Xiao Luolan felt hot when he saw him and turned to the next page. Zhou Xu saw the method of first aid for drowning. It was also a little person. There were also detailed steps beside it. The method was not burial method, but breathing method and This was indeed the first time Zhou Xu had seen the compression method. He looked at it very carefully. If the rescue method provided by Mrs. Xiao was correct, it could indeed save many people.
Zhou Xu turned to the next page and continued to read. The more he looked, the more serious he became. The two thin pieces of paper took him a cup of tea.
Xiao Luolan looked at Sect Master Zhou nervously.
Zhou Xu raised his head and looked at Mrs. Xiao. The last page of the book was about the prevention method of smallpox. Smallpox, a disease that everyone talks about, is life-threatening as long as it is infected. It can only relieve the disease that cannot be cured. It spreads very fast. They in Youzhou mainly focus on prevention and use the method of variola vaccination. However, many people still died during the variolation vaccination. The effect is not very satisfactory. If the cowpox vaccination provided by Mrs. Xiao can If it succeeds, it will really save countless people.
"Madam is really kind-hearted." Zhou Xu stroked Madam Xiao's face and said softly. No matter whether this method can be successful or not, Mrs. Xiao's intention cannot be faked.
Xiao Luolan was so embarrassed by the praise of Sect Master Zhou. The last method was because her daughter had chickenpox when she was a child. She was panicked and checked a lot of information about pox. When she came here, she thought about it for a long time before she remembered the cowpox. Smallpox in ancient times could be cured. This method was not what she had thought of, and she deserved it.
"It would be great if it can help people." She remembered that the last one was only theoretical and had no actual operation, so she added: "But it is better to experiment with cowpox first."
"Of course, I will summon the medical doctor and Zhang Nuo later and let them study together. If actual results are achieved, the method of preventing smallpox will be changed from variola to cowpox." Zhou Xu saw the nervous tip of Mrs. Xiao's nose. Sweating, he hugged the person on his lap: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't work. Relax, it'll be fine."
Xiao Luolan looked up at Sect Leader Zhou: "Am I helping?"
Zhou Xu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and lowered his head against Mrs. Xiao's forehead: "Of course."
Xiao Luolan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little happy.
Zhou Xu couldn't help but kissed Mrs. Xiao again, why was she so cute.
In the afternoon, Xiao Luolan saw that Zhou Zongzhu had gone out early. After a whole morning of boredom, Xiao Luolan found that Zhou Zongzhu looked completely different in private and in front of others. He clung to her tightly and liked her no matter what she did. Holding her in his arms or on his lap, although there was no other excessive behavior, still made Xiao Luolan a little uncomfortable.
Now, he is finally out.
Xiao Luolan returned to Dongge to find her daughter.
Xiao Qingxue hugged Snowball and saw her mother coming. She shouted happily: "Mom, come here quickly."
Xiao Luolan came closer and a cup was stuffed in her hand. She looked at the pale drink and smelled the fragrance of tea and milk.
"Auntie, drink milk tea." Xiao Qingxue clinked the cups with her mother, her eyes bright: "I made it with Fang Yun in the small kitchen. I fried the tea leaves first and then boiled them. Then I added milk and red bean honey. You drink it and see if it tastes good."
Xiao Luolan took a sip. The smell of milk was gone from the tea leaves, and the sweetness was just right: "It tastes good."
"There is just no ice." Xiao Qingxue took a sip of the homemade milk tea and talked to her mother: "Auntie, what do you think we sell the milk tea recipe to Luo Langjun?"
"Maybe." Xiao Luolan drank half of the drink and told her daughter what she had done. The two of them were here and they had to discuss it no matter what happened. Xiao Qingxue listened to her mother and lay on the table.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Luolan touched her daughter's hair and asked softly.
Xiao Qingxue looked at her mother: "Mom, am I a burden to you?" Only then did she realize that her mother had done so much for her when she was a child. Did she often make noises when she was a child and make her mother sleep poorly? Xiao Qingxue has no memory.
"Why do you think so?" Xiao Luolan gave her daughter a rare look, pinched her face, and pretended to be angry: "Don't say such things next time. You are my mother's forever little treasure."
Xiao Qingxue leaned against her mother, feeling so at ease.
"We have helped Sect Leader Zhou now, and maybe he won't do anything to us in the future."
Xiao Luolan comforted herself and reassured her daughter.
In the afternoon, Xiao Luolan put away the embroidered sachet and felt that what she wrote might really be helpful. That would be great.
At night.
Zhou Xu sat in the study, took off the copper tube from the goshawk's leg, and took out the note. This time he read it for a long time.
Xie Deyong wrote hundreds of small characters, listing in detail all the gentry surnamed Xiao in Chang'an, such as the Murong Xiao family, the Qinghe Xiao family, the Dahu Xiao family, and the Qinhe Xiao family. As long as they were surnamed Xiao, they were all written on it. Chang'an The two noble ladies, Xiao Luolan and Xiao Qingxue, who had never appeared before, finally expressed euphemistically, Lord Jiedushi, have you been deceived.
It wasn't until the sky became bright that Zhou Xu moved. He placed the letter on the candle, the flames burned, and the letter turned into ashes. In the extinguishing light of the fire, Zhou Xu's face was calm, and he walked out of the study after washing.
Xiao Luolan looked at the silks, satins, gold and silver jewelry that were delivered, and felt a little strange.
"Lei Langjun, did you send the wrong one?"
Lei Shan replied: "In response to Madam Xiao, this is what the sect master ordered to give to you. Madam Xiao also has it."
Xiao Luolan looked at the things in the room and wondered why Sect Master Zhou gave them these things. After he left, Xiao Qingxue also came to her mother.
"Could it be because I gave the doctor a thank-you gift?" Xiao Qingxue guessed.
"I'm going to ask Sect Master Zhou, Qingxue, don't touch these things and just leave them here." Xiao Luolan saw that there were too many things and they were too valuable, so she didn't dare to ask for them.
Xiao Luolan followed Lei Shan and found that Sect Master Zhou was not in the study this time.
"The sect master is in the house." Lei Shan said, "Mrs. Xiao, please come."
Xiao Luolan glanced at the sky. The sun had already risen. According to Zhou Zongzhu's character, it was unlikely that he would sleep in.
She opened the door and didn't see Sect Leader Zhou. She hesitated and entered the inner room.
There were not many decorations in the inner room. Xiao Luolan saw the black whip hanging on the wall at a glance. The bed curtain was lowered and the quilt was vaguely visible.
Xiao Luolan was a little surprised that Sect Leader Zhou was really sleeping, and then thought about whether he was sick.
"Sect Master Zhou." She shouted, walked to the bed, and was pulled into the bed.
Zhou Xu pinched Mrs. Xiao's waist and asked her to sit on the quilt, half leaning on the pillow and looking at her leisurely.
Xiao Luolan was a little upset after being teased.
The bed curtains fluttered and covered their figures again.
Xiao Luolan was just about to ask why he had to send so many things in the morning when a gold dagger was stuffed into his hand. The dagger was exquisite and small. The handle was made of gold and was inlaid with red gems. It was gorgeous and exquisite.
Xiao Luolan was at a loss as he held it.
Zhou Xu held Madam Xiao's hand and said: "Once upon a time Qingshan told me that Madam Xiao, the weird thing you appear is that you are a beauty in a honey trap. Just like what is written in the storybook, when the time comes, if you don't steal military secrets, you will find someone." Assassinate me at the right time."
Xiao Luolan was startled by Sect Master Zhou's words. She quickly shook her head: "Sect Master Zhou, I never wanted to harm you."
She wanted to throw away the dagger, but her hand was held by Sect Master Zhou and she couldn't throw it away at all. She was so anxious that her face turned red.
Zhou Xu was half lying on the bed, his stubble seemed to have grown out again. He looked at Mrs. Xiao who was half kneeling on either side of him, his eyebrows were widened, and he smiled uninhibitedly: "I didn't believe it before."
"Now I believe it."
After hearing this, Xiao Luolan's eye circles turned red unconsciously, and she felt inexplicably sour and aggrieved.
She lowered her head and wanted to leave this place.
Zhou Xu held up Mrs. Xiao's face and saw that her eyelashes were trembling with tears. She bit her lips tightly and said nothing. Her cheeks and eyes were red. He kissed away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Ma'am, don't cry, I mean."
"You are the sharpest sword in the world."
Xiao Luolan looked up in confusion, not understanding what Sect Leader Zhou meant.
Zhou Xuchen laughed solemnly and said, "You can hurt me."
Xiao Luolan was breathless after being kissed by Clan Master Zhou. Her mind was in a state of confusion. In the end, she didn't understand what Clan Master Zhou meant by her words.
His hand dropped weakly, and the golden dagger fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao, who was panting and messy in his arms, with starry eyes, and smoothed her hair with rough hands.
It doesn’t matter if it’s fake, as long as Mrs. Xiao thinks about it, it’s true.
Chapter 40 (revision)
Xiao Luolan looked at herself in the bronze mirror with a dazed look in her eyes. Even though she had looked at it for five days, she still felt a little strange.
Ever since Sect Leader Zhou said something strange that morning, Xiao Luolan's life has undergone tremendous changes, not only hers, but also her daughter's.
A steady stream of treasures was delivered to Dongge and Xinghuaju. On the third day, Granny Cui also came. The granny named Cui also followed Fang Yun and called her master and her daughter Xiao Niangzi. She was fifty-seven years old. His slightly round and kind face is always smiling. He is wearing dark indigo clothes made of fine cloth. His hair, which is mixed with silver threads, is rubbed with osmanthus oil and shines. There is a silver hairpin in the bun, which is neat, clean and elegant. Kind and kind.
As soon as they came in, they called their master and said that he had come to serve them on the orders of Lord Jiedushi. He was now living in the left wing of the East Pavilion. The other wing contained things sent by the head of the Zhou clan, Granny Cui. He Fangyun organized them, classified them, made a booklet, wrote the dates, quantities, and names, and also marked the important points for preserving the valuables. Fangyun and Cixiao did not shy away from doing these things. Let her come over and learn.
Fang Yun had always wanted to be a personal maid for her masters. Seeing that Granny Cui behaved like she came from a wealthy family, she felt a little inferior. Later, when she saw Granny Cui teaching her how to take care of things without any favoritism, she felt sorry for her. She became more and more grateful and studied more diligently.
"I have never seen a more beautiful lady than my master." Grandma Cui always carries the fragrance of honey locust, which is clean and comfortable. She stands behind Mrs. Xiao and puts the bird in the dowry with pearls of gold. Bu Yao gently inserted it into the master's hair, then picked up the shell flower hairpin and inserted it diagonally on the other side.
The eyebrows are lightly swept, and the lipstick is thickly applied to create a gorgeous color.
Xiao Luolan turned to look at Granny Cui, her steps swaying and full of life.
Wearing a necklace on her delicate snow-white neck, it is decorated with pearls, gold and silver. The hanging gold-set sapphire pendant is held up high by the bright moon, making it dazzling.
Grandma Cui looked at the plump woman surnamed Xiao, whose soft and sweet juice was almost leaking out, and curtsied: "What do you want me to do, madam?"
Xiao Luolan hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Isn't Sect Leader Zhou back home yet?"
"Not yet. I went to Lei's place to inquire about it earlier. I have been busy these days." Granny Cui said slowly and respectfully.
Xiao Luolan's intuition was that something must have happened that she didn't know about. Otherwise, why would Clan Master Zhou send so many things here? But since that day, Clan Master Zhou left the mansion and didn't come back for five days in a row. Uneasiness, anxiety and fear filled Xiao Luolan's heart.
She touched the jade bracelet on her wrist, and the coolness spread down her palm, making her regain some composure.
"Grandma Cui, what's your name?" Xiao Luolan held Grandma Cui and asked her to sit on the embroidery stool. Although Grandma Cui seemed to be in good health, she was not young after all, and Xiao Luolan couldn't do it either. Let an old man who is almost fifty or sixty years old kneel in front of him for a long time and suffer for no reason.
The wrinkles at the corners of Granny Cui's eyes relaxed, and half of her silver hair made her look more affectionate, like an elder: "Madam, you're welcome, my name is Cui He."
When Xiao Luolan came here, he read a lot of poems because of Sect Leader Zhou. He thought about it and said, "Is Jiahe born from the weeds in the weeds?"
Granny Cui patted the back of Mrs. Xiao's hand and smiled even more: "Yes."
Xiao Luolan thought of the meaning of Jiahe. Jiahe, a beautiful rice that grows strangely and vigorously, is a symbol of good luck. She looked at Granny Cui, a person who knew words, could count, and had a special meaning to her name. Sect Leader Zhou sent her to her What is the purpose of being around.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Luolan couldn't understand and asked tentatively.
Granny Cui looked at Mrs. Xiao. This person is really a wonderful person. Not only her appearance, but also her character and habits. Although she has only been here for a few days, Granny Cui has already touched Mrs. Xiao. It was clear that she was not used to being served by many people, especially when taking a bath. She also liked to do ordinary things by herself and did not like to trouble others. She was even more relaxed with servants, which made her doubt whether she had ever used servants. However, Mrs. Xiao's whole body had a clear temperament. , graceful and elegant, can also read and write, her skin is impeccable, her hands are as soft as catkins, and her teeth are white and neat. From the first moment she saw Mrs. Xiao, Granny Cui was sure that she was a noble lady from a certain family.
Because ordinary people simply can't afford to support such a person, but she is not like the aristocratic family at all. She has never seen slaves and maids, and she does everything quietly, as if she has forgotten them at all. Just immerse yourself in your own world.
Although she has a shy and gentle personality, she is a plump and gorgeous lady. This contrast makes Granny Cui secretly fascinated sometimes. No wonder Zhou Youzhou sent her out to take care of her. For someone like Mrs. Xiao, someone can eat her up with just a little trick. 's clean.
Such people, without anyone to look after them, would not survive long in troubled times, including her daughter.
Grandma Cui smiled and said: "Master Zhou Youzhou saw that you didn't have a reliable veteran to look after you, so he sent the slave to your side."
When Xiao Luolan saw that Granny Cui said this so straightforwardly, she knew that she must be aware of the relationship between her and Clan Master Zhou. In fact, she had been mentally prepared for it for a long time. She also expected that after being with Clan Master Zhou for a long time, others would Rumors would naturally come out, and part of the reason why she didn't want to go out was that the three moral values accepted by the modern world were like a mountain pressing down on her heart. She subconsciously did not think about the wives, concubines, and children of Sect Master Zhou, as if this would eliminate the problem.
Granny Cui continued: "I am originally from the Cui family in Hengnan, and my father is a military officer in Hengnan..."
Xiao Luolan was startled by Granny Cui's words and raised her head.
"It happened a long time ago." Grandma Cui sighed and said: "Thirty years ago, 30,000 Turkic cavalry invaded from the north to the south with great force. Don't look at the bustling Taiyang now. Look at it more than thirty years ago. Look, there are corpses here. Those barbarians are cruel and do all kinds of evil. They kill villages and towns without leaving any survivors."
"My father was originally a military officer in Hengnan. He fought against the famous Turkic general Ashina Tuva in the Battle of the Weishui River. He was defeated. His Royal Highness the Third Prince, who was leading the army, was accidentally shot and killed by the soldiers on the opposite side. The late emperor was furious and claimed that he had failed to protect him. The father was beheaded, the Cui family in Hengnan was expelled, the men were exiled to the border, and the women were sent to Lefang."
