The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 94

Xie Yujiao entered the yard, and followed the two women to a gate. After entering the garden, she realized that there was a cave inside. What she saw was a lake like a clear spring, with pavilions, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions built on it. Connected by Chaoshou veranda, if you walk inside, even if it is raining, the soles of your shoes will not get wet.

I just heard the old woman leading the way say: "The girl wants to go by herself, so we will take the girl to take a shortcut. If you take a sedan chair, you have to walk along the courtyard wall. In the past, I'm afraid you have to go around a few times. "

Xie Yujiao wondered inwardly, the Wujin courtyard that she and Xu Yuxing had taken a fancy to was already extraordinary, and it was originally built by the princes of the previous dynasty according to regulations.If it is an ordinary family, no matter how much money they have, I am afraid they will not dare to break this regulation. Even if there are more people in the family and they prefer to live in a more crowded place, it is absolutely impossible for others to take advantage of it. This is also a crime of disrespect.

It's just that looking at the yard now, from the garden at the back to the front, it's as if there's no end in sight, and you can't even tell where you entered.Xie Yujiao was lost in thought, and finally followed the two women out of the pavilion on the lake and arrived at a small gate.

After entering the door, there was a straight lane, the walls on both sides were two feet high, Zi Yan followed behind Xie Yujiao, feeling more and more worried, so she quickly stepped forward and pulled her sleeve and said: " Girl, this place is so big."

Xie Yujiao now also knows that this place is really big, and the walls of the courtyard are higher than ordinary houses, and the movement in the courtyard cannot be seen at all.When I got to the front, I saw some maidservants, all dressed in uniform and serving maidservants, with beads on their heads and silk all over their bodies, they looked more decent than the ladies from rich families.Xie Yujiao was so surprised that all of them had beautiful faces and light bodies, and they held cups, plates and bowls in their hands. When they saw strangers approaching, they didn't even lift their heads.

After walking for about half a cup of tea, the two old mothers stopped and said, "Girl, we're here."

Xie Yujiao took a look inside, and saw a long corridor leading to the door of the main room, and a woman in her thirties came out. When she saw Xie Yujiao coming, a look of surprise and curiosity flashed across her face, and she thanked her. The two old mothers who were leading the way respectfully blessed Xie Yujiao and said, "Miss, please follow me."

Xie Yujiao was taken aback for another moment, and then Fushen returned the half-respect, and followed her cautiously, and the two arrived at the door one after the other.

"Girl, let's go in." The woman thanked Yujiao for a step, and opened the curtain on the door, and a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine came out of the room.

Xie Yujiao was a little puzzled, turned around and glanced at Ziyan who was following behind her, thought for a while and said, "Just wait for me at the door, I'll come as soon as I go."

Ziyan was worried, frowned and let go of Xie Yujiao's sleeve, the woman only smiled and said, "Young lady will know once she goes in."

Xie Yujiao didn't know why, but when she saw her kind smiling face, the guard she had raised seemed to relax a little bit, and she walked in with a low body.

In the middle of the main hall is an all-copper filigree cloisonné elephant trunk and three-legged panlong incense burner. There is a hint of fragrance in it, but it still can't cover the smell of medicine in the room, making Xie Yujiao frown for no reason.

In the room separated by Bogu racks, in front of Bisha Kitchen, there is an aloes wood-carved Sijiruyi screen. The curtains on both sides are drawn, and it is quiet, as if there is no one inside.

Xie Yujiao's footsteps were a bit hesitant, and she moved slightly towards that side, the handkerchief in her hand was tightly squeezed, and her heart was pounding.

After a while, she still didn't go inside, and when she was about to turn around and leave, she heard a somewhat angry voice from inside: "Everyone is here, so don't come in and sit down. "

The handkerchief Xie Yujiao held in her hand trembled, and immediately fell to the ground. After staying outside the screen for a moment, she said calmly, "Aren't you... dead?"

Zhou Tianhao, who was lying on the bed, rolled his eyes when he heard this, gritted his teeth and wanted to get up, but the wound on his body hurt again, and he only fell on the bed and groaned.

Xie Yujiao heard the voice, walked around the screen in a hurry, stood in front of Zhou Tianhao's bed, bit her lips and looked down at him, her eyes were bright red, her expression was never serious before, she just said nothing. stare at him.

The man on the hospital bed was pale, with black and blue beard growing on his chin, and his lips were chapped. He was lying upright, and he didn't know where he was injured for a while.Those deep eyes were bloodshot, but clearly contained a bit of tenderness, looking at the woman standing beside his bed.

Zhou Tianhao stretched out his hand with some difficulty, trying to reach Xie Yujiao's hands pinching her fingertips. This movement was undoubtedly difficult for him who was seriously injured.Xie Yujiao watched his hand raised her head, gritted her teeth angrily, sat on the edge of his bed, held his callused palm with one hand, and stroked the smooth back of his hand with the other.

"You shameless person who kills thousands of knives, why don't you die before you're clean!" Although his movements were so gentle, the words he spoke were still filled with complaints, and he stared fiercely at Zhou Tianhao with a pair of eyes, and asked: " Where did you get hurt this time?"

Zhou Tianhao was feeling a little giddy at this moment, and the temperature in his palm made him feel that he deserved to die. Even if he closed his eyes at this moment, he would have no regrets. Hearing Xie Yujiao's question, he joked, "The chest was smothered." The hole was opened, blame me for being careless and not put the mirror back."

When Xie Yujiao heard this, she almost broke into tears and laughed. Seeing his uncomfortable face, she couldn't bear it anymore. She stretched out her hand and slowly lifted the brocade quilt covering Zhou Tianhao's body, and lowered her head to look down.

"Don't look, it's a bloody forest, it's disgusting."

"What's so disgusting, I'll just take a look." Xie Yujiao lowered her eyebrows and glanced, and saw that Zhou Tianhao's strong chest was wrapped vertically and horizontally with a thick layer of gauze, and the top layer was already stained red with blood. Yes, there are also some messy and pungent Chinese medicine smells in it, which is really not very pleasant.

Xie Yujiao frowned slightly, and Zhou Tianhao said, "It's disgusting, but you won't listen."

"I don't think it's disgusting." Xie Yujiao pursed her lips and covered Zhou Tianhao with a quilt. Thinking of the pain and bitterness in her heart when she heard that he died in those few days, she felt a little wronged, so she just said: " Didn't they all say that you are dead? Why do you..."

Xie Yujiao hadn't finished speaking, but she felt the back of her hand tightened, and she was being pulled against Zhou Tianhao's chest. There was such a big hole in that place, wouldn't it hurt to death if she pressed it?Xie Yujiao was so frightened that she hurriedly put her elbows against the edge of the bed and scolded, "What are you going to do! After all this, you still..."

Zhou Tianhao was not willing to listen, he just took the back of Xie Yujiao's hand, rubbed it on his lips for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Come closer."

"What?" Xie Yujiao asked curiously for a moment, and moved to Zhou Tianhao's lips, but unexpectedly he stretched out his other hand, lightly pressed Xie Yujiao's back of the head, and pecked lightly on her cheek.

Xie Yujiao blushed immediately, and said angrily, "You idiot, you..."

Zhou Tianhao succeeded in his treachery, he laughed happily, let go of the back of Xie Yujiao's head, and said lightly, "If I hadn't thought of you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back."

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao really couldn't bear to criticize him, so she straightened up, sat on the edge of his bed, lowered her head, and gently stroked the back of Zhou Tianhao's hand, which was one size bigger than her own.

"They all said you were dead, I took it seriously..." Xie Yujiao said, tears streaming down her face.

Zhou Tianhao held Xie Yujiao's soft palm with his backhand, and quietly closed his eyes. After about a moment, he opened his eyes and sighed: "Yang... Young Master Yang, he really... died for the country."

Xie Yujiao was stunned for a moment, then raised her head to look at Zhou Tianhao, only to see that there was something sparkling in his blood-colored eyes, which seemed to fall from the tip of his eyes.Xie Yujiao suddenly understood, she opened her mouth slightly and asked, "Then...then who are you?"

Zhou Tianhao sighed, put away the somewhat sad look on his face, held Xie Yujiao's hand but inexplicably tightened it, as if afraid that she would run away, turned his head, looked at her fixedly, slowly He said, "I..."

Xie Yujiao also only looked at Zhou Tianhao intently, with a bit of curiosity on her face, but she couldn't help but think wildly in her heart. Seeing that he was holding her hand, she suddenly felt a little angry and twitched hard. She opened the mouth and said, "So... I was hugged and kissed by someone, and I didn't even know who he was!"

Seeing Xie Yujiao, Zhou Tianhao became angry for no reason. He also knew that she was used to being the master of the house and had a bit of a petulant temper. Now that she was probably annoyed, he just endured the pain in his chest and refused to let go , After she smoked it several times, but couldn't get it out again, he was already in a cold sweat from the pain.

Xie Yujiao couldn't bear it all of a sudden, so he had no choice but to hold her tightly, and wanted to curse a few words but couldn't, so she sat down and wiped her tears.

Only then did Zhou Tianhao slowly let go of her hand, took a piece of handkerchief from the pillow and handed it to her, and said calmly: "I...I am the current Prince Rui, dare to ask the girl's name?"

Xie Yujiao was taken aback when she heard this, then she just greeted Zhou Tianhao's face with her handkerchief, then got up and walked around behind the screen.Just about to go out, suddenly the curtain outside was lifted, and Yun Song came in from the door carrying a plate.

Seeing Xie Yujiao, Yun Song burst into a smile and said, "Miss Xie is really here, I thought Mrs. Kang was just joking! Miss Xie, sit down quickly, my prince misses you every day! Don't call me two or three times every night." I can’t fall asleep after repeating your nickname! The result is good. Mr. Kang came to visit yesterday and was overheard. Mr. Kang said he would invite Miss Xie to come, but my prince refused, saying that he was afraid of scaring you. .”

Yun Song said a series of words like pouring soybeans, and didn't care that Xie Yujiao still had a bit of a temper on his face. After he finished speaking, he realized that he regretted it a little, and heard Zhou Tianhao shouting: "You Talk more, believe it or not, I will castrate you again."

Hearing this, Yun Song was too frightened to gnaw anymore, winked at Xie Yujiao, and leaned over in a low voice, "Miss Xie, the imperial doctor said that His Highness will rest for a few days, so let's let him go."

Hearing this, Xie Yujiao's anger just now subsided by half. She just squatted down and picked up the handkerchief that fell on the ground just now. Her face became more serious, and she said, "Since he's not dead, Then take care of it, I'll go first."

Seeing that Xie Yujiao was about to leave, Yun Song said in a hurry, "Miss just came and is about to leave now. Your Highness has been working hard all this way. Seeing her will make you feel better. Miss, won't you stay to comfort Your Highness?" ?”

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao felt a bit soft-hearted. Dayong fought the Tatars this time for more than two years, but he still failed to hold the capital. For Zhou Tianhao, this is undoubtedly a heartbreak. It's no wonder that his face lost the original unrestrained look, and was more restrained and calm.

But even though Xie Yujiao thought so in her heart, she refused to say so, and deliberately said: "Why should I comfort him, he can't beat others because his skills are not as good as others, and there are always winners and losers in this world. If you lose, you have to be comforted by someone.”

Yun Song thought that Xie Yujiao was serious when he heard this, so he jumped up in a hurry, put down the medicine bowl quickly, and comforted him in a low voice: "Miss, stop talking, don't look at His Highness's usual hippie smile, but his temper Urgent, that day on the city wall, if it wasn't for a few soldiers driving him away, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to come back in the morning! Now that he's come back with great difficulty, if the girl still says such things, wouldn't she be stabbing His Highness's heart with a knife?"

Zhou Tianhao was lying in it, and he listened to these words verbatim. How could he not understand this truth? Even when he was young and frivolous, he still felt that there was some technical content in this ancient war?It was nothing more than hand-to-hand combat, but when they really went to the battlefield and fought with those Tartars, they realized that no matter what age, war is the culprit that can destroy a dynasty.He is just a time traveler, but not the savior of this era.

After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she sat down on the chair in the living room. The room was silent for a while, she hung her head, casually playing with the handkerchief in her hand.Seeing Yun Song, he had no choice but to shrink his neck, and took the bowl of soup and medicine in first.

Xie Yujiao heard a subdued hissing sound from inside, and felt a little anxious, thinking of going in to take a look, but felt a little embarrassed, so she held her breath and continued to sit with her head bowed.

A moment later, a white light flashed behind the screen, and Zhou Tianhao, dressed in a moon-white robe, walked out from inside supported by Yun Song.

"You..." Seeing his half-dead appearance, Xie Yujiao was worried again, so she lowered her head and muttered softly, "My enemy."

Zhou Tianhao waved his hand, signaled Yun Song to go out, walked to the chair opposite Xie Yujiao and sat down, walked around the tea table and took her hand, saying: "I hurt my head, this leg is still very strong, if you don't believe me, sit on it and try it out." try?"

Xie Yujiao saw that he was not in the slightest shape, so she snorted angrily, pulled her hand away from him, picked up the medicine Wan on the tea table, brought it to him, and said, "Drink the medicine obediently first. , lie down again!"

Zhou Tianhao didn't speak, but still looked at Xie Yujiao with a slight smile, pressed down her wrist, put down Yaowan, and said, "Physician Zhou must not be doing his best, why are you a little thinner than before?" ?”

Xie Yujiao suddenly heard Zhou Tianhao mentioning this, and her cheeks turned red again. It turned out that she had indeed put on a few pounds, but recently she has been struggling a lot, and there are many things at home. Once she started thinking about it, she couldn't eat. I lost a few catties, and now I look at it with a sharper chin, only a pair of big eyes hanging on the face, making people feel more and more pitiful.

Xie Yujiao pursed her lips, and deliberately said: "Minister, thank you for His Highness Prince Rui's concern, Miner's life is so small that I can't afford His Highness Prince Rui's concern."

Hearing these sour words, Zhou Tianhao felt a little bit uncomfortable. Why is this girl's family both good? This is a problem of duplicity. She is obviously very honest, but she must say no.

"I can't take it anymore? Then what should I do in the future?" After Zhou Tianhao finished speaking, he reached out to pick up the medicine on the coffee table, frowned and gulped down a few mouthfuls.

Seeing his appearance, Xie Yujiao also felt a little unbearable, so she got up and poured him a cup of tea, watched him rinse his mouth, and his face returned to normal, then said: "If you have nothing else, I will go gone."

"You... are you leaving now?" Zhou Tianhao raised his head and looked at Xie Yujiao, feeling very reluctant in his heart.

"If I don't leave, do I live here?" Xie Yujiao had calmed down now, and her thinking gradually became clearer.From the joy when she just learned that he was not dead, to the sullenness after learning of his identity, her heart has experienced too many joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys in the past half a day. It seems that all she can have now is calmness words.

Zhou Tianhao was stunned for a moment, and seeing Xie Yujiao looking at him with serious eyes, he only heard her say: "If His Highness Prince Rui wants to find someone to make fun of, there are many pretty little maids out there, why bother to find me?" Such a country girl spoiled His Highness's interest in vain."

After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she just stood up and walked towards the door without looking back.

"Jiaojiao..." Zhou Tianhao burst out, calling Xie Yujiao's nickname.Xie Yujiao turned her head, looked at him and said, "Your Highness, you are not worthy of calling this name."

Yun Song and the woman who had lured Xie Yujiao in just now were waiting at the door. Seeing Xie Yu suddenly lift the curtain and leave, Yun Song felt a little strange for a while, so Yun Song hurriedly asked Fangcai to chase after Xie Yujiao, and went by himself. Go to the room to see Zhou Tianhao.

Xie Yujiao came out of the Chuihua Gate, and she finally let out a sigh of relief. Behind her, Ziyan hurriedly followed. Seeing Xie Yujiao, she said, "Girl, so Mr. Yang is not Mr. Yang. I heard Yun Song say... he is……"

Before Ziyan could finish her sentence, Xie Yujiao glared at her, she was so frightened that she hurriedly fell silent, and followed her silently.The middle-aged woman came after her. Seeing Xie Yujiao's bluffing face, she just stepped forward and smiled and said, "Young lady is angry as soon as she says she is angry. His Highness escaped death and worked hard to find the young lady." , I just want to be with the girl..."

When Xie Yujiao heard this, she didn't wait for her to finish, and said first: "It doesn't matter whether he escaped death or went through a lot of hardships, it has nothing to do with me. I don't know him well at all. I'm just a villager. The head of the landlord in the wild village, he is the prince of the heavenly family, if you want to have fun, I'm sorry, he found the wrong person, I don't care."

Fortunately, Xie Yujiao has a good memory and remembers the way she came here. Seeing that the two women who showed her the way just now were not at the door, she just walked along the way she came.The woman was stunned for a moment by Xie Yujiao's words, and seeing that she was about to leave, she reacted and said, "Wait, girl, you don't know the way in this palace, it would be bad if you run into a nobleman."

In the room, Zhou Tianhao closed his eyes and leaned against the chair behind him, only sighing inwardly.It's not that she didn't think she would be angry, it's just that she patted her butt and left after playing like this. This temper is indeed a little bit bigger.It's just that Zhou Tianhao thought about it again, if that wasn't the case, then Xie Yujiao wouldn't be the Xie Yujiao in his heart, and how would he be any different from those ladies in the capital who obeyed him and didn't dare to speak out?
Thinking of this, Zhou Tianhao felt a little happy, and shook his head with a wry smile. Seeing Yun Song coming in from the door, he said calmly, "I'm fine. You should send someone first, so that you can follow Miss Xie and take her away." Send it back to Xie's house."

Seeing that his master didn't look angry, Yun Song felt a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, so he just nodded and said, "I saw Mother Liu went to thank Miss, please rest assured, Your Highness, there will be no trouble."

Simply because the servant sent by Kang Guangshou did not leave, Xie Yujiao got into the carriage smoothly, looked at the sky outside, it was almost dark when he arrived at Xie's house, so he urged him to speed up the journey, finally in the dark I went back to Xie's house.

Mrs. Xu sent someone to wait at the door early in the morning, and when she saw Xie Yujiao's carriage coming back, she hurried inside to report the news.

Xie Yujiao got out of the carriage, turned her head and glanced at the boy, winked and asked Ziyan to reward him with a few taels of silver, and then said: "If you say a word about today's affairs, I will let Mr. Kang sold you."

The young man knew that Xie Yujiao was just trying to scare him, and besides, he would not be so talkative, so he nodded and bowed in agreement, and then he got into the carriage and left.

Mrs. Xu greeted her personally, and seeing that Xie Yujiao's face was not looking very good, she just asked, "What's the matter? Master Kang wants our Xie family to do something again? The court doesn't have money, so they can't always count on us?"

Xie Yujiao saw that Mrs. Xu didn't have an idea, so she just waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, mother, it's not about these things, it's just that I'm a little tired, I'll tell you tomorrow."

Seeing that Xie Yujiao was unhappy, Mrs. Xu had no choice but to go with her, and only ordered her servants to deliver the dinner to her embroidery building.

Today Xu Huiru left again, the embroidery building was quiet, Xie Yujiao went up the stairs, the wooden floor creaked, disturbing her a little.In my heart... After all, I already cared a little more about that person, but... so what?He is a high-ranking prince, but he is just a yellow-haired girl from a landlord's family.

Thinking of this, Xie Yujiao felt a little helpless, and she sharpened her head to become that person's concubine. This is absolutely impossible, but the difference in family status in front of her can't be ignored.She has never been a person who is willing to waste her mind on this kind of thing. If she thinks about it too much, she just feels a headache, so she simply takes off her clothes and pants, rolls them up under the quilt, and becomes a snail just like in her previous life.

(End of this chapter)