When Hua Tuo saw that Guo Jia was not surprised, but rather proud, he was speechless. "The military advisor is really talented. I'm afraid he never stops singing every night," he said.
Yuan Xi couldn't help but said to Guo Jia: "After you came to Guangling, you didn't just find two concubines. How could you end up like this?"
Guo Jia coughed and said, "The ones at home are boring, so I will call a few new singers every day. Isn't this interesting?"
Hua Tuo asked: "At least how many times a day?"
Guo Jia thought for a while: "At least? That's only five or six times."
Everyone couldn't help but stand in awe.
Seeing everyone present looking at him with complicated expressions, Guo Jia said confidently: "Food and sex are our natures, is there a problem if we eat more?"
Taishi Ci had a look of admiration on his face. Everyone knew that he really admired him. After all, his breathing technique just now was very harmful to the body. Everyone saw that Guo Jia actually worked harder than him!
Yuan Xi hesitated to speak, and tried his best to show that he was so awesome. Guo Jia became angry when he saw it, and Tai Shi Ci was fine. Why do you have the nerve to despise me?
He grabbed Yuan Xi's sleeve and said, "Sir, you are also a woman with a wife and concubines, you should be able to understand me, right?"
Yuan Xi gently pulled his hand back: "I'm not, I didn't, sir, don't talk nonsense."
"Besides, sir, I don't think this is a bad thing, so why do you need to explain it to me?"
For the first time since Guo Jia took refuge with Yuan Xi, Guo Jia was choked and speechless. He said angrily: "Young Master doesn't understand, Ziyi and I are our bosom friends!"
Everyone rolled their eyes. They went into battle to kill the enemy, but you went to bed and committed suicide?
Hua Tuo reluctantly gave Guo Jia a supplementary prescription. At Guo Jia's request, he pinched his nose and added some private supplements.
When Yuan Xi saw Guo Jia happily grabbing the medicine with the prescription, he thought to himself that he was determined to die and no one else could stop him.
Forget it, Tai Shici's persistence is faith, Guo Jia's persistence is also faith, let them go.
Finally, Hua Tuo checked Yuan Xi's pulse and said that he was in good health and asked Yuan Xi to pay attention to his health.
Yuan Xi felt relieved and said goodbye to Hua Tuo and returned home. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a cart of brand new blank bamboo slips pulled in.
Cao Xian led Cao Jie and carried it with his maid. Yuan Xi saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to help, saying, "I'll do it. These things are a bit heavy for Cao Jie."
Cao Xian smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I practiced some Wu Qin Xi with her these days, and I feel that my body is obviously lighter. Moving some bamboo slips can also play a role in strengthening the body."
Cao Jie glanced at Yuan Xi, then lowered his head, went over and carefully held a few bamboo slips to his chest, and then followed Cao Xian step by step with small steps.
Yuan Xi carried a dozen volumes and held them in his arms. As he walked, he joked to Cao Jie: "I have grown up a lot this year. How come I am so cautious?"
As Cao Jie walked away, he defended himself: "Talent, I don't have it!"
"Young master, you're talking nonsense!"
Cao Xian smiled in front and said: "Why is the second sister so angry today? Don't you still complain on weekdays that you never see the young master at all?"
Cao Jie blushed and said angrily: "I followed my mother and I didn't see the young master come once for ten and a half months, but Mrs. Zhen said hello every day!"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi said apologetically: "My wife is now my aunt, and I should see you every day. Now things are too busy in the city. I leave early and come back late. I am afraid that it will delay my aunt's rest, but I am a little disrespectful." .”
"From now on, whenever I have time, I will go over and see you."
Cao Jie felt embarrassed after hearing this. He lowered his head and walked ahead in a depressed manner.
Cao Xian glanced at Yuan Xi. Mr. Xindao is sometimes smart, but sometimes he is so stupid.
When the three of them walked to the door, they heard the sound of coughing coming from the room. Yuan Xi pushed the door open and went in, only to see Cai Zhaoji wearing a fur coat and coughing while writing.
Seeing Yuan Xi come in, she said apologetically: "I had a cold last night and couldn't walk, so I asked Cao Xian and the others to help move things."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi said: "When you are sick, you should have a good rest. Why do you work so hard instead? Wouldn't it aggravate the condition?"
Cai Zhaoji said: "Nowadays, the remaining hundreds of classics are extremely rare, and I can barely recognize them all. Thinking that the Chinese New Year is approaching, I rush to copy them to feel at ease."
Yuan Xi said: "How can it be a few days later? Just wait, I will ask Mr. Yuanhua to take a look."
After a while, Hua Tuo followed Yuan Xi's carriage back, checked Cai Zhaoji's pulse, and said, "She must have been infected with wind-cold. Although the disease is not serious, we are afraid of spreading it to others. It is better to have less contact with others during this period." .”
Hua Tuo prescribed the prescription, and Yuan Xi asked someone to take the medicine according to the prescription. After sending Hua Tuo away, he came back and said to Cai Zhaoji: "You can go back home and recover in peace first."
Cai Zhaoji said: "I might as well live in this study. There is a bed here anyway."
Yuan Xi said helplessly: "I'm just afraid that you won't get a good rest and get up secretly in the middle of the night to copy books. Don't go into the study during this period. Wait until you recover."
After hearing this, Cao Xian smiled and said: "Sure enough, the young master understands Sister Zhaoji. Sister is really capable of doing such a thing."
Seeing that her thoughts were revealed, Cai Zhaoji had no choice but to say helplessly: "What to do with the remaining books?"
Yuan Xi pointed at Cao Xian: "You don't have to worry about it. There have been less things happening in the city recently. I will just copy it with her."
Seeing Cao Jie's disappointed look, Cao Xian quickly said, "Second sister can write quickly and well now. She is much better than me."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi said to Cao Jie, "Then you can help me too."
Only then did Cao Jie become happy.
After a few days, Cai Zhaoji's illness became more serious at first, and then began to gradually improve.
However, Zhen Mi fell ill again.
She was lying on the couch and saw Yuan Xi watching the maid preparing the medicine. She smiled and said, "I was careless this time. I thought Sister Zhaoji was about to recover from her illness, so I went over to have a conversation. I didn't expect it to be like this."
Yuan Xi looked helpless. He had already paid attention to everyone. Cai Zhaoji had less contact with others until she recovered from her illness. As a result, Zhen Mi didn't take it to heart. She went to see Cai Zhaoji the day before yesterday and the result was also reported.
Zhen Mi looked apologetic and said, "During these days, my husband will not stay in the same room with me until I get better."
"It's all my fault. If this happens, will we have to spend the New Year in Guangling City?"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi comforted him: "Don't take it to heart, it's a good time to celebrate the New Year here."
"Just after the New Year, when all the classics have been copied, we will take a boat back to Youzhou."
"The top priority now is that you should take good care of your health and don't think about what you have and what you don't have."
Zhen Mi listened and nodded.
Cai Zhaoji and Zhen Mi both fell ill, so Yuan Xi simply asked the maid to take care of them and moved into the study.
He and Sister Cao Xian couldn't understand most of the words in the remaining rare books, so they had to find all the literate people in the house to discuss and figure them out together.
Yuan Xi was surprised to find that those who knew the most rare words were Huan and Mrs. Cai.
As the widow of the famous scholar Bian Rang, Huan could only recognize a lot of words. Did the Cai family in Jingzhou also have such a deep family history?
He asked Mrs. Cai, but she didn't want to say more, so Yuan Xi had to give up. As long as it could help, he didn't care much about anything else.
Four people are copying books in the room now, Yuan Xi, Cao Xian, Cao Jie, and Mrs. Wu.
Mrs. Wu copied the classics and secretly looked at Yuan Xi from the corner of her eyes.
She felt that this vicious tiger from the Yuan family was very deep-minded and seemed to be testing her all the time. This made her frightened every day and she could not sleep peacefully, lest his identity would be exposed one day.
But now I have waited for the opportunity!
After these two months of living, she has figured out all the living habits of everyone in the house.
Zhen Mi's illness has not been getting better these days, and she will probably have to recover for ten and a half days.
Cai Zhaoji is almost healed. It is estimated that in a few days, she will return to the study and start transcribing books again.
During the Chinese New Year, sisters Cao Xian and Cao Jie will not stay in the study, but will probably live with Huan.
That Zhao Ji is someone who can't rest until things are done. She will definitely be in a hurry to finish copying the classics. In this case, she will stay in the study and stay up late, and her room will probably be empty at night!
On New Year's Eve, Yuan Xi would go on patrol in the city, leaving several hours of free time in the mansion for him to act!
Mrs. Wu has already found out that Sun Ce has occupied Lujiang County and is facing Liu Yao from Wu County, which is only a few hundred miles away.
On the night of the New Year, everyone in the mansion is at their lowest vigilance. This is the best time to steal the token and escape back to Lujiang. As long as you leave the city, you can use the token to recruit merchant ships to join Sun Ce in Lujiang County!
Thinking of this, Mrs. Wu felt deeply sorry. The Yuan family had been very kind to her, but instead of repaying her kindness, she deceived them and even committed theft in the end. This was not what a gentleman would do.
But she had no other choice. Yuan Xi and Sun Ce had become a sworn enemy. If his identity was exposed, what would he do if he used her to blackmail Sun Ce?
Mrs. Wu did not dare to take this risk. She thought that she could only find an opportunity to repay the gift of the horse. Moreover, Yuan Xi had robbed Sun Ce of Guangling City, so he should have repaid a lot, right?
Yuan Xi felt his wrists were a little sore as he copied them. When he looked up, he saw that it was almost noon.
He thought for a while and said to Mrs. Wu: "The Spring Festival is in a few days, so it's time to buy some New Year things. Let's do this before the year ends."
"Madam has been very helpful these days, but it's been hard work."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wu stood up and thanked her calmly. She couldn't bear the excitement and she could finally leave!
Seeing that Cao Xian and Cao Jie were still copying, Yuan Xi said, "The same goes for you, go to the streets and play more."
"You go to my house to get some horses and buy some New Year gifts for your uncle."
After hearing this, Cao Xian cheered and pulled Cao Jie out. She suddenly stopped and said, "Are we going to the street?"
Yuan Xi looked at the expectant eyes of the two women and said with a smile: "Well, after dinner, you two will follow me and take a carriage to see the city together."
Cao Xian and Cao Jie then cheered and ran away hand in hand.
Yuan Xi looked at the backs of the two girls and thought it was great to be young. Seeing their looks, she could feel the warmth between family members even in this cold winter.
(End of chapter)
