The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 171
In the dark room, the boy who fainted in front of the inn was lying quietly on the temporary wooden bed in the room, motionless.

On the candlestick extending from the wall next to it, a piece of candle was burning quietly, casting a quiet light and shadow in the room.

Ye Zhaoqing walked over, stood beside the bed and bent down to examine the boy carefully.

After a while, she sighed and retracted her arms.

"Miss! The food is ready!" Liu'er's voice sounded at the door, and soon, a scent of food permeated the room.

Before Ye Zhaoqing said anything, the unconscious boy lying on the wooden bed suddenly opened his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Zhaoqing heard a gurgling sound from his stomach.

The boy suddenly sat up, and when he saw Ye Zhaoqing standing in front of the bed, he was startled for a while, but then he uncontrollably turned his gaze to the door.

When he saw the food in Liu'er's hand, his eyes suddenly turned red!

The next moment, before Ye Zhaoqing could react, the boy quickly jumped off the bed, pushed Ye Zhaoqing, rushed to the door, and took a hand from Liu Er who was also stunned. He grabbed the plate, reached out and grabbed a handful of rice, and stuffed it into his mouth hungrily!

Ye Zhaoqing staggered from being pushed, and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately she held onto the edge of the bed quickly to stabilize her figure.

Seeing the boy gobbled up countless meals, she couldn't bear to say anything to reprimand her.

The master and servant stood there dumbfounded, letting the boy clean up the food on the plate!

"Is there any more?" The boy swept all the food for two people into his stomach. After he finished eating, he even licked the bottom of the plate and turned to Liu'er and asked.

While speaking, he also hiccupped violently.

Looking at his big black and white eyes, and his gray face, Liu'er screamed and shouted at Ye Zhaoqing: "Miss! What are you still doing there? Come out!"

Ye Zhaoqing ignored her, but looked at the boy curiously, shook his head and said, "You must have been hungry for a long time, right? Don't eat too much at once, or your stomach will burst."

The boy then hiccupped, and then his eyes fell on Ye Zhaoqing.

Ye Zhaoqing's clothes were much higher than Liu'er's, and his temperament was different. He could recognize who was the master and who was the servant with just one glance.

The next moment, the boy did something that surprised both Ye Zhaoqing and Liu Er.

"Good lady! Please take me in! I can repay you like a cow or a horse!" He knelt down in front of Ye Zhaoqing with a plop and said crisply.

Liu'er screamed, and she didn't care about being afraid, and hurried to Ye Zhaoqing's side and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Our lady doesn't want to accept you! You are a sick child!"

"Liu'er!" Ye Zhaoqing turned his head and gave Liu'er a stern look, and said in a deep voice, "Don't say that about him!"

Liu'er trembled when she heard the words, then lowered her head the next moment: "Yes, miss."

After comforting Liu'er, Ye Zhaoqing turned to look at the boy and said softly, "Tell me, what's your name? How old are you?"

"Back to Miss! The younger one is named Ari, and he is twelve this year." The boy gave Ye Zhaoqing a grateful look, and replied obediently.

"Why did you fall in front of the inn today? Where are your family members?" Ye Zhaoqing continued to ask, his voice still soft.

And she felt a little emotional, only twelve!But the child's height is almost as tall as his own, but he is very thin, and it seems that he has not had a good life on weekdays.

After hearing this, Ari's eyes turned red, and then he lowered his head, no matter what Ye Zhaoqing said, he didn't speak.

Liu'er watched her soft-spoken from the side, but the other party refused to answer, and couldn't help feeling angry: "Miss! What do you care about him so much? Since he has already eaten, let him go out! He is infected with smallpox. people..."

"He's not infected with smallpox!" Ye Zhaoqing interrupted her calmly.

"What, what?" Ari's eyes widened in an instant, his chest heaved up and down excitedly, and he looked at Ye Zhaoqing in disbelief.

how come?He was kicked out by his master because he had smallpox?Why did this beautiful young lady say that he didn't have smallpox at all?

Ah yes, this girl said just now that she doesn't know how to cure smallpox.

What even men can't do, how could she, a delicate and weak little girl who should be raised in the boudoir to embroider?
"Don't doubt it, I said you don't have it if you don't have it." Seeing the boy's expression, Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help but smiled slightly: "I don't know how to cure smallpox, but I'm a doctor. Whether a person has smallpox or not? I can still see it."

Liu'er was already stunned, and finally found her own voice at this moment. She glanced at Ye Zhaoqing in disbelief, shook her head and said, "Miss! Did you make a mistake? How could this person not have smallpox? Just now Aren't those people downstairs walking around him?"

"A person who has smallpox can still eat up the meals of two people in one go?" Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help but smile helplessly when he heard the words: "Liu'er, I didn't expect that even you wouldn't believe what I said."

After hearing this, Liu'er's pretty face flushed instantly, and she said in a low voice timidly: "Miss, I..."

"Okay, I'm joking with you." Ye Zhaoqing waved his hand and said seriously: "Ahli has clear eyes, no rash on his body, and no shortness of breath, but just fainted from hunger. Why do you all treat him like that?" Had a hell of a time?"

When Ye Zhaoqing said something, Liu'er glanced at Ah Li, and when Ye Zhaoqing finished speaking, she was right.

Nothing is wrong.

"Ah! So he didn't have smallpox! It scared me to death..." Liu'er patted her chest in shock and said, "But to be on the safe side, I'd better leave this set of tableware for him to use alone! You can buy another one for Miss. A new set, that's it!"

Ye Zhaoqing: "..."

Ari was overjoyed when he heard the words, the tableware was for his own use, he planned to keep himself, so he hurriedly plopped down on his knees and shouted at Ye Zhaoqing: "Thank you, Miss, for taking care of me!" Three rattles.

"Quick! Get up!" Ye Zhaoqing hastily stretched out her hand and pulled Ari up from the ground. She felt a little helpless for this child who 'kowtowed at every word disagreement': "Are you sure you want to follow me? Where is your family? If they find you, won't you go back?"

"Ari, Ahri has no family..." After hearing this, Ari, who was originally excited, suddenly showed a trace of sadness in his eyes.

Seeing this, Ye Zhaoqing didn't want to ask any more questions, so he turned to Liu'er and said, "You find someone to go to the street to buy him some clothes, shoes and socks, and clean up another room..."

"Understood! Miss!" Liu'er rolled her eyes greatly when she heard the words, and said: "Boy, you kowtow three times, isn't it that you recognize the Lord so much that you look like a teacher! Hurry up and kowtow again!"

"Don't! Liu'er, don't torment him." Ye Zhaoqing heard that he wanted to kowtow, and immediately shook his head to stop him: "These three heads should not be kowtow..."

"Ari sees the master!" Ye Zhaoqing was halfway through speaking, when Ari suddenly knelt down and shouted at Ye Zhaoqing crisply.

Ye Zhaoqing was in a fortress in an instant.

Liu'er was also stunned.

Their lady accepts apprentices, my God!The more I think about it, the more outrageous it is!no!She has to stop it quickly!Besides, their lady has nothing to teach him!
"Ari sees the master!" Seeing that Ye Zhaoqing didn't respond, Ari said it again crisply.Then kowtow again.

"Okay! Stop knocking!" Ye Zhaoqing finally came to his senses, grabbed Ah Li's arm and grabbed him: "Get up quickly! I have nothing to teach you! Didn't you recognize someone for nothing? master?"

"Miss, didn't you just say that you are a doctor?" Ari stared at Ye Zhaoqing with sparkling eyes, and his eyes were full of deep hope: "Ari hopes to learn medicine from you! Learn how to cure diseases and save lives!"

"Be careful about your age, your ambition is not young." Ye Zhaoqing was a little moved when she heard the words, especially when she saw the shining light in Ari's eyes, she thought, no one would have the heart to reject him after seeing such eyes.

This child looks pitiful, but he is actually smart!He knows how to take advantage of his own weaknesses.

Anyway, she has nothing to do with her left and right, so she accepts this apprentice, it's not a big deal, at most she asks Murong Shen to check his background, if there is nothing wrong with him, then she can stay.

"Okay! Since you want to be a teacher, then I will accept you as an apprentice." Ye Zhaoqing pondered over and over again, and finally opened his mouth.

Liu Er who was on the side was stunned after seeing this scene, but she reacted quickly, and hurriedly said: "Miss, it is not a trivial matter to be a teacher, you need to set up a high seat, not only kowtow, but also offer tea... "

"Okay, okay! Now it's not like in the past, and it's not like entangled with those red tapes." Liu'er was interrupted by Ye Zhaoqing before she finished speaking, she stood up from the chair and said: "Ah Li is still weak, don't worry about it." After tossing, go to the kitchen and make braised pork ribs for me, by the way, I will also bring a portion for Ahri."

Ah Li's eyes lit up instantly when he heard that there was meat to eat.

"Miss!" Liu'er was a little upset, why did she feel that with this Ari, she would be reduced to the ranks of cooking women?
"Okay, don't be angry." Ye Zhaoqing smiled at her, stretched out his hand and squeezed the palm of Liu'er, and said, "You are my personal servant girl, you not only take care of my daily life, but also take care of your lady and mine. Warehouse, Mr. Ren has a long way to go!"

"The servant knows that the young lady cannot do without the servant!" Liu'er finally looked a little better after hearing this, and went out beaming to prepare lunch.

Ye Zhaoqing, on the other hand, watched people make room for Ah Li.

Seeing that Ye Zhaoqing valued him so much, Ari was deeply moved.

However, when thinking of the Huang family...

His heart was in a state of panic.

I hope they don't find it here!
Ye Zhaoqing didn't notice his strange expression, half of her thoughts were on the room she was tidying up, and half of her thoughts were looking for a cure for smallpox.

It is true that no one has ever cured this disease, but this does not mean that smallpox will never be cured.

Don't think about it, how can there be a way?
While tidying up, Murong Shen strode in from the outside.

"Ahri has met Master Murong." Seeing Murong Shen with a majestic expression, he quickly knelt down to pay his respects without Ye Zhaoqing opening his mouth.

Murong Shen seemed to have already heard about Ari, so he was not surprised to see him, he only raised his eyebrows and said, "You know who I am since you came here?"

"Return to your lord, Sister Liu'er has been talking about you just now." Ah Li said in a low voice: "I see you are extraordinary, so I boldly guessed, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Murong Shen raised the corner of his mouth when he heard this, and showed a calm smile: "Really? You look quite smart."

"I'm afraid, it's my greatest blessing to be by Miss Ye's side!" Ari gave Ye Zhaoqing a grateful look, and said.

Murong Shen frowned immediately when he heard the words: "I'm afraid you have seen the scene of those refugees cursing Ms. Ye downstairs just now? She has already said in public that she can't cure smallpox, but you still want to worship her as your master. I don't understand what exactly you want to do?"

"Go back to Master Murong." Ari heard this, but was not frightened by his fierce aura, and replied calmly: "The young one was standing closer to the inn at that time, and I could tell that Miss Ye still had something to say. , It's a pity that those refugees are all temperless, and they left before listening to it. I never take their words to heart."

"Because of this, why did you find a way to attract our attention?" Murong Shen continued to ask.

Seeing him like this, Ye Zhaoqing knew that Murong Shen was doing it for her own good, but she still felt a little embarrassed.

Ari is just a 12-year-old child!Does he have to be so aggressive?
"Lord Murong, I wanted to stay." Ari was very embarrassed when he heard this, and a blush suddenly appeared on his face that had become fair after washing: "But I never thought of doing so." This method! I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it..."

"Your maidservant can testify to this!" Liu'er said bluntly, "Not only did he eat the food for two, but he also ate a big bowl of porridge and vegetables just now!"

These meals have to catch up with what a grown man eats.

Murong Shen was also a little surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that Ari was indeed carried in because she fainted from hunger.

He thought for a while and said, "Now it has been proven that he is not infected with smallpox?"

After all, this is the most important thing!
As for the life experience of this child named Ari, he will naturally send someone to investigate secretly.

"Yes, I checked it myself." Ye Zhaoqing said.

After hearing this, Murong Shen looked at Ye Zhaoqing's reproachful eyes, and finally stopped asking: "Well, Ari will stay, by the way, let me tell you, your elder brother's body has been cremated successfully. People have been sent to the capital."

"That's good." Ye Zhaoqing nodded upon hearing this.

When Murong Shen said this, his gaze was fixed on Ari's face, but the child kept his head down, and from Murong Shen's perspective, he could only see the black hair on top of his head and toes.

He withdrew his gaze: "If there is nothing else, I will go to work first."

"Go! Be careful on the road!" Ye Zhaoqing urged.

Murong Shen stared at her deeply, then turned and left.

When he got to the door, he suddenly turned around and said: "By the way, we may have to stay in this town for a few more days. If you want to study something, just do it." Then, without waiting for Ye Zhaoqing to answer, Then he strode out.

Ye Zhaoqing originally wanted to ask him what the situation in the palace was like now, but he swallowed the words back.

"Ari, rest well, you know?" Ye Zhaoqing turned around and told Ari.

"Master, Ari understands." Ari replied respectfully.

Seeing his respectful appearance, Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help sighing, but she didn't say anything, but turned and went back to her own room.

Liu'er followed Ye Zhaoqing, and asked with some doubts: "Miss, why does this servant always think that Ahri looks a little strange?"

At that time, they had already reached the room where the two lived, so Liu'er boldly asked.

"Oh? What's so strange?" Ye Zhaoqing looked at Liu'er curiously upon hearing this.

"Miss, have you noticed that when this Ari sees the Taifu, he behaves so well! Also, he also knows how to reply to you and how to express his loyalty. The slave feels...he It should not be a child of a poor family."

She has listed so many, after all, she can only come up with this obvious truth.

Ye Zhaoqing laughed when he heard the words: "That's right, Ari does not come from an ordinary family, but you say that he is not a child of a poor family, but that is not necessarily the case, maybe he is just working in a rich family. "

"Do something? What do you do? Are you a current person?" Liu'er immediately said, "With his status as a servant, how can he be able to be your apprentice to Miss? No way! This respectful tea is not respectful, it doesn't count... ..."

"Liu'er!" After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing pulled Liu'er back: "What are you messing around with? Do you think your lady and I are the kind of people who refuse to accept apprentices just because they know his status as a slave?"

Liu'er looked at Ye Zhaoqing's gloomy face upon hearing this, but did not answer.

Ye Zhaoqing sighed and said, "Liu'er, life is born equal, why do you have so much prejudice against others?"

"Miss, this servant made a mistake." Liu'er bit her lip and said.

Seeing her like this, Ye Zhaoqing couldn't say what she wanted to reprimand her. She patted Liu'er on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Okay, at least half of what you said is correct. The origin of this Ahri is a mystery. It is indeed There is something wrong, but since he is so obsessed with being a doctor, I will reluctantly accept him and observe for a while before talking about it!"

"Okay." Liu'er obediently responded.

Ye Zhaoqing stood up and stretched, and said, "Liu'er, go and prepare bath water! I'm a little sleepy after a long day."

"Yes, Miss." Liu'er listened, respectfully responded and then withdrew.

Ye Zhaoqing slowly closed his sleepy eyes.

When Liu'er ordered someone to bring up the hot water, she saw such a scene. She was so frightened that she hurried forward and shook Ye Zhaoqing's hand and said, "Miss! Wake up!"

"What's the matter?" Ye Zhaoqing opened his eyes in a daze when he heard the words, and looked at her in confusion.

"Ah!" Seeing Ye Zhaoqing's face clearly, Liu'er suddenly let out a deafening scream!

(End of this chapter)