Brother Wanfu

Chapter 8

The spring thunder exploded in the sky, layers of dark clouds gathered and collided, lightning drew cracks in the sky, and countless thunders rolled in.

From time to time, bean-sized raindrops poured down.

The thunderous spring rain washed the Qingzhou area that had just warmed up.

Zhucheng County.

The pouring rain continued for most of the night before it stopped.

The next day, the sky hadn't completely cleared yet, and several farmers shouted to each other to go up the mountain.

"Get up quickly, don't be lazy, I will go up the mountain to dig a few baskets of bamboo shoots, which can be sold for a good price!"

The person who spoke was the head of the village, surnamed Feng, he was the most diligent and agile, pulling the folks in the village, working harder would lead to a better life.

He was busy with farm work just like everyone else, and lived in chaos, but he went out to Qingzhou two years ago to beg for food, and almost never returned.

To this day, I still dream of that time, when someone asked me, I would say two words first, "hell".

"Outside is hell! You don't know what kind of chaos it is. Bandits and grass bandits kill people and set fires everywhere. They will only pay for the rebels who are desperate, and if they are caught, they will all be killed, not even the babies in their arms. It’s better for us in Qingzhou!"

His eyes were filled with fear of the outside world, and everyone believed his words.

As long as there is no rebellion, the imperial court will take a laissez-faire attitude towards all places.

Of course Qingzhou is good, civil and military parents and officials have done their best, because foreigners have been pouring in from all over the surrounding areas in recent years, but with such chaos outside, how many years can Qingzhou last?

They are just common people with ugly wives and thin torn padded jackets, and live contentedly, but they can't chew on those things. Taking advantage of the good times, the most important thing is to make more money in their hands.

Qingzhou was not doing well that day, and they always had two more money than others that they could use.

At that moment, Feng Lichang called the doors of several neighbors around him, and told everyone to go up the mountain.

Everyone digs bamboo shoots at this season every year, and they are very familiar with the mountain roads, but the rain last night was too heavy, the wind and rain, the thunder and lightning, the road they were going to take, was broken by two I don't know how many half-broken and half-broken trees are left behind.

Feng Lichang is a cautious person, he would rather walk ten steps away than take a dangerous step, "Let's go around from the other side, it's safer."

Everyone disagreed, and walked along a small road to the other side.

The rain hadn't stopped completely until now, and it was falling densely, and it was so foggy that it was hard to see anything clearly.

Then someone pointed to a piece of mud on the hillside.

"What is that?"

Everyone followed his hand to look over, and saw a lump of mud suddenly protruding from the originally flat slope.

There seemed to be something under the mud, not a broken tree, nor a stone wrapped in mud, but an indigo cloth seemed to be hidden in it——

cloth shoes.

The rain became heavier, hitting people's eyelids and making them unable to open their eyes.

Some people subconsciously think not to look at it, "Whatever it is, let's dig bamboo shoots as soon as possible."

But some people didn't move their feet, "What if, what if it's someone, let's go there like this, I'm afraid it's not good?"

Everyone hesitated and looked at Feng Lichang.

Li Chang Feng didn't want to delay the trip, but a gust of muddy water washed down the "mud brick", and more indigo-colored material was exposed, making the appearance more obvious.

Feng Lichang failed to move his legs.

"Now that we've met, let's figure it out first," he said, calling a few sturdy folks, "Climb up with me to have a look."

Everyone whirred and went up the slope.

On top of the thing connected by the "mud brick", in addition to the mud stone, there is also a thick broken branch wrapped with leaves, which vaguely covers the bottom.

Li Chang Feng simply called two people, "Pick up that thick branch!"

The two turned around and walked over, one, two, three, exerting force at the same time, and directly moved the thick branch away.

Everyone looked under the thick branch.

A flash of lightning suddenly lit up in midair.

The dazzling white light suddenly illuminated the entire mountain top.

When they saw the thing under the thick branches and covered by the scattered mud, they all changed their faces in an instant.

"Dead! It's dead!"

*
It rained for two consecutive days, and the rain continued, so Qin Tian didn't even have to go to the West Garden.

It's better like this, and the rules are more honest, Qin Tian doesn't want anything to happen to himself under the eyes of his first brother.

The stupid rabbit was willing to come out of the cage to eat, but that day it was frightened by a black eagle that came from nowhere, and it shrank back in the cage for the past two days, curled up like a tortoise.

Qin Tian had no choice but to ask Tiandong to find a way to go outside to pull out a few gray and fat grasses that he liked to eat before Changzi came back, and planted them in the open space of Chaoyunxuan, temporarily building a vegetable garden for him.

With such an idea, she discussed with Lady Wang, the manager of Chaoyunxuan, if she could pry up a few green bricks and plant some herbs in the spring.

Compared with going to the back garden, you might meet Mrs. Qin. Prying bricks and planting grass in your own yard is simply not too low a requirement.

Mrs. Wang was able to make the decision by herself, and even got some herbal seeds for Qin Tian.

Qin Tian used to grow a lot of herbs in front of the back room in the small courtyard of Zhucheng. Speaking of which, it was not her own planting, but her mother's planting, and the medicinal food skills that Qin Tian is learning now all came from her mother .

My mother passed away just three years ago.

Time is like the wind in the desert, smoothing away the corners of the hard stones of memory one by one, leaving only a vague appearance gradually, or maybe after years, even this vague appearance will disappear.

Qin Tian often cannot remember the details of his life with his mother in the past, but whenever he smells the refreshing aroma of medicinal food, the warmth of those years will come back to his eyes.

But now, things have changed.

She stood under the corridor in a daze for a while, and it was Tian Dong who said, "The rain has stopped", and Qin Tian came down from the corridor, dug the soil himself, and planted herbal seeds one by one.

However, when she was halfway through the work, there were suddenly some chaotic voices in the direction of the outer courtyard. She didn't know what happened, and was thinking about asking the maid to ask.

Suddenly, there was a sharp scream among the noisy voices.

The cry seemed to be able to pierce the eardrum, but it stopped abruptly in the next breath.

Qin Tian's hand holding the hoe paused for a moment, his right eyelid twitched uneasily and jumped up.

*
at the same time.

Mrs. Qin covered a thick mattress and sat on the porch to listen to the rain.

The eldest maid Xiao Yun brought a bowl of freshly brewed medicine, "Madam, take it now, or after a while?"

The medicinal soup is dark in color, and just looking at it makes people feel bitter and astringent in the mouth.

"In a while."

I don't want to just finish speaking, the direction of the outer courtyard was chaotic, and the eardrum-piercing scream in the chaos came back.

"what--"

The screaming stopped shortly.

The rain that had stopped had started to fall again.

"Did something happen?"

Xiao Yun didn't know either, when Mrs. Qin asked, Xiao Yun hurried to inquire.

The rain started to rain again, blocking the line of sight, and the soup and medicine exuded a bitter white smell. Mrs. Qin didn't have the heart to take the medicine, and looked towards the direction of the outer courtyard.

Xiao Yun came back not long after, but walked up to Mrs. Qin, but said.

"It's nothing serious. A tree in the outer courtyard broke a branch and fell on a servant girl. She's fine. She'll be fine after a few days of care."

After Xiao Yun finished speaking, she quickly glanced at Mrs. Qin, not expecting that Mrs. Qin was also looking over, Xiao Yun was slightly startled, and quickly found a topic.

"The medicine is getting cold, madam is going to use it while it's hot, and the servant will help you sleep for a while after using it up."

This medicine is so powerful that Mrs. Qin would sleep for two hours every time she used it up.

She didn't want to use it precisely because she didn't want to be so muddled and uncomfortable every day.

She has been so confused that her younger brother came to tell her about her husband having a family and a house outside. Otherwise, she would spend her whole life in a coffin without knowing about it, and thought that she and her husband were of one heart and one mind. until old.

She looked at the night medicine soup, and then at Xiao Yun.

"Is it all right?"

"No." Xiao Yun didn't dare to look at Mrs. Qin again, took the medicine and approached, "You should take it while it's hot."

Just at this time, a little maid came to report, saying that it was sister Huang Ling from the study in the outer courtyard.

Huang Ling carried two mahogany boxes into the main courtyard, saw Mrs. Qin sitting on the porch, and went forward to salute.

"Ma'am, this is the two boxes of high-quality wild ginseng that the master ordered the people in Beijing to buy for Madam, and the servants brought them to Madam."

Mrs. Qin looked at the wild ginseng that Qin Guanzhong asked to buy, and was silent for a few seconds.

It's just that when she looked up, she found that Huang Ling's complexion was not very good, not as calm and neat as usual, as if she was frightened.

"what happened to you?"

Huang Ling seemed a little nervous.

"Go back to Madam, the servant is fine."

It's just that after she finished speaking, when she handed the two boxes of ginseng to Xiao Yun, her hands shook for some reason, Xiao Yun almost missed it, and the two wooden boxes made a clanging sound.

Mrs. Qin's eyes changed, and her voice was a little hoarse due to shortness of breath.

"Did something happen in the house?"

The two maids quickly said no, but Mrs. Qin's breathing became short of breath.

"Do you think I can't do it? Is there anything that will only deceive me?!"

When the two servant girls heard this, they knelt down in shock.

The tip of Xiao Yun's tongue was bitter, and she wanted to cover it up, "Ma'am, no, no"

Madam Qin interrupted her before she finished speaking.

"If you still refuse to tell, you still want to hide it?!"

Xiao Yun didn't dare to speak anymore, but the Eldest Young Master specifically instructed them not to talk nonsense in front of Madam, disturbing Madam's peace of mind.

Xiao Yun didn't speak, Madam Qin simply called Huang Ling.

"Huang Ling said, what's going on? You can't hide it!"

Huang Ling looked at the sullen Xiao Yun, then at the furious Mrs. Qin, and could only speak.

"Just now, the official came to the door and asked the slaves in the mansion to go over to recognize the person. It happened that Lady Liao came to find a slave for her mother to invite a doctor, so she also went over to recognize the person. I don't want her to look rude and shout, so the servant hurried over Only then did I realize that what the government sent was actually Liao Shun's body."

Huang Liang swallowed, and glanced at Mrs. Qin.

"Then Liao Shun had his throat cut and buried on the mountain outside Zhucheng. Wu Zuo said that he had been dead for half a month."

When Mrs. Qin heard that it was Liao Shun's body, her face changed, and when she heard the time of death later, she shook her head.

Liao Shun died half a month ago?
But two days ago, when she asked about Liao Shun's whereabouts, Qin Shen clearly told her that he had just sent Liao Shun out on business for two or three days.

Mrs. Qin suddenly laughed.

Xiao Yun watched from the sidelines, becoming more and more frightened.

"Madam, madam! It's not the servants who want to lie to Madam, it's you who must not."

Her words were interrupted by Mrs. Qin's sad laugh.

"Everyone come to lie to me, very good, all come to lie to me."

Before the words fell, the person did not stand up in one breath, and suddenly fell to the side.

Xiao Yun screamed, "Doctor please! Hurry up, doctor, Madam has passed out!"

*
Qingzhou Guard.

Qin Guanzhong was discussing matters with several other officials in the neighboring house today, and Qin Shen was sitting in the army in place of his father.

The heavy rain hit the tents in the camp, making a continuous sound of bang bang, like a war drum in the distance.

The guard Fu Wen walked over very quickly at this moment, seeing no one around, he immediately told the news he had just received.

".The subordinate sent someone to visit the place where the corpse was buried two days ago. The corpse was buried safely. I didn't expect it to be washed out by a heavy rain. Xiao Yun didn't want to tell Madam, but Madam heard Mrs. Liao's words. Screaming, realized something was wrong, asked repeatedly, and asked Huang Ling who was going to deliver the medicinal materials to tell Madam that the time was not right, and knew that you had lied to her, and fainted out of breath. Don't worry, my lord, when you invite him to our residence!"

There was an overwhelming silence in the camp.

Qin Shen bent his fingers, and lightly rang the table.

"So coincidentally?"

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