in spring

Chapter 79
Cuishan Xiaozhu was in a mess.The bamboo tables and chairs fell to the ground, and several objects such as pen holders and vases made of bamboo tubes placed on the bookshelves were swept to the ground, and several doors were torn down in half.

Chunying picked up a chair, found a rag to wipe off the dust familiarly, and then let Zhou Nian sit down.As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help "hissing". Li You hurriedly approached to check, and found that his left calf was stained red, which must have been scratched in the mountain belly.

Li You hurriedly said: "You can't be careless, I'll go find medicine right away, you wait for me. Chun'er, take care of Brother Nian!" After finishing speaking, he ran out.Zhou Nian couldn't call him, so he had to let him go.Chunying looked down at the bloodstains on the edge of her palm, felt the pain on her right knee, curled her lips quietly: Well, she is a little girl, no one cares about her safety.

Zhou Nian looked back at her, and asked worriedly: "I just saw that you were hurt too, is it all right?"

Chunying was stunned for a moment, and felt much relieved: "It's okay, just a few scratches." She looked closer at his calf: "Ah, it seems to have bled a lot, why didn't you say it just now?" She Reached out and pressed lightly.

Zhou Nian shrank his feet uncomfortably: "It's just a small injury, it's just a small injury..."

"The clothes near the wound seem to be stained with plaster! No, you have to clean it up, or your wound will become inflamed!" Chun Ying simply tore open his pants for him, exposing the wound, "Fortunately, the wound was not stained."

"No, no need..." Zhou Nian barely jumped up, and took three steps back, Chunying was very puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Nian's face turned red and white, feeling that something was wrong.Although he was sometimes served by a maidservant, since the upheaval at home, he has lived alone for more than ten years, with only Sanqing doing chores by his side. Although Chun'er has come since the second half of last year, but She has never been so close to herself.

Remembering that when she was in the cave just now, she stretched out her hand to cover her mouth and nose, it would be even more... sinful, sinful, the saint said, men and women cannot kiss each other.Twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, no matter how old she is, she is no less young.Since ancient times, men and women have different seats at the age of seven. Although Chun'er is a maidservant of the Hou's family, she is a pure and innocent daughter's family after all!She was young and didn't know how to avoid taboos, so why did he forget to remind her? !
"Brother Nian... What's wrong with you?" Chun Ying watched Zhou Nian's face change, and became more curious, staring at him with wide eyes.

Zhou Nian looked at her and suddenly felt that he was looking for trouble.Chun'er is still a child, and she is really worried about herself, thinking that she should not have so much.The previous situation was so urgent, she also wanted to save herself.So he calmed down, smiled and said: "It's nothing, you can see that the fire outside is extinguished, if Sanqing is free, let him come, he knows some methods of healing."

After hearing this, Chunying turned and ran to the window, saw that Sanqing had put out the fire and was sorting out the burnt weeds, so she hurriedly called him, and Sanqing came into the house.Seeing Sanqing clean up Zhou Nian's wound with a clean cloth, she suddenly thought, Zhou Nian acted so weird just now, could it be that he was thinking about "a man and a woman can't kiss each other" in his mind?She wanted to laugh a little, so she forced herself to hold back, and hurriedly avoided going out on the pretext of seeing if Li You was back.

Seeing her leave, Zhou Nian was slightly relieved.Although Chun'er didn't touch him again, it was embarrassing enough to show her body in front of the girl's house, even if it was just a leg.He was a little fortunate that Chun'er was not the kind of shy, cowardly girl who blushed at every turn, she cared about his safety from the beginning to the end, and didn't have any thoughts because of his embarrassment, otherwise he would really have no place to be ashamed.

But... Should he teach Chun'er some taboo things?It's all right in front of him, if it's in front of others, it's also so careless, it's still not appropriate...

Chunying brought Li You back, and the latter had brought a bottle of concoction and a clean handkerchief, hurriedly bandaged Zhou Nian, then asked Sanqing to help him, and they went down the mountain and returned to Zhu Dream Mountain Residence.

The mountain house has been tidied up briefly, but broken teacups and other things can still be seen, the books on the shelves have been turned into a mess, and the lids of the two large wooden boxes that were originally placed in the corner of the room have also been lifted. The books inside were in a mess, and a few were torn and thrown on the ground.Chunying put down the wooden box in her hand, glanced inside, and found that even the bed was not spared.

Sanqing cursed in a low voice, and went out to tidy up.Li You looked around with a gloomy face, and said in a muffled voice: "I told them that I was planning to move here when the weather gets warmer and study hard, so I specially asked someone to clean up the house, but that Liang Shan refused to believe it. You must be the one who insists to live here, if you hadn't put away all the letters and manuscripts written by you, I'm afraid he would be caught by him!"

Zhou Nian said: "The box that Chun'er carried down the mountain just now contained manuscripts and my private seal. I also took the manuscript away because I was afraid that he would recognize it. Other things don't matter." He glanced at the room, Wei Wei smiled wryly: "It's just a pity that these things, many of them were specially collected and sent by you..."

"That's nothing!" Li You waved his hands nonchalantly, his eyes gleaming, "It's just that you have lived here for ten years and have been safe and sound, so how could spies and officers and soldiers come here suddenly? Could it be us Someone leaked the secret at home?!"

Zhou Nian moved his lips, but he still didn't make a sound after all.Li You was lost in thought, and his face became more and more ugly.Chunying looked at the former, then at the latter, and finally couldn't help raising her hand: "There is something... I've wanted to ask for a long time... why are you so afraid that Grand Master Liang will send troops to arrest people? Could it be that officials and slaves can't stay here?" Is it in the Hou Mansion?"

Zhou Nian smiled wryly, Li You glared at her angrily: "You stupid girl, what stupid things are you talking about?! People who have not entered the official ranks, unless they are in the teaching workshop or other places, they all have to do hard work! Brother Nian Back then, he was sentenced to the salt field in Shandong. If he really went there, his life would have been lost. Our family secretly found someone to replace him and hid him in the mansion. If the officers and soldiers found him, not only would our family fall For the crime of harboring, even brother Nian will lose his life!"

Chun Ying was taken aback: "What?!" Then the masters of the Hou Mansion concealed Zhou Nian's matter, not only because they were afraid that the Zhou family's enemies would come and kill them?She suddenly noticed Li You's words just now: "Third young master, you just said... Find someone to replace Brother Nian? Wasn't Brother Nian still young back then? You... Who did you find? That person was killed Sent to the salt field in Shandong?!"

"It seems to be a family fleeing." Li You turned his head and thought for a while, "The father committed a crime and was sentenced to the saltworks. The mother brought the children to remarry. The eldest son refused to go, saying that he would accompany his father. Father, my father arranged for him to take the name of brother Nian, and I heard that his father is gone, but he has lived safely until now, which is a good fortune." He was serious, as if he was just saying something very important. unusual story.

Chunying felt very uncomfortable, she glanced at Zhou Nian, saw that he could not bear and feel guilty slightly in his eyes, and felt better.She thought for a while, then asked: "Then what will Brother Nian do in the future? Continue to hide in the mansion, or find another place to move?"

"Of course we have to find someone else... No, no!" Li You suddenly changed his mind, "They couldn't find anyone, maybe they were waiting outside the mansion, waiting for Brother Nian to go out! We still have to live in the mansion. I I remember that there are two or three empty yards behind the garden, and they can be used by people after cleaning. Brother Nian will move there first, and when the wind blows over..."

"Brother You!" Zhou Nian raised his head and glanced at him lightly, "That would alarm too many people, not to mention, the mansion can't keep it a secret after they have come here." It was discovered by the male and female servants in the mansion.

Li You was a little sad when he heard the words: "I really don't know which informer... No matter what, you can't be arrested by them!"

Chunying had already grasped the clue, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Actually...why do you have to live in the mansion secretly? Can't you live in an open and aboveboard manner? If... Lord Hou transferred brother Nian to the mansion under some name Servant or something..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could our family let Brother Nian be a servant?!" Li You retorted without waiting for her to finish speaking, his eyes were wide open, but he soon came to his senses, "You mean... ...as an excuse?"

Chun Ying stared back: "Of course! Could it be that Lord Hou and the third young master will really let him be a servant?! It's just that he can live in the mansion openly, and he is not afraid of how many times others come to search!"

Zhou Nian's face changed a little: "However, my Zhou family has not been rehabilitated for a day, how can Grand Master Liang and others let me go?"

"He's a grand teacher! How can he manage so many trivial matters!" Chunying winked at him, "Aren't you working hard in the Shandong salt field? As long as your status remains the same, it will be the same wherever you go? As an elder, Lord Hou , I can't bear to see the younger generation suffer. Seeing that the case has passed for so many years, the emperor's house is kind, maybe he will transfer you back from Shandong? Is there a place to accommodate officials and slaves near the capital? Waiting for you to 'come back', Lord Hou It won’t be difficult to transfer someone into the mansion as an errand, right?” In this way, not only can Zhou Nian live a more stable life, but the poor scapegoat boy—perhaps he should be called a youth—can also get rid of his original Bad luck.

Li You smiled: "Wonderful! Now that the empress is pregnant, it is not surprising that the emperor issued an edict of amnesty to the world in order to pray for the unborn little prince, not to mention that it is only to reduce the punishment for offenders?"

Zhou Nian was moved.For a long time, what he wanted was to rehabilitate his father and exonerate his family. He was not willing to seek the so-called amnesty at all, but now there is hope for redress.Now not only the fetus conceived by the queen can be an excuse for amnesty.Even in two months, it will be the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday. If this is the reason, what will King Ke, Grand Master Liang and others think?
The corners of his mouth slowly turned up, and when he looked at Li You again, there was also a smile in his eyes.

Chunying looked around at the expressions of the two of them, she was a little confused, no matter whether her method is feasible, they don't have to laugh so weirdly, right?
Neither Li You nor Zhou Nian expressed their views on Chun Ying's solution. The former only said that he would go back to discuss with Lord Hou.This matter must be carefully considered, and there must be no mistakes.

Seeing that it was getting late, he called Shang Chunying to go back.Chunying looked at Zhou Nian's injury, then looked around, and then followed him out the door.Zhou Nian hurriedly called her: "Chun'er..." Chunying turned her head and said, "What's the matter?" Zhou Nian was silent for a while, then smiled lightly: "It's all right, today...Thank you..."

He should really be grateful to Chunying, if she hadn't reported the letter in time, he might not be able to get away, and thanks to her thinking of another way to wake him up from a dead end.Looking at her plastered dress and the red marks on her hands, he felt a little guilty, hating himself for not being able to help: "Remember to apply the medicine when you go back...don't worry about this side, Sanqing is here."

Chunying smiled, nodded, turned and left, but remembered another thing.Sanqing seemed to be injured as well, but he didn't hear him mention it, so I'll go back later and ask if there is any good medicine, and bring it to him when I come back.

Back at Huanhuaxuan, Mei Xiang, who had been waiting anxiously, and the big girls rushed forward when they saw Li You. He only had time to whisper: "Remember what I said." Then he was surrounded by them and went to the backyard.Shi'er and Xia He took Chunying's hand and asked, "What's wrong with you? You look embarrassed."

Chunying laughed dryly, and according to the confession she had made with the third young master on the way back, said: "I fell while running, and I almost couldn't walk, but I got better later." Then hurriedly changed the subject: "You see Are there officers and soldiers? I watched them pass by from the side of the road, it was really scary!"

"I see, I see!" "What are they here for?"

Shi'er chatted with Xia He, and after a while, Wisteria, Rong'er and Xiao Ling joined in.Chunying secretly wiped off her sweat, and quietly went back to her room while no one was prepared.She remembered that Qiuyu had given her a bottle of medicine, but she didn't know if it was suitable for her...

After she changed into clean clothes, Mei Xiang had already received Li You's instructions, sent two bottles of medicine, and told her: "Don't let the wound get wet, just bear with it for two days. In the garden...you don't have to go for now. Keep it for a few days."

"Huh?" Chunying was a little worried, "Then...does anyone send something to them?"

"Yes, don't worry." Mei Xiang looked out the door vigilantly, "I'm going back first." She got up and walked out, just in time to meet Man Ru coming in from outside, with a surprised look on her face: "Huh? Sister Mei Xiang, you're here too? "Mei Xiang nodded and walked out.

Manru's face was a little uncomfortable, and she forced a smile and said to Chunying: "I heard that you fell on the way? No wonder I didn't see you when I came back. At that time, I was thinking about the third young master's clothes, but I forgot You, I'm really sorry... But when I sent the clothes, everyone disappeared, and I don't know what happened. Have you seen it, Chun'er?"

"I don't know either." Chun Ying stood up with a dry smile, "By the way, my clothes are so dirty, what should I do? Do I have to wash them before sending them back?"

"I'm... I'm afraid I'm going to find a laundry room. I'm afraid it won't be cleaned in our yard... How can it be so dirty? Where did you fall?"

"It's on the side of the road..." Chun Ying hurriedly picked up her clothes, didn't even bother to wipe off the medicine, and rushed out, ignoring Manru calling her name behind.

She had been to the laundry room, not far from the big kitchen, and as she walked across the garden, she was seeing a black patch on the once green hill, still smoking.She paused, then continued to run forward.

Seeing that she was about to go to the laundry room, a person suddenly ran out from the diagonally opposite corner door, Chunying couldn't stop for a moment, collided with the person, and both fell to the ground.She was suffering from pain, and couldn't help shouting: "Who is it? Didn't you see someone?!" She looked closely, but was stunned.

It turned out to be Sister Feng Lian whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

(Thanks to everyone, a certain L has returned to the top ten of the pink vote list after a lapse of one year... Thank you very much for your support, and today I specially send a little more codes~~~)
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