The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 83

When Xie Yujiao went to the study, the two butlers had already welcomed Boss Xiao in, and Shen Shihu followed behind them.Since the last time I had a martial arts sparring with Zhou Tianhao, I don't know if Xie Yujiao has become overwhelmed, and I always feel that Shen Shihu is deliberately avoiding him.

Xie Yujiao invited the maids to make tea and asked everyone to sit down.Boss Xiao didn't want to sit down, he just cupped his hands towards Xie Yujiao, and actually knelt down on one knee, and said: "I wanted to come to apologize to Miss Xie early in the morning, and I have been settling things in the village these days, so I delayed it. Please thank you, miss, for forgiving our brother's reckless behavior regardless of the fault of the villain."

How could Xie Yujiao afford such a great gift, she hurriedly got up and said, "Since the matter is over, Village Master Xiao doesn't need to mention it anymore, you can return to the right way, and now you want to serve the country faithfully, that's the best."

Shen Shihu has helped resettle the people in Qinglongzhai these few days, and he has also admired Boss Xiao's character, especially after knowing that he is the son-in-law of the landlord's family, he has a subtle sense of admiration for him.

Boss Xiao cupped his hands and stood up, sighing a bit: "If we hadn't misheard the Jiang family's old couple, we wouldn't have thought of the Xie family's idea, but now that we think about it, it was a big mistake. "

When Xie Yujiao heard about Jiang's family, she felt a little strange, her eyes flicked to Shen Shihu's side, and Shen Shihu said: "I mentioned this matter to my uncle, and my uncle said that I will not pursue it anymore."

Xie Yujiao's brows flickered slightly when she heard the words, and she thought about the joints, and immediately understood, she just said: "What uncle said is right, now the matter is over, so don't bring it up again, Think of it as a pair of old things from the Jiang family."

Hearing what Xie Yujiao said, Shen Shihu gradually let go of his original anger.

Boss Xiao said again: "Young Master Yang asked us to go to Xie's house to join the army, so that the quota will be in Xie's house, but our brothers have already taken care of it, and if we can't pass, we will go to the north with Young Master Yang, there are people who are practicing The new barracks, we want to go to the battlefield earlier."

When Xie Yujiao heard Boss Xiao mentioning Zhou Tianhao, his eyes only flickered slightly, and Liu Fugen, who was beside him, unconsciously raised his triangular eyes and glanced at Xie Yujiao.Do you want to say what Mr. Yang asked him to bring to the eldest girl?Forget it, let’s not talk about it, how can there be such a dishonest person who asks for a marriage?Don't say it out, it will make the big girl unhappy, but it will be self-defeating.

Liu Fugen made up his mind to keep the words in his stomach, but Xie Yujiao asked, "Then you want to go ahead of the big troops?"

"Mr. Yang said that reinforcements from the north are urgently needed. In the past two days, there happened to be a conscripting army dispatched by General Song from the southern border to go north, so when the large army arrives, we will go with them first. If we follow the troops here With the recruits together, I'm afraid they may not be able to go to the battlefield by the end of the year."

After hearing these words, Xie Yujiao felt more and more nervous, as if the Tartars were about to break through that line of defense and come to the south: "Then Mr. Yang, do you want to go with you too?" Xie Yujiao's lips moved slightly, I don't know why I asked this question. As soon as Fang opened his mouth, he felt a little hot on his cheeks, so he hurriedly picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

"Mr. Yang is going to go. If Mr. Yang hadn't shown the scars all over his body in Qinglongzhai that day, those young men might not be able to understand the cruelty of this war. I didn't expect Mr. Yang to be so young at such a young age." Heroism!" Boss Xiao sighed a little when he was moved, and said to himself, "I was born with grasshoppers, and I have nothing but kung fu, but I have never had such ambitions. I am really ashamed, so this time I have already made up my mind, I want to do something with Young Master Yang, and make my wife and children proud of me."

Xie Yujiao didn't know why, but Zhou Tianhao's appearance appeared in her mind. Every time she saw him, she always felt that the smile on his face was a little frivolous, which made people feel disrespected. People have a sense of reliability, which made Xie Yujiao think of the word hypocrisy for no reason.The most depressing thing, of course, is more than that, but that he still treats himself like a little girl... Molesting... I don't know if such a person can be serious on the battlefield?

Thinking of this, Xie Yujiao still couldn't give Zhou Tianhao any extra points, so she forced a smile and said, "In this case, I can only wish you, Village Master Xiao, the best of luck and drive those Tartars out of Dayong as soon as possible."

After seeing Boss Xiao off, the two butlers also left, but Shen Shihu stood still.Thinking of Shen Shihu's intentional avoidance of herself recently, Xie Yujiao also felt a little puzzled, thinking that Shen Shihu and Zhou Tianhao had a fight that day, and felt embarrassed?

Xie Yujiao was about to comfort him, but she saw Shen Shihu cupped her hands and said with a straight face: "Miss, the younger one wants to tell the eldest miss, and the younger one also plans to join the army."

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao was stunned for a while, and after she thought it over a little bit, she opened her mouth and said, "Brother Shen, if a man wants to make contributions, I shouldn't have stopped you. It's just the situation in your family. Uncle Shen and My aunt is in poor health, her two younger brothers are young, and one of her younger sisters is about to reach her age in two years, you are now the pillar of the family, how can you leave without saying anything?"

After hearing this, Shen Shihu remained silent, unmoved by it, and seeing Xie Yujiao finished speaking, he said: "That's why I want Miss Buddha to take care of my family, so that I can also have no worries. "

Xie Yujiao looked at Shen Shihu, not knowing what to say for a moment, and then remembered that when he ran back from other places, he heard that he was injured by the Tartars. It was probably because of this reason that he wanted to join the martial arts?

"Brother Shen, if you have made up your mind, you don't have to worry about family matters. I will definitely help you take care of them. It's just that your parents belong to you. In the future, it will be your eldest son's responsibility to take care of them. Remember, No matter what, I have to come back alive." After Xie Yujiao said these words, she felt a little sad in her heart. Since ancient times, swords and swords have no eyes, and once they are successful, they will be destroyed. How can it be so easy to make meritorious deeds? Poor people like Shen Shihu, It's nothing more than going to be a pawn.If it is dead, the accident may not be able to be found.

Shen Shihu saw Xie Yujiao's brows with a trace of sadness, his heart trembled slightly as if being scratched by the tip of a needle, he clenched his fists tightly, suddenly raised his head, looked at Xie Yujiao with a pair of deep black eyes, and said a word One line said: "Big girl, when I become famous, will you marry me?"

Xie Yujiao was startled, her face turned red with embarrassment, her fingertips tightened slightly, and she didn't know how to respond when she saw that Shen Shihu had turned around and left without looking back.

Xie Yujiao breathed a sigh of relief, touched her hot cheek, and fell into deep thought for a moment.It turned out that Shen Shihu actually had such thoughts in his heart... Xie Yujiao was really unexpected.In his previous life, he lived for more than 20 years, but he was still a blank sheet of paper in terms of love. Now that he has come to Xie's house, he is focused on taking care of the family affairs, and has never thought about it at all. Now that he thinks about it, Shen Shihu only cares about his thoughts I'm afraid it won't be a day or two.

Xie Yujiao frowned, feeling a mess in her heart for a moment, and was about to get up and go back to the backyard, when she heard the little maid from outside hurried over to pass the message: "Miss is not well, the young master has a convulsion, and Aunt Shen fainted from fright." It's over, and my wife is crying there!"

Xie Yujiao didn't know what was wrong with the convulsive wind, but when she heard that Aunt Shen had fainted from fright, she knew how serious the matter was, so she hurriedly ran to the backyard with her skirt in hand.At this time, Aunt Shen had come to her senses, and she and Mrs. Xu were comforting each other and weeping.

Seeing Xie Yujiao coming, Mrs. Xu hastily went up to meet her and said, "Jiaojiao, Chaozong was shocked just now, and I was so scared that my legs went limp, what should I do?"

While comforting Mrs. Xu, Xie Yujiao walked to Mama Zhang's side and saw that Xie Chaozong was sleeping peacefully in her arms at the moment, but his small face was so pale that it made people feel distressed.

Xie Yujiao just felt distressed, so she whispered, "How is Chaozong?"

"Girl, don't be afraid, the young master is just convulsed. My aunt and wife haven't seen each other before, so I'm too scared. At this moment, the young master has fallen asleep." Zhang Mama is older, although she is worried, she also specially comforts Xie Yujiao : "But the girl has to ask a better doctor to come and have a look. I have been drinking the medicine of Ren An Tang for a while, but there is no improvement. If the burn continues, there is no guarantee that there will be another wind."

Xie Yujiao just ran over with a lot of thoughts, but now after hearing Mama Zhang finished speaking, she felt a little weak in her hands and feet, so she sat down on the chair.

Mrs. Xu on the side heard this, and couldn't help but said: "It's really not possible. In the afternoon, please invite the second housekeeper to the city to see if you can invite the imperial physician Zhou to show Chaozong."

Doctor Zhou is an old imperial doctor who served in the palace. Naturally, his medical skills are good, and he is especially good at pediatrics.It was heard that Prince Rui also suffered from convulsions when he was a child. At that time, the doctors were helpless, but it was old doctor Zhou who came up with the prescription and finally rescued the young Prince Rui.It's just that after he became an official, it seems that he seldom practiced medicine. Although he lives in Jinling City now, no one will invite him unless it is absolutely necessary.

After hearing this, Zhang's mother frowned and said: "I heard that the imperial physician has never seen a doctor since he became an official this week. Let's take the liberty to go, can we invite him?"

About this rumor, why has Xie Yujiao never heard of it, but Xie Yujiao knows the meaning of Xie Chaozong to the Xie family best. If something happens to him, Mrs. Xu and Aunt Shen will lose their spiritual support. Now that Mrs. Xu has spoken, I still have to give it a try.

"Whether it's successful or not, we'll only know when we go." Xie Yujiao twisted the veil and said.

Seeing that Xie Yu also agreed, Mrs. Xu ordered her servants to invite Liu Fugen to come in. When Xie Yujiao saw it, she just said, "You don't need to invite the second steward to come in. I'll go in person this afternoon. It also seems to be more sincere. Mother only prepares for me. A few gifts will do."

Mrs. Xu knew that Xie Yujiao was always one-sided, so she could only let her go, and remembering that her own body was not in good shape, she finally felt a little distressed, and said: "Jiaojiao, I will go with you."

Xie Yujiao knew that Mrs. Xu felt sorry for her, so she wanted to refuse, but when she remembered that if she had to leave Xie's family one day, Mrs. Xu would always have to bear these things. From Xu to Zhang Luo.

After lunch, the two of them changed their clothes. Because of what happened in Qinglong Village last time, Mrs. Xu deliberately let the coachman go on the road this time.It takes more than an hour to travel from Xie's house to Jinling. Xie Yujiao woke up quite early in the morning, and she is also a bit sleepy at the moment. Mrs. Xu took care of Xie Chaozong last night, and now she is gradually unable to support herself. The two of them leaned against the carriage and took a nap. .

Seeing that Xie Yujiao and Xu Shi were both asleep, the servant girl just opened the curtain and told the driver to slow down a little.

Not far behind the carriage, Zhou Tianhao and Yun Song were coming on horseback.

Yun Song's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the maid who poked her head slightly out of the carriage, she only said, "Master, that person is Ziyan!"

Zhou Tianhao just asked casually: "Who is Ziyan?"

Seeing Zhou Tianhao's horse running in a hurry, Yun Song hurriedly flicked his whip, and chased after him, saying, "It's the little girl next to Miss Xie."

Zhou Tianhao heard the words, and when he raised his head to look again, the curtain of the carriage had already been covered, and no one could still be seen.This Xie family's carriage is also different from the carriages of other families in the capital, it has marks on it, Zhou Tianhao can guess the people sitting in the carriage with just one glance.Seeing the carriage going slower and slower at this moment, Zhou Tianhao simply flicked his whip and passed by the carriage.

It was windy in summer, the moment Zhou Tianhao passed the carriage, a gust of cool wind rolled up the curtain on one side of the carriage.Zhou Tianhao only tilted his head slightly, and saw Xie Yujiao sitting in the carriage, closing her eyes and recuperating.

However, after seeing him for a few days, the exquisite chin seemed to have lost weight again, and there was still a slight bruise under the eyelids. He looked sleep-deprived, and he was sleeping in the carriage with a bit of fatigue.

Zhou Tianhao just shook his head, feeling a little worried.There were constant mountain roads along the way, and it had rained a few days ago, and landslides could be seen everywhere, and the carriage was already very bumpy, but she still wanted to sleep in it, she was really big-hearted.

Zhou Tianhao thought for a while, and finally slowed down, let the carriage pass by first, and waited for Yun Song to catch up, and the two walked side by side, not far behind the carriage.

"Master, are you in a hurry? The letter states that Erzheng Nanjun is about to arrive outside Jinling City, and the generals are waiting for the master to pass!" Yun Song looked at Zhou Tianhao and asked tentatively.

"Stop talking!" Zhou Tianhao gave Yun Song a cold look, and waved his horsewhip slowly: "Let's see where they are going first."

After entering Jinling City, they inquired about the location of Zhou's mansion, but the result was as rumored, that Zhou's imperial doctor stopped seeing patients early in the morning.Xu Shi and Xie Yujiao didn't even see anyone, and they were rejected firmly.

The carriage stopped by the back corner gate of the Zhou Mansion, and the accompanying maids stood behind Xie Yujiao and Xu Shi with a few rich gifts. The old mother who came out to welcome them was quite kind, knowing that they came here especially for their fame, she only comforted her: "This Madam, please go back, our old man no longer treats patients, if Madam wants to invite a doctor, you can go to Huichuntang in the city, that is our shop, and the doctors there are very skilled in medicine."

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao knew that what she said was true, if she insisted on it again and again, it would seem a bit difficult for others.Although Mrs. Xu was impatient, she had no choice but to thank the woman, and the two went to the carriage.

Zhou Tianhao followed Xie Yujiao all the way over, and when he saw the two arrived at the door of Zhou's house, he realized that they were here to invite a doctor.Physician Zhou is best at pediatrics, and the only child in the Xie family is Master Xie's posthumous son, Xie Yujiao's younger brother.With such an association, Zhou Tianhao realized that Xie Chaozong was probably ill.

Zhou Tianhao looked at Xie Yujiao's fragile appearance not far away, and inexplicably felt a little more distressed. His illness was not fully healed, and he was not taking good care of it, and he was still running around.

Xie Yujiao helped Mrs. Xu into the carriage, and said, "Mother, don't be too sad. In fact, it's right for Imperial Physician Zhou not to see a doctor. Just imagine whose children are not precious. If everyone wants to invite Imperial Physician Zhou when they get sick, The imperial physician was too busy that week, we should follow their rules and go to Huichun Hall to ask for a doctor."

Although Mrs. Xu was sad, seeing Xie Yujiao's exhausted face, she felt a little distressed, so she nodded in agreement, and was about to call the coachman to drive away, when suddenly she saw the woman who asked them to leave from the back corner door. Shang excitedly ran out, saw that Xie's carriage hadn't left, so he rushed up to meet him and said, "Mrs. Xie, please stay. My old man is in a good mood today. I heard that someone invited him to see a doctor. I'm happy to see you." Agreed, I have already changed clothes in the room at this moment, please ask Madam and Miss to wait for a while, our old man will come out in a while."

After the old lady finished speaking, she turned back to the corner door, withdrew her smile, and said to the boy who came to pass the message: "Is the old man confused? Where did the Xie family come from? I haven’t heard of it, so why don’t you just say it and go?”

The young man was even more bewildered, and only said: "I don't know, the slave will pass on the message according to the old master's order, you should prepare the carriage first."

Zhou Tianhao saw that the woman kept Xie Yujiao's mother and daughter behind him, so he took the reins of the horse and hid behind the wall for a while, only to see Yun Song come out from the corner door at the other end with a smile, strolled to Zhou Tianhao's side, and said : "Master, it's done. The old man knew that the young master came to Jinling and insisted on seeing you, so the servant told him that the young master has already rushed to the barracks."

"How did you hire old doctor Zhou?" Although Zhou Tianhao felt that it shouldn't be difficult to hire old doctor Zhou with his own face, he didn't expect Yun Song to settle the matter in minutes after he entered, but let him Also a little curious.

Yun Song scratched his head and said with a smile: "Is it still necessary to invite him? Let me just say that Miss Xie, who came to invite him just now, is our princess..."

Before Yun Song finished speaking, Zhou Tianhao gave him a soft whip on the back of his buttocks, urging him: "Stop talking nonsense, get on your horse quickly, don't you know if reinforcements are coming tomorrow morning?"

Xie Yujiao and Mrs. Xu waited for a cup of tea at the gate of Zhou's house, and they saw that the people in the house prepared the carriage by themselves. Xie Yujiao only helped Mrs. Xu get off the carriage, and saw an old man with a beard and eyebrows coming from behind. He came out of the corner door, followed by a boy carrying a medicine box.

Seeing Xie Yujiao and Mrs. Xu, the old imperial physician Zhou passed in his mind what Prince Rui had just said to the former young eunuch Yun Song.Standing in front of her emotionally now, this pretty but somewhat sickly girl is the future Princess Rui?

The old magistrate Zhou frowned, bent down and was about to bow to Xie Yujiao and Xu Shi and said, "Mrs. Xie has been waiting for a long time. I haven't seen a doctor for a long time, so I don't know where to put this medicine box. It took some time."

Although Xie Yujiao felt strange in her heart, it can be seen that the old imperial doctor Zhou was suddenly willing to visit the doctor so attentively, and she was happy after all, so she just said, "Thank you, Imperial Physician Zhou, for taking the liberty to come here today. This trip, the consultation fee will be doubled."

The old doctor Zhou waved his hands repeatedly and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that this old man has definitely established this rule, but I'm in a good mood today, so it's okay to make an exception." There is still some relationship between the old lady Zhou and Zhou Tianhao, the real Prince Rui is actually three Zhou Tianhao had already died when he was [-] years old, so since Zhou Tianhao woke up, the old doctor Zhou has always been responsible for his illness, and the two are considered friends who have forgotten their age.

Now that he heard that Prince Rui had a sweetheart, why didn't old doctor Zhou want to take a look at it, but Yun Song just mentioned it, he couldn't wait to change his clothes and come out.

Because there was some distance along the way, the Zhou family sent two carriages to follow. Xu Shi and Xie Yujiao sat in the front carriage to lead the way. When they left the city gate, Xu Shi felt a little strange and said: "This week, Mrs. Zhou The imperial doctor is strange, he refused at first, but came out in a hurry afterwards, I can't understand it."

Xie Yujiao thought about it carefully now, and she already understood a little bit in her heart. When they passed by, the woman didn't go in at all to pass the news. It can be seen that they usually come to invite people in person like this. sent like this.As for why he answered again later, and what happened here, probably only Old Madam Zhou himself knows.

When the carriage arrived at Xie's house, it was already afternoon.Xie Chaozong refused to breastfeed because of his illness, and Aunt Shen was sitting in the hall crying.Hearing that Mrs. Xu and Xie Yujiao had indeed invited Imperial Physician Zhou back, they wept with joy, got up and went to the second gate.

A crowd of people greeted the old doctor Zhou into Xie Chaozong's bedside like stars and moons. When the old doctor Zhou raised his eyes, he saw all the wives and girls, and immediately understood why the old and the young were so nervous just now. This sick little baby is the only child of the Xie family.

Everyone quietly waited for the old doctor Zhou's pulse, each with a bit of worry and expectation in their expressions.

The old doctor Zhou lowered his head and pondered for a moment, let go of Xie Chaozong's pulse, and with a slight smile between his brows, he said: "Young master's illness is not serious, the most urgent thing is to control diet and prevent fever. I use it every day, the human breast is hot, and the nanny may also be worried about getting angry recently. This anger is brought to the young master, and it is even more difficult to dissipate. The baby is young, and he can’t take any bitter medicine. I have a few bottles of pills, and when the time comes, I will dissolve them with water, and I will have a meal in the morning and evening, and I will eat some rice soup and white porridge for the past two days, and then add milk when the fever is gone."

(End of this chapter)