened to you, it was useless for Yang Xu to struggle, what he needed was to make a decision, Zhan Feiyu planned to ask Yang Xu after dinner.

He Nuan was preparing lunch, and after the matter of the Fu family girl, the others had no appetite, so they would all take a nap inside the house.

In the wooden house on the other side, a servant girl glanced furtively, and then hurried back to the room to report, "Miss, Miss Zhan has left."

Zhou Shuyao put down her teacup and stood up, "Continue to stare at the one surnamed Fu, let the mother-in-law prepare lunch for an afternoon, and I'll go and see Yang Xu."

After knowing Zhan Feiyu's identity, even if Zhou Shuyao didn't like her, she would not confront her head-on, her attitude was more respectful, and her words were a little flattering.

The same is true for Yang Xu. Zhou Shuyao has a somewhat arrogant temperament, but after being raised by the Zhou family for so many years, it is clear who can't offend her. Naturally, she doesn't want to let go of the opportunity to win over Yang Xu.

In the room, as long as there was an occasional beeping sound when the charcoal was burning, Yang Xu continued to sit on the bed in a daze after Zhan Feiyu left, not knowing what to do.

Until the sound of footsteps came from outside the door, Yang Xu's eyes were delighted, and he looked towards the door expectantly, but when he saw that it was not Zhan Feiyu but Zhou Shuyao who pushed the door in, his dark face could be felt disappointed.

"Xiao Xu, are you alright? I've sent someone to guard Miss Fu, and I won't let her seek death again." Zhou Shuyao sold it first.

Yang Xu gets a headache whenever he thinks of Miss Fu, and when he hears Zhou Shuyao's words, he can't help but say gratefully: "Thank you."

Closing the door behind her back, Zhou Shuyao sat down on the round stool beside the bed, thought it over and said again: "Xiao Xu, what happened today may be an accident, or it may be Miss Fu's scheme."

"She may seek death and force her to marry you. The Yang family has not recovered. If there is a murder case at this time, maybe there will be another accident." In Zhou Shuyao's view, this is the reason why the surname Fu is confident. To be on the safe side, it is estimated that Yang Xu will also be engaged.

(End of this chapter)