Mr. Yangui

Chapter 7
Li Mansion East Courtyard, dining room.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, and the second wife, Mrs. Liu, have arranged the food and wine, and all the members of the Li family gathered together.

They are all family members, so there is no need to shy away from it, and everyone sits at the same big round table.Li Lingwu sits at the top, Li Zhongyue and Li Qing are on the left, Zhang and Liu are on the right, and Li Wuchang's four brothers and sisters sit at the head.

The first butler, Ye Rong, the second butler, Qian Gui, and a group of maidservants stood aside to serve.

It is rare for everyone to get together, drink and eat food, and talk about homework.

Mrs. Zhang picked up a handful of vegetables for Li Wuchang, and said gently: "Wuchang eat less wine and eat more vegetables. Your injury is not healed yet, so you can't mess around like this in the future."

Zhang's age is similar to Li Lingwu's, gentle and kind.

"Thank you, aunt." Li Wuchang lost his mother since he was a child, and was brought up by his nanny Zheng Shi. Zhang Shi, as the aunt, cared for him very much. He never reprimanded him loudly when he made a mistake. Different from others.

In the entire Li family, except for the nanny, only the eldest lady treats Li Wuchang the best.

Mrs. Liu reprimanded slightly: "Impermanence, you are growing up too, don't always do things that disgrace the Li family, you openly fight with the third prince like this, where does the old man put his face?"

Mrs. Liu is the cousin of Mrs. Zhang, and she came to Li's house together as her cousin's dowry. After giving birth to Li Wuji, she was promoted as the second wife.

Li Wuchang apologized in a low voice.

Li Lingwu narrowed his eyes and glanced at Li Wuchang, feeling that his fourth son seemed to have changed a lot. Although he was still cynical, his speech and behavior had matured a lot.

In the past, when Li Wuchang saw himself like a mouse seeing a cat, he was so frightened that he dared not speak, but today he talked freely without any stage fright.

Also, the two brothers, Li Wuwei and Li Wuchang, have not been eye to eye since they were young. Every time they met, they would fight with each other, like hooligans arguing, and they almost had to fight. Today, Li Wuchang provoked several times, but Li Wuchang didn't care.

In addition, every time Li Wuchang encounters a lecture, he always disapproves and refuses to accept it. Facing the reprimand of the second wife today, he is as good as he is, with a sincere demeanor, not as absent-minded as in the past.

Did he suddenly become enlightened and sensible?Li Lingwu was very relieved, secretly happy in his heart.How would he know that Li Wuchang was just having a strange dream, his mind has matured a lot, and he is no longer what it used to be.

Everyone was eating happily when a roar came from outside the hall.

"Zhang Cuirong, pay back my son's life."

Who is so bold to call the eldest lady by her name?

The chief housekeeper, Ye Rong, had an ugly expression on his face, and said to Li Lingwu: "Master, the third lady's illness has occurred again, and this old servant will send her back to the room." Then he walked out.

But it was too late.

A woman in her 40s with disheveled hair and bare feet and single clothes rushed into the dining room, followed by a few maidservants, shouting: "Third Madam, Third Madam..."

It was Mrs. Zhao, the third wife of the Li family.

Mrs. Zhao's face was pale, her eyes were red, and she rushed towards Mrs. Zhang quickly, shouting: "Zhang Cuirong, you wicked woman, you killed my son, and you will pay my son back...you wicked woman, I curse you!" You will not die well...you will not die well." It was a look of gnashing teeth and screaming with all one's strength.

"Hold this crazy woman quickly." Mrs. Zhang shouted.

Le Dong, Zhang's maidservant, took a step forward and pointed at Zhao's chest. Zhao's body went limp and fell on the ground, speechless, but looked at Zhang fiercely.

Li Wuchang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect this Le Dong to know martial arts, it seems that his martial arts are not low.

Second Madam Liu waved her hand and said: "Send her back to the room." A few maidservants who followed Zhao supported Zhao and left with her head bowed.

The chief steward Ye Rong yelled at all the servants: "Whatever you are looking at, follow me." He walked out of the dining room quickly with Qian Gui and all the maids.

Li Zhongyue and Li Qing got up as well, and Li Zhongyue clasped his fists at Li Lingwu: "Brother, let's go down and get busy first, call us anytime if we need something." After speaking, he also left in a hurry, not wanting to get involved in Li Lingwu's housework.

Li Lingwu, who had been watching all this coldly, nodded.

Only Li Lingwu's family, his two wives and Li Wuchang's four brothers and sisters remained in the house.

There was silence, and needles could be heard in the room.

"My lord, I am wronged." Zhang broke the silence, tears streaming down her face.

"Yes, master, my sister has devoted herself to this family all these years. Anyone who has met her in the capital does not praise her for her virtuousness. How can she blame her for Wuji's incident. Mrs. Zhao, she makes a big fuss every few days, scolding her, My sister regrets that her son is gone, and has never bothered her for so many years, but every time she makes such a fuss, it is not good to spread it." Mrs. Liu felt sorry for Mrs. Zhang.

Li Wuchang thought of his third brother Li Wuji.

Li Wuji is the son of the third wife, Mrs. Zhao. He is the same age as Li Wuji. He has been gifted since he was young. He was able to read literature at the age of three, started martial arts at the age of five, entered the second rank at the age of seven, and broke through the first bottleneck of learning at the age of 11. The fifth-rank pass caused a sensation in the entire Chang'an city at that time.

It's a pity that the sky is jealous of talents, Li Wuji was too diligent, and at the age of 12, due to excessive practice, he became obsessed, and his meridians were destroyed and he died.

Li Wuji's biological mother, Mrs. Zhao, has been insane since then. Even the No. 1 doctor in Chang'an City, Dr. Song, can't cure her. She often makes troubles with Mrs. Zhang, thinking that Mrs. Zhang killed Li Wuji.

Mrs. Zhang never got into disputes with a crazy woman, but after a lot of quarrels, Mrs. Zhang was also very wronged.

Hearing Mrs. Zhang's weeping voice, the four juniors did not dare to intervene, and sat obediently, looking at Li Lingwu.

"Take it easy, don't argue with her, I'm sorry for her. Ask the housekeeper to change her to a secluded yard, and arrange more servants to take good care of her." Li Lingwu finally spoke.

Mrs. Zhang stopped crying, and said softly: "What did the master say, how can you blame the master for this."

Li Lingwu waved to the juniors, as if he had something to say that he didn't want them to hear.

Li Wufeng got up and said: "The children go back first, mother should rest well, don't think too much."

Several brothers and sisters went back to their respective courtyards.

Li Wuchang walked and thought, frowning.

It has been more than six years since Li Wuji passed away, and the third wife has been insane for six years, and her consciousness is not clear. As for what she said was that the eldest lady murdered Li Wuji, the Li family always thought it was the third lady's crazy words and didn't take it to heart.

For one thing, the eldest lady has been known for her gentleness and generosity since she married into the Li family for nearly 30 years.

Secondly, the eldest lady is indeed quite strict with Li Wuji, but she is even stricter with her own son Li Wufeng, which is all due to her hope that her son will become a dragon.

At that time, the third wife urged Li Wuji to practice martial arts all day long, and Li Wuji rarely had time to play, so people in the house always said that the third wife killed her son herself.

Li Wuchang thought so before.

I remember that when I was young, when I went to play with Li Wuji, the third lady would always get angry, and told Li Wuji not to play all the time, but to practice hard, and strive to become the No. molested her son.

However, Li Wuchang was a little strange seeing the third lady going crazy today.

Judging from his experience, Zhao's condition is the most typical indirect mental illness. When he is confused, he talks nonsense, is delirious, and attacks people indiscriminately, but he generally does not act recklessly when he is awake.

Just now, Li Wuchang looked at the eyes of the third lady. Although they were red, Li Wuchang can be sure that the third lady is absolutely awake, but she is very excited and looks a little crazy. Li Wuchang has seen this situation many times in his previous life.

"Could there be something hidden behind the third brother's death?" Li Wuchang patted his head, confused.

"When did I become so fond of thinking wildly? Forget it, I still don't think about it anymore. I still can't figure out my own affairs." Li Wuchang laughed at himself, no longer entangled, or thinking about how to deal with the martial arts conference in a few months later It's reliable, he doesn't want to be thrown into the Jizhou army.

Back in his yard, the nanny and Xiaoru were eating, and they were eating the dishes that Li Wuchang hadn't finished in the morning.Li Wuchang wondered: "Nurse, why do you eat leftovers, why don't you go to the kitchen to get some fresh ones?"

The nanny rolled her eyes and said, "There are rules for distributing the kitchen to each courtyard. This is made in our own small kitchen. It cost ten taels of silver for this table in the morning. It's worth your monthly money. What a waste? "

"I only have ten taels of silver a month, isn't it right? Then I'll go to Fenghua Building to have fun... That poem reciting right cost more than that, so where did my money come from?" Li Wuchang asked doubtfully.

"It's really broken your head. You forgot that your mother left you a large sum of money. It's a pity that you spent almost all of it. Another time you gave away your mother's jewelry." The nanny complained.

"I'm such a bastard?" Li Wuchang thought about it carefully, and he looked embarrassed, and then said: "It seems that I want to get back Mother's jewelry... Who am I giving it to, let me think about it."

"The eldest lady has redeemed it a long time ago, and I keep it. It's hard for the eldest lady. I clean up the mess for you all day long. When you were young, you asked the old man in the family to teach you kung fu, which made you run away. The eldest lady didn't say anything about you. .You are weak, the lady cooks the soup herself, and gives it back once a few days, and it takes six or seven years to give it away. You mess around all day, and the lady never scolds you. She even redeems the jewelry for you. Yinzi will let you find her."

The nanny muttered a lot, telling how good the lady was.

Li Wuchang had a strange feeling in his heart, and he always felt that something was wrong.

Even for Li Wufeng and Li Wuxia's two biological children, the aunt has never cared so much, has she?

"Hey, let's talk about you, are you listening? Don't mess around anymore." Seeing that Li Wuchang was absent-minded again, the nanny thought that he hadn't listened again.

Li Wuchang withdrew his thoughts, smiled and said: "Listen, I will be a new man from now on, so I won't let you worry." He picked up the chopsticks and picked up a chicken leg for the nurse; "Nurse eat more, you must be exhausted these days. "

"It seems to be a different person, and I know how to care about people." The nanny muttered, and gave Li Wuchang a strange look.

Li Wuchang smiled, took another piece of meat for Xiaoru, and said teasingly: "Xiaoru also eat more, you are still growing, you don't have any meat on your chest."

Xiao Ru blushed and said, "Thank you, young master."

"I'll kill you bastard." The nanny was furious.

"I'm going to practice, you use it slowly, use it slowly." Li Wuchang ran away.

Seeing Li Wuchang run away, Xiao Ru said: "Auntie, the young master seems to have changed, he has become much more gentle."

"I guess I was frightened by the master just now. Leave him alone. If he bullies you, tell your aunt, and your aunt will make the decision for you." The nanny also wondered, when did this kid become so obedient, and he listened patiently to everything he said. He will also take the initiative to admit his mistakes, which really changes his personality.

(End of this chapter)