Yongzhou Prefecture is located in Huguang. Although it is wet and cold in winter, there is little snow.
This year was unusual. It snowed several times after the beginning of winter.
The previous snow had not disappeared, and the new snow began to fall again. It was swept into the air by the new wind, whistling and swirling.
The snow flakes fluttered against the closed door of Shen's mansion, and then fell weakly on the green brick floor, gradually accumulating more than an inch thick at the door of the mansion.
In the back house of Shen Mansion, Shen Tianshu sat on the bedside, his throat hurt from choking on the ice water, his head continued to swell and hurt, and he was not very clear.
She couldn't figure out why she opened her eyes and turned into Shen Tianshu, the eldest daughter of Shen Mansion who had fallen into the water when she was clearly stabbed to death on the spot with a sword.
"Girl, it's time to take medicine."
Aunt Guo, sent by her stepmother Xu, stood beside the bed, holding a medicine bowl and looking down at her with a cold tone.
Smelling the strong scent of Datura flowers, Shen Tianshu closed his eyes in disgust.
This weight is so heavy that even a bear would be stunned.
Aunt Guo came here on the order of my wife. She thought it was an easy job. She didn't expect that the usually submissive girl would be so tough today, and her tone became more and more unkind: "What happened in the garden yesterday was indeed caused by the drunkenness of Mr. Ciao. Unfortunately, the eldest girl fell into the water. Fortunately, the ladies were able to save her in time and she was not seriously injured.
"It's not a glorious thing for an old slave to dare to say something arrogant. My wife has also punished the young master to shut up and think about his mistakes. The eldest girl has to be merciful and merciful, and just raise her hand and let it go. Reputation is such a thing, Young Master Biao has never cared about it. If trouble breaks out, your reputation will not be damaged in the end."
Shen Tianshu was made more and more headache by what she said, but he still easily caught the flaw in the other party's words, and counterattacked without raising his eyelids: "Mother Guo's words are really funny, since it was my cousin who accidentally pushed me while he was drunk. If it falls into the lake, even if it spreads, who's reputation will be harmed? Who's reputation will be damaged?"
Grandma Guo was left speechless by the rhetorical question. She didn't expect that the girl who usually had the softest temper would be so stubborn once she became stubborn.
But come to think of it, Master Biao is a well-known swinger. He has a sparse collection of classics and history. He is good at eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. He spends more days in a brothel than at home.
He drank a lot that day and was instigated by some servant who had been stabbed a thousand times. He cornered the eldest girl in the Huxin Pavilion for frivolous purposes, thinking that he could ask for marriage and go home.
No girl from a good family can bear such humiliation, let alone the eldest girl, a famous beauty in Yongzhou Prefecture.
It's just that no one expected that the girl who usually couldn't feel any pain after being pricked with three needles would have the courage to commit suicide by throwing herself into a lake.
Fortunately, the person was rescued, otherwise...
Aunt Guo knew in her heart that this matter must not be delayed until the master comes back.
Her tone became a little tougher and she said, "Girl, you'd better drink the medicine while it's hot first."
"If you have the time to persuade me to take medicine three times a day, you might as well bring me some silver charcoal. It's such a cold day and there isn't even a charcoal basin in the house, let alone me who just fell into the water. People, even good people, can’t stand it.”
"What do you mean, Miss? Do you think Madam has treated the girl harshly?" Aunt Guo's eyes widened after hearing this, and she was confused as to how she could hold up her wrinkled upper eyelids. "As the saying goes, students Favor is not as important as cultivating kindness. The eldest girl had just turned one year old when Madam came over. After so many years, Madam can be said to treat you as one of my own. Even the master has praised Madam for her virtue many times. This kind of friendship is not shared with your own mother. What's the difference?
"What's more, it's not that Madam is holding on to her silver charcoal but it's just that it's been snowing these days, the official roads are blocked, and the charcoal carts from outside the city can't get in. Now no one in the house can use it, eldest lady. Let’s wait a few days.”
"I asked you to bring me some silver charcoal. If you don't have it at home, just say you don't have it. What are you talking about?" Shen Tianshu suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Aunt Guo, "You deliberately misunderstood me. Are you trying to take this opportunity to drive a wedge between me and my mother?"
Shen Tianshu was born with a pair of almond eyes. With his pure and kind eyes, he looks very innocent.
But today, these eyes were as cold and as deep as a cold pool, and Grandma Guo couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
She didn't dare to say anything more, so she could only continue to persuade Shen Tianshu to take medicine, thinking about how to complain to Mrs. Shen when she went back later.
"Take it away, I feel sick when I smell it." Shen Tianshu didn't want to cooperate at all. He raised his hand and pushed the medicine bowl away. "I'm not sick, but I just don't feel comfortable. Please help me tell my mother, I want to Go to the temple and stay for a few days to be pure and pure.”
Aunt Guo didn't bother to persuade her after hearing this. She thought that the eldest girl might want to avoid the young master Ciao and wait for the master to come back before making plans, but she didn't know if the madam would let her out of the house.
After the people left, Shen Tianshu lay down again and wrapped himself tightly in the quilt.
The winter in Yongzhou is wet and cold, and it is really difficult without a charcoal basin.
That night, she developed a high fever.
In the dream, she returned to her familiar home and that unforgettable day.
Dozens of men in black broke into Jiang's house with sharp knives and chopped down everyone they met.
The smell of blood instantly obscured the aroma of medicine in the garden, screams and moans were heard everywhere, and the light of fire was dimly reflected outside the window.
Blood stained the bluestone on the ground red, and the courtyard was littered with corpses.
She hid in the closet in her brother-in-law's bedroom, holding her niece who was under one year old in her arms.
The child was a small, soft ball and had no idea what was happening outside. He stayed in a familiar embrace and slept soundly with his fingers in his mouth.
Her face was full of tears, she bit her lower lip tightly, and covered her child's ears and mouth, hoping to save her child's life.
In the end, the cabinet door was opened, and the clothes hiding the figure were cut to pieces with a sharp sword...
The child in her arms was awakened, kicking her legs and crying loudly.
She knelt down and begged the gangster to let the child go, but before she could finish her words, she was stabbed through the heart with a sword!
At that moment, everything in sight slowed down——
She saw the body of her brother and sister-in-law lying at the door, and she couldn't bear to die with eyes closed.
My sister-in-law's usually charming eyes were now wide open, filled with fear.
She saw the maids and nuns rushing to protect the child one after another, losing their lives one after another, and the hot blood was sprinkled on her head and face.
She also saw a man in black coming in from the door with a blood-stained sword in his hand, his cold black eyes reflecting the color of blood.
The man in black frowned and walked towards her quickly, getting closer and closer, so close that when her eyes were distracted, she could clearly see a small red mole in the corner of his eye.
Then what? Where is the child?
How are your grandfather and parents doing?
Shen Tianshu's whole body was in a state of confusion, and the strong smell of blood lingered in her nose. The strong sense of reality and painful memories in the dream made her burst into tears, and her limbs twitched and curled up.
The little maid Mingyu went out to change the water. When she came back and saw her like this, she was so frightened that she threw away the water basin and rolled over to her.
"Girl, what's wrong with you? I haven't come back yet, and you seem to be a different person. Madam, madam... ugh..."
She is only fourteen years old this year and has never encountered anything like this before. She has been trying her best to hold it in for the past few days, but she finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Mingyu's cry awakened Shen Tianshu from his nightmare, but she could not give an answer to the other party's question.
She was supposed to be Jiang Tong, the goddess doctor who was praised by the common people as the princess of Gao'an whom the emperor made an exception.
She was obviously killed by gangsters at home, so why did she turn into Shen Tianshu, the eldest daughter of the Yongzhou magistrate's family when she opened her eyes?
How is the Jiang family now? Are the family members dead or alive? Who were those eyes that he saw before he died?
Countless questions rolled through her mind, and she spent a whole day still unable to figure it out. Was her previous life a dream, or was this life an illusion?
Shen Tianshu said in a hoarse voice: "Mingyu, do you know...who is the most famous doctor in Daqi?"
