Hold His Hand

Lu Yanzhou knew that Lu Rong would come over today, but he did not expect Lu Rong to be like this.

Lu Rong's clothes were of decent material, but they were dirty and not warm. Her shoes were full of mud. Her face was two degrees darker than yesterday, and her lips were pale, which made her feel pitiful after seeing her.

She didn't even have a small bag, she only hugged a swaddle and looked like she was in distress.

"There was an accident in my family and I couldn't live any longer, so I came to the capital to look for relatives, but unfortunately I didn't find anyone..." Lu Rong recounted what she had encountered before with red eyes, making the people around her very sympathetic.

When Lu Yanzhou went out, Lu Rong spoke terrifiedly: "Little Master, I heard that there is porridge here, so I wanted to ask for some porridge."

Lu Rong vividly portrayed a woman who was in trouble and was about to die, obviously not wanting others to know her relationship with Lu Yanzhou.

This is indeed in their favor.

As a matter of course, Lu Yanzhou left Lu Rong and let her choose a place in the newly built house.

Lu Rong chose a room and thanked her again and again, saying that she would help with the work.

Lu Rong also mentioned that her husband's family is a small business, so she can not only do laundry and cook, but also settle accounts.

Lu Yanzhou was overjoyed and immediately arranged some work for her.

This tossing took about half an hour. When Lu Yanzhou turned around, he saw that Xie Chengze had come out of the room and was chatting with the abbot of Jingning Temple.

Seeing that he was done, Xie Chengze looked over and smiled.

"Brother Cheng, I'm really sorry for being neglected." Lu Yanzhou came to Xie Chengze in a few steps.

Xie Chengze said, "I'm here just to relax. What's the point of being neglected?"

Having said that, Lu Yanzhou finally had time to talk to himself, and Xie Chengze was still very happy. After chatting with Lu Yanzhou a few words, he also took the initiative to ask if there was anything he could help with.

Lu Yanzhou found a job for him to do - let him name the orphans in the temple and register them.

Although the orphans taken in by Jingning Temple had names, they were all casually called "Dog Dan", "Da Ya", "Er Mao" and so on.

The job was simple, Xie Chengze sat on the chair that Lu Yanzhou sat on when he was seeing a doctor, and named the children.

After getting up for two, he also looked at the people around him and asked them to buy some food and bring them over.

Xie Chengze had donated silver money when he came to Jingning Temple before, but he didn't donate much—he didn't have much money either.

And he knew in his heart that there are thousands of poor people in this world, and instead of donating money to help others, he might as well handle political affairs so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

However, seeing Lu Yanzhou busy going back and forth for some children and elderly people today, he also wanted to do his best.

He wanted to buy some food to feed the children here, and to reward Lu Yanzhou.

After the children's names have been chosen, they will be given to Lu Rong after they have been registered.

Everyone else had come here long ago, but Lu Rong was different. She only came today. Xie Chengze was deeply impressed by her.

Out of habit, Xie Chengze also asked about Lu Rong's hometown.

Lu Rong grew up in Beijing and knew that her accent could not be changed, so she said, "I grew up in Beijing. When I was ten years old, my parents took me back to my hometown, where I got married and had children..."

Lu Rong used to live in Liuxiang, Huajie, and most of the women there were unable to survive and had to do this business. The identity she gave herself now was actually the experience of one of the flower girls.

The husband's family was engaged in the porcelain business, but the bad luck met the earth dragon and turned over.

Hua Niang's husband was helpless and borrowed money to buy goods. As a result, he encountered a robber on the road. Because those goods were bought with borrowed money, and he was reluctant to let go, he was beheaded by the robber.

Hua Niang's husband died, but the porter he hired to accompany him to buy goods escaped home. The porter told the neighbors about this, and there were people coming to ask for debts every day from the flower mother’s family. The flower mother had no choice but to bring her child to the capital, but her relatives were not found. The child was still ill, so she could only sell herself, but even then , did not save the child.

Lu Rong changed the experience of Hua Niang and described it as her own, but it was perfect.

Xie Chengze knew that the Earth Dragon's turn over was not serious, and the court did not provide disaster relief.

Seeing him like this, Lu Rong smiled and said, "Young Master Cheng, this is not bad for me. Anyway, I survived, and now I still have a place to stay."

Lu Rong is really in a good mood at the moment. She was young back then and didn't know much about the Lu family. After the Lu family accident, people in the capital never dared to mention the Lu family. They thought the Lu family was dead. When she saw Lu Yanzhou yesterday, Only then did I know that not only is my cousin alive, but also four cousins ​​are alive.

In addition, her cousin's work is very organized, and she arranges the revenge in an orderly manner, which also relieves her a lot.

The young master Cheng in front of him didn't have the arrogance of the young masters of the big family. It seemed that he was still a cousin and friend, so she liked Xie Chengze very much.

"You will definitely get better." Xie Chengze said seriously.

Lu Rong smiled and quickly helped with the work,

When Lu Rong was working, she carried her child behind her back. There were many people in the countryside who did this, but Xie Chengze had never seen it before, so she couldn't help but glanced at it a few more times. Worry: "If it's cold today, will the child freeze?"

He remembered that a child of his grandfather's family didn't go out much in winter. Not only did he wear a hat when he went out, he also had a mother-in-law beside him to help block the wind, or covered his head and face with a gauze.

"It's not bad if it's frozen, he's like this every day," Lu Rong said. "We're a small family, so we're not that particular about it."

Just as he was talking, the food that Xie Chengze had bought was delivered.

Xie Chengze started to deal with government affairs very early, and his mother even found a great Confucian to teach him.

He weighed 20 pounds of the cheapest cakes in the capital, and then let him buy some braised eggs, braised chicken, etc. from the Braised Restaurant and sent them to add vegetables, and the others were gone.

So this afternoon, when the children were drinking porridge, there was still a marinated egg and a piece of marinated chicken in the bowl.

Lu Yanzhou's side is even richer. Braised chicken legs, braised chicken wings and braised chicken feet are all available. There is also a braised pig's trotter. The little monk in the greedy temple is drooling. .

"Brother Cheng, you are going to ruin the little monk's conduct." Lu Yanzhou laughed.

Xie Chengze was also a little happy when he thought of the little monk's appearance, and said, "The wife of the Zhu family who just arrived wants to nurse the child. This pig's trotter was bought for her, let me send it to her."

Lu Rong told people that her husband's surname was Zhu, and everyone called her "Zhu's wife".

Lu Yanzhou said: "Why don't you let her eat in the house, we eat on the kang, she, Chang Feng, and your guard eat at the table next to her... Her house is not warm yet."

Xie Chengze agreed.

Half of Lu Yanzhou's house was occupied by the kang, and there was an Eight Immortals Table in the rest of the place. Lu Rong was called in and ate with Changfeng and the others.

They ate the same food as Lu Yanzhou and Xie Chengze. In addition to the vegetarian food in the temple, which was the lo-mei bought by Xie Chengze, Lu Rong also added a whole pig's trotter.

Lu Rong had to rent a house to live in these years, and she had a hard time living.

After Xie Chengze left and finally settled down, Lu Rong said to Lu Yanzhou, "Xiao Jiu, that Mr. Cheng is a nice guy, which one does he belong to?"

Having experienced so many things over the years, Lu Rong's vision has long been cultivated, and she can see at a glance that Xie Chengze is unusual.

Just that style, just that hand, face and teeth, it's not that a rich family can't raise it.

Lu Yanzhou didn't hide it: "He is the prince."

Lu Rong's face changed suddenly, her eyes were full of hatred: "Prince? Is he the prince?!"

Lu Rong looked like she could not wait to fight with Xie Chengze, Lu Yanzhou said, "Seventh sister, I said before that I have become King Rui's staff, and I am still friends with the prince."

Lu Rong calmed down after a while: "What are your plans?"

Lu Yanzhou said: "Seventh sister, I met the prince, only to know that the prince has a heart disease, and it is very serious."

"He has a heart attack? No wonder a big man still uses mouth fat." Lu Rong said immediately.

Lu Rong's power of observation is amazing, Lu Yanzhou said: "He is a man of heart disease, so he lives in a secluded place. He has reached the crown and has not yet married. Sister, the situation of the prince will not be our resistance. On the contrary, we have to protect him."

"Protect?"

Lu Yanzhou said: "King Rui wants to pull the prince off his horse, if something happens to the prince, and Prince Rui's family is the dominant one, we will definitely have nothing to do with Prince Rui. "

Lu Yanzhou was very calm when he said that he wanted to kill King Rui, as if it was not difficult, which undoubtedly made Lu Rong even more surprised.

Lu Yanzhou explained to Lu Rong, of course, the main point was how to deal with King Rui.

Lu Yanzhou really wanted to get rid of King Rui. Once King Rui came, he was really not a good person. The original owner followed King Rui, and it was not uncommon to see King Rui doing dirty things.

The original owner was also not clear-headed, and even thought that King Rui was so ruthless and ruthless as a king.

But in fact, King Rui and Jin Shang are worthy of being father and son, both of them are selfish people.

More importantly, King Rui was thinking about killing Xie Chengze.

Xie Chengze was indeed killed by the original owner, but in addition to the original owner, King Rui arranged for others to do something to Xie Chengze, but none of those people succeeded.

Such a person who could harm Xie Chengze at any time... Lu Yanzhou didn't want to let it go.

But what he told Lu Rong to make Xie Chengze and Rui Wang lose both... This is nonsense, and it's just to stabilize Lu Rong.

Lu Rong is quite capable and has many people in his hands. He is afraid that Lu Rong will suddenly attack Xie Chengze.

As for what to do in the future... Why did he bring Lu Rong here? One of the reasons is to let Lu Rong and Xie Chengze get along more.

Xie Chengze is a very nice person and gets along with each other more. Lu Rong's heart is not iron-clad and will always be shaken.

What's more, the affairs of the Lu family had nothing to do with Xie Chengze, who was only three years old at the time.

Lu Yanzhou and Lu Rong discussed it, teased Lu Rong's children, and reminded Lu Rong to bring back the unfinished pig trotters.

When it comes to pig trotters, Lu Rong's expression is a bit complicated.

Lu Yanzhou said: "They killed my Lu family, and they can't eat a pig's trotters from him?"

Lu Rong still took the pig's trotters back.

The next day, Lu Yanzhou found someone to build the house again, and asked Lu Rong to keep the accounts and be a female steward.

Others are very envious when they see it, but they won't be jealous, because Lu Rong is really a neat person, and she settles accounts very quickly.

In this way, Lu Rong's conversation with Lu Yanzhou is very normal. When Lu Rong went to Lu Yanzhou's house at night, everyone just thought she was going to pay the bills and didn't think much about it.

Lu Rong is tall and has a square face and thick lips. This typical appearance of the Lu family, coupled with her deliberately loyal appearance, makes people not associate her with some fragrant things at all, not to mention that she is always Carry a child.

Another thing happened on the second day, that is, Xie Chengze sent a lot of books to Lu Yanzhou and some food.

This time, the food was specially given to Lu Yanzhou, which was different from the previous day. There were not only pastries made by Chef Donggong, but also marinated beef.

At this time, ordinary people can't eat beef... Lu Yanzhou divided Lu Rong half.

Lu Rong: "…"

In the blink of an eye, a few days later, the second batch of houses had been built, and Lu Yanzhou took in some more people. He also invited a doctor to come over and let the doctor treat the people he took in, and by the way, learn Chinese medicine from the doctor.

He did this in order to accumulate enough merit as soon as possible, so as to help Xie Chengze cure his heart disease.

It's just that this is ancient times, he has no power or power, it is still a bit inconvenient to do things, and the speed of accumulating merit is relatively slow.

On this day, Lu Yanzhou sent new clothes made by someone, and he let all the children he took in had their hair shaved, bathed, and put on new clothes.

People at this time attach great importance to their hair, but there are not a few children who have shaved their heads. The children have seen many monks, and they don’t care about it. Instead, they are curious to ask if they want to become monks too? Can't eat meat?

Lu Yanzhou said, "You don't become monks, you just shave your heads, and you can continue to eat meat."

The little monk in the temple immediately burst into tears.

Lu Yanzhou looked embarrassedly at the solemn abbot of Baoxiang, but the abbot pushed the three little monks in the temple forward: "Forget it, if you wait for the six senses to be impure, let's go back to the secular world!"

In this way, he startled the three little monks and said, "Abbot, I don't want to leave!"

The abbot said: "When you grow up, if you still want to learn Buddhism, you can become a monk."

Lu Yanzhou laughed when he saw this.

These days, he gets along with the abbot more and more. He knows why Xie Chengze likes to come here, and he also likes to chat with the abbot.

The abbot of Jingning Temple did not become a monk until he was in his thirties, and he traveled around in his early years. This experience made him knowledgeable and open-minded.

The three little monks dared to cry with him, and it could be seen that he was very kind to these three children.

The three little monks returned to the secular world, put on the new cotton-padded clothes that Lu Yanzhou bought, and ate the meat porridge that Lu Yanzhou had made.

They were eating when Xie Chengze came again and was a little confused when he saw a group of bald heads.

Lu Yanzhou laughed: "These children have bugs in their hair, so I simply let them shave their heads."

In fact, not only the children shaved, but the old people also shaved their heads.

Homeless people don't really care about their hair. If they can't survive the famine years, if they can survive, who wouldn't want to become a monk? Entering the palace to be a **** is always rushed by someone.

These old people have no fields. After getting old, they can't find work and can only wander around. If it wasn't for Lu Yanzhou's shelter, most of them would not survive this winter. They just shave their heads. What is it?

"This is indeed a good solution." Xie Chengze nodded in approval, but when he saw the books about Chinese medicine placed in Lu Yanzhou's house, he couldn't help frowning: "Are you studying medicine?"

"I was very interested in medicine, so I learned it." Lu Yanzhou said.

Xie Chengze disagreed: "It's only three months away from Chunwei, you..."

Lu Yanzhou said, "Brother Cheng, I've read all the books you gave me. If you don't believe me, test me."

Wang Linyuan was Xie Chengze's mentor, and Xie Chengze had already memorized the book Wang Linyuan annotated, so he began to ask questions.

Lu Yanzhou could answer them all, and even recite all the notes.

Xie Chengze looked at Lu Yanzhou in shock. He only gave the book to Lu Yanzhou for seven or eight days. Lu Yanzhou also did many other things these days...

Lu Yanzhou said with a smile: "I'm not talented, I have the ability to remember it."

Xie Chengze: "…"

Lu Yanzhou said: "Brother Cheng, let's not talk about this anymore. I bought some sweet potatoes today. Let's go roast the sweet potatoes?"

"Roasted sweet potatoes?" Xie Chengze was a little at a loss.

Lu Yanzhou knew that Xie Chengze had been dealing with political affairs since a few years ago.

King Rui was very jealous, but he knew that it was very stressful to do these things, especially since Xie Chengze was only a prince, not an emperor.

The fact that the prince was punished and kneeled today because of his improper handling of things has often happened in the past two years.

It was rare for Xie Chengze to come out, so he definitely wanted to relax, so he simply took Xie Chengze to do something that didn't require brains, such as roasting sweet potatoes with a group of children.

It takes time to bake sweet potatoes, so Lu Yanzhou also found some rice and threw them into the fire to make them pop into popcorn, and the children rushed to eat them.

Xie Chengze saw it strangely, when Lu Yanzhou saw it, he picked up a few clean ones for him: "Brother Cheng, would you like to try it?"

Xie Chengze did not refuse and tried it.

The rice crackers had no taste, but he had to eat some sweetness in the clamor of the children.

When the sweet potatoes were cooked, Lu Yanzhou told Xie Chengze some interesting stories about the countryside, which Xie Chengze had never heard before, and naturally he listened with great interest.

"The sweet potato should be almost done." Lu Yanzhou found a slender sweet potato from the fire, peeled half of it and brought it to Xie Chengze's mouth: "Try it."

Xie Chengze was stunned for a while, then opened his mouth and took a bite.

Lu Yanzhou couldn't help but laugh.

Xie Chengze in this world was very calm when facing him, which made him a little uncertain about Xie Chengze's mind, but now His Royal Highness has stuttered what he handed over, and he is definitely not without feelings for him.

Seeing Lu Yanzhou's smile, Xie Chengze paused, took the sweet potato and said, "I'll eat it myself."

Lu Yanzhou did nothing.

In the previous worlds, he had never pursued Xie Chengze well, and it would be good for this world to take its time.

At this moment, Xie Chengze was a little embarrassed because of Lu Yanzhou's sudden action. He didn't look at Lu Yanzhou, looked away, and saw Lu Rong standing not far away with the child on his back.

Xie Chengze immediately said, "Sister Zhu, do you want to eat roasted sweet potatoes? It's cold, and eating a sweet potato is just enough to warm your body."

Lu Rong didn't show anything strange in front of Xie Chengze, and said with a smile: "Master Cheng, I used to eat this food a lot, but I don't like it anymore. I want to save my stomach and wait for the dry meal."

Xie Chengze heard the words and said, "I brought some bacon here today, eldest sister, let the kitchen steam it and cook for everyone."

Xie Chengze is the crown prince after all, and he usually has a pretence.

But he loves Lu Yanzhou, and naturally he is somewhat close to Lu Yanzhou and the people around Lu Yanzhou.

Although Xie Chengze hadn't come a few days ago, he had given him food several times. Lu Rong had become accustomed to giving him food, so she said, "I'll let him steam it right away."

The children around happened to hear this, and their eyes lit up one by one, and they wished they could eat immediately.

Seeing this, Lu Yanzhou said, "Brother Cheng, don't send this kind of food again. These children eat better than the children in the village. If this goes on like this, maybe someone will deliberately throw the children at me."

"It's me who didn't think carefully." Xie Chengze immediately apologized.

"Nothing," Lu Yanzhou looked at Xie Chengze meaningfully, "I know you sent it because you were thinking of me, I'm very happy."

Xie Chengze's heartbeat accelerated again unconsciously, and his chest was bulging.

Touching his chest, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yanzhou asked worriedly.

"I'm fine," Xie Chengze's face has returned to normal, "I still have some things at home... I'm going back."

"I'll send you." Lu Yanzhou said.

Xie Chengze came by a carriage, and Lu Yanzhou sent Xie Chengze to the carriage, and then pulled Xie Chengze to speak to prevent Xie Chengze from leaving.

When Changfeng came over with a small clay pot, Lu Yanzhou handed the pot to Xie Chengze: "Brother Cheng, this is a snack I made not long ago, you can eat it... You are too thin, you have to eat well."

As far as he knows, Xie Chengze, the prince, is usually busy with government affairs and will forget to eat... It is said that Xie Chengze's appetite is not very good.

So, he made some sesame **** from the good sesame seeds eaten by heart patients, and gave Xie Chengze a snack.

Xie Chengze took it, and Lu Yanzhou stepped aside and watched the carriage go away.

"Xiao Jiu," Lu Rong called out, "You're like this... Are you too close to him?"

Lu Yanzhou said, "Seventh sister, didn't you find out? The prince likes men, and he is interested in me."

Lu Rong was shocked: "What?"

"I also like men, so the first time I saw him, I found out that he likes men..." Lu Yanzhou raised his mouth and smiled coldly, "I made a look that he liked according to the information that King Rui investigated about him... He After contacting me a few times, he fell in love with me."

"Do you like men?" Lu Rong frowned. She had been staying in Huajie Liuxiang before, and she naturally knew about men and men. She didn't care about others, but her cousin was a little unacceptable.

Lu Yanzhou acted like it wasn't a big deal: "Yes, I like men... This is not the point, the point is that the prince likes me. In this way, it will be much easier for us to take revenge."

Lu Rong was still in a trance, and Lu Yanzhou said again: "Speaking of which, His Royal Highness is quite simple, and he must have never experienced anything before. I didn't spend much time before he took the bait."

When Lu Rong heard what her cousin said, she was inexplicably uncomfortable.

She hated the dog emperor to death, she wanted to kill the dog emperor, and naturally the two sons of the dog emperor did not want to let go.

But thinking about all the things Xie Chengze has sent these days, and seeing how unscrupulous her cousin is... She is a little uneasy.

She has seen all kinds of people. Although she doesn't have much contact with Xie Chengze, she can see that His Royal Highness is a very good person. Not to mention, there are a few noble people in this capital who can be like the prince and don't dislike them at all. children's?

If you kill someone with one knife, that's all, this deceitful feeling...

Lu Yanzhou was in a good mood when he saw Lu Rong's appearance.

It's not in vain for him to get Lu Rong over, and he spared no effort to blackmail himself.

After a while, Lu Rong should sympathize with Xie Chengze.

Lu Yanzhou said again: "Seventh sister, tomorrow I will go to the capital to see King Rui."

After hearing this, Lu Rong calmed down and immediately said, "Xiao Jiu, you must be careful when you get there, don't be noticed by King Rui."

Lu Yanzhou said: "Seventh sister, don't worry, King Rui thinks that I have a deep-rooted love for him and trust me very much."

Lu Rong: "…"

Blame that **** dog emperor! What a pure and kind child her family Xiao Jiu used to be, even when the fish died, a monument would be erected for it. What is it like now!

But not to mention Xiaojiu, she is not a good person.

Lu Rong continued to work in a complicated mood.

However, Lu Yanzhou went back to his residence and took out the book Xie Chengze brought him today.

At the same time, Xie Chengze opened the pottery pot sent by Lu Yanzhou and took out a black ball.

"Your Highness, let me try first?" Xie Chengze's guard said. Before, the sweet potato was just watched as it was roasted in the fire. This kind of thing of unknown origin, His Royal Highness can't enter it at will.

Xie Chengze said, "No need."

After speaking, Xie Chengze took a bite of the ball in his hand.

The rich sesame fragrance filled his mouth... Xie Chengze slowly finished one and closed the lid of the clay pot.

He should eat well and pay attention to his body.

King Rui has always been eyeing the crown prince, and officials on his side are often targeted by King Rui's people.

The official who presided over the imperial examination this time was a student of his mentor and a loyal princeling. If Lu Yanzhou became a jinshi and became his brother's disciple, he would naturally be assigned to his side, and he would also be targeted by King Rui.

He always has to live longer and take good care of people.

Thinking of Lu Yanzhou, Xie Chengze regretted that he didn't stay at Jingning Temple for a while.

He was afraid that he would get too deep and leave in a hurry, but how could he control this feeling? As soon as he left Jingning Temple, he was already thinking about when to go again.

Too bad he doesn't have time to go all the time.

Xie Chengze held the clay pot and began to think about what he had in his East Palace... He planned to choose two, pack them out tonight, and send them to Lu Yanzhou tomorrow.