After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 118 The Injured Teenager

After seeing her brother running away with a blushing face, Haitang snickered secretly for a while and then went to find her grandmother Ma.

The group of them borrowed a large outer courtyard in the villa to accommodate the guards. There are also two adjacent courtyards in the inner courtyard. The Hai family occupied one. Xie Wenzai and two old friends took the surviving teenagers with them. Live in one, and the servants will follow suit.

The courtyards of other courtyards are almost all in the local style of Chang'an. Although they occupy a large area, they are long and narrow.Haitang lived with her grandparents in the warm pavilion of the main house. She didn't see them when she got up early. She only knew that her grandfather was meeting guests in the front yard, and her grandmother must have arranged luggage and carriages.Everyone is preparing to enter Chang'an City today.

Haitang walked around and unexpectedly saw Mr. Ma in the tea room.

Ma seems to have some symptoms of nasal congestion, and her voice is buzzing and slightly slurred when speaking.She was talking to two old servants from the Ma family in the village, asking about news about her brothers and sisters in recent years.There was a bit of worry on her face and her brows were furrowed. She didn't know that she had heard something troublesome. The two old servants persuaded her: "My sister-in-law has a cold, right? Go back and take medicine and rest, otherwise It will be troublesome if the condition worsens!"

Ma waved her hand and saw her granddaughter entering the house, and said hurriedly: "Don't go into the house, go get Jinhua."

Haitang stood in front of the threshold and tilted her head to look at her: "Grandma, are you sick? Take medicine as soon as possible if you are sick. Don't hide it from your family."

Ma waved his hand impatiently: "I understand, go quickly!"

Haitang then turned around to find Aunt Cui and explained this.Aunt Cui hurriedly went back to the house to get a thick cloak, added charcoal to the hand stove, and went to the tea room with pills to treat colds: "Madam! I said you were too thin earlier! But you said there is a stove in the tea room? The fire is very warm, so it doesn’t matter. But what happens now? When we get into the city, there are still many things to be busy with! If you fall ill at this time, what will the whole family do?!"

Mr. Ma probably knew that he was in the wrong, and he allowed Aunt Cui to put a cloak on him and put a hand in the stove without saying a word.

Aunt Cui turned around and asked the two old servants: "Aunts, what's going on? It snowed just this morning, and it's the coldest now. Madam came to talk to you, but you didn't even light a brazier. Get up?! Even if you are used to it and don't care, you can't leave your wife cold?!"

An old servant woman said angrily: "Jinhua, you can't say that! We are all from the Ma family, so we naturally care about our masters in our hearts. But we can't be the masters ourselves..."

Another old servant woman said with a sad look on her face: "The village cannot make ends meet. My wife has ordered us to reduce expenses. We all have to save money on heating our own homes. The kitchen has taken over the waiter's work. There are no errands. How can we light the brazier? We all have to save money." I didn’t expect that my concubine would ask us questions here..."

Ma took the initiative to speak justice for the two of them: "I didn't think carefully, thinking that there are people elsewhere, the waiter is the quietest place, and it is easier to talk. It only takes a while, just drink hot tea after returning to the hospital." "

The supplies in the guest courtyard are allocated separately and are not included in the expenditure reduction of the owner of the other village.The Hai family stayed for one night and did not feel any inconvenience in life, so Aunt Cui did not feel any difference. At this time, after listening to the words of Ma and the two old servants, she realized something was wrong: "What is going on? Why is my concubine like this?"

The two old servants looked at each other and lowered their heads sadly.

Ma said: "Let's go back to the house first. If we have anything to do, we can wait until we see the eldest sister." He then told the two old servants, "Don't tell anyone else about what you just told me. If it gets to that person's ears, you will still suffer the consequences." Sister."

The two old servants quickly agreed.

Ma took Aunt Cui back to the courtyard, but sent Haitang to go elsewhere: "When the guests leave, we will set off. If you want to stroll around, hurry up." Haitang raised her eyebrows and pretended to be well-behaved. He seemed to agree, turned around and went out.

She wasn't in a hurry, she would find out the news anyway.To make grandmother Ma worry so much, there must be something wrong with her eldest sister Zhou Ma's husband's family.But the Zhou family had recently hooked up with the emperor's confidant Tao Yue, and the relationship between the Queen Mother Zhou and the emperor had also eased. Her situation in the court had greatly improved, so what worries could there be?When it comes to dowry and Zhuangzi's reduction of expenses, could it be that he is experiencing financial difficulties?That's the Zhou family's housework.Ma can just worry about her sister, but the Hai family doesn't need to worry too much.

Haitang hesitated at the door of the yard, then raised her feet and turned to the yard next door.

Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian all went to the front yard to receive guests. Cui Xiaodao, the servant who was left to take care of the injured, was brewing medicine in the lower room. The injured in the room was still asleep.

Haitang raised the cotton curtain at the door of the wing and peeked in curiously. Seeing that the unconscious young man was motionless on the kang, he walked in quietly.

There were many people in the house last night and it was dark. She had not carefully observed the survivor of the murder case. She only knew that he was seriously injured and had a lot of blood on his body.Now that she had some free time, she couldn't help but come over and take a look.

What is the identity of this young man?Why did those well-trained killers of unknown origin want to kill his family?
The young man was lying on the kang with his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, his face pale. There was a newly scabbed wound on the side of his right eye, which almost hurt his eye. He was now smeared with black ointment. It looked quite terrifying.However, the blackness of the ointment more and more highlighted the fairness of his skin. He looked so white and transparent that he seemed to be a frail young man who had not been out in the sun for many years. However, he was very thin and did not look like he had been raised in a pampered way. of.

Haitang moved her gaze to the half of his hand exposed outside the quilt. The fingers were thin and long, but the skin was very rough, and there were frostbites in several places.This does not look like a pampered child. I am afraid that Cui Xiaodao, a young servant who has lived in the northwest border city for many years, has better maintenance of his hands than him.

He was clearly dressed well last night. Although it was a bit thin and didn't fit well, it was definitely not the attire of a servant.Is he a young master or the son of a servant?

Haitang tilted her head and tried to observe his face, and found that... he was quite good-looking.

Although his eyes are closed, the side of his face is still injured, and his facial features cannot be seen clearly, judging from his current appearance, he has a fair complexion, handsome appearance, and a good temperament. How old is he? He should be a handsome man, right?
Haitang was used to seeing handsome men, so she wasn't very surprised. She looked at him for a few more times and then looked away.

She looked at the end of the kang, where there was a pile of clothes, which were taken off from the young man - he was stained with blood last night, and the clothes were full of dust, so after arriving at the villa, Xie Wenzai gave them to him After feeding him hot porridge, he quickly wiped his body with hot water, put on clean clothes from Haijiao, and carefully tucked them into the bed.The dirty clothes that were changed were not washed, considering that the government might need to investigate clues, and were folded and placed at the end of the kang as they were.

Haitang knows a lot about clothes and fabrics.She picked up a robe and touched it, and immediately saw that it was made of material produced in the Zhili area. Coincidentally, the place of production was quite close to Yongping Mansion, the hometown of the Hai family, and even the embroidery stitches on it were very delicate. With local characteristics.

She checked the trousers again and found that the trousers were quite thick and the stitching of the lining was also very fine. However, the material was ordinary, relatively coarse cotton, and it was [-]% new.

As for the previous coat...it was indeed a bit thin, but this was obviously a coat, and it should be paired with a thick cotton jacket.Why is this young man only wearing a robe and not a cotton-padded jacket?
In fact, this robe is more like the color and style that middle-aged men would wear. Did the boy temporarily change into his father's clothes?

Haitang turned over her outer robe casually as a habit. She originally just wanted to see the level of the needlework, but her hand suddenly stopped.

What seems to be hidden inside the inner layer of the robe?
(End of this chapter)