Of course Lu Shen didn't leave!
That night there was lightning, thunder, wind and rain, and there were countless fallen leaves in the courtyard. When Lu Shen came out of the clean room, Shen Yan was still waiting in the shadow of the corridor: "Master!"
Lu Shen told Shen Yan: "Go and check."
Lu Shen did not hear the whispers of the two maids Kingfisher and Fengxiao. He was just puzzled by Lin Rong's attitude of resistance and disgust. It was her fault in Xuanzhou that she failed to restrain Jiangzhou's generals. , and interjected about the affairs of the foreign court. He ordered her to live in seclusion behind closed doors, but it was just a lenient punishment. She actually wanted to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff?
This time when he brought her back, he was still angry and unwilling, and he talked a lot of nonsense. Lu Shen sighed at how popular this woman was and then thought of what happened in Xuanzhou.
Before the Jiangzhou sergeant committed a murder and punished her, this woman was very respectful and submissive when serving him. It was so different from how she is today that Lu Shen had to think about whether there was something about the Xuanzhou incident that he didn't know about. , I really wronged her.
Lu Shen didn't say exactly what to check, but Shen Yan already understood it. Lu Shen did not hear the words of the two maids Jingqin and Fengxiao, but Shen Yan heard them clearly and asked: "Miss Hangqing was in charge of various matters in the inner courtyard of Xuanzhou that day. Do you also want to interrogate me?"
Lu Shen frowned and heard some hidden meaning, and ordered: "As soon as possible, verify everything and report it immediately!"
After saying that, Lu Shen turned around and entered the inner room, where he saw the woman curled up into a small ball, her hair on her temples scattered on the bright red mandarin duck brocade quilt, her red lips slightly parted, her starry eyes downcast, and she had an indescribable charm.
Lu Shen opened the bed curtain to block out the rainy night. He tried to hold the woman's slender waist and gave it a tight squeeze. He saw her eyelashes trembled slightly, looking submissive and not resisting. He leaned over and rested his chin on the woman's neck. He immediately smelled the mysterious daughter's fragrance. The fragrance immediately made him feel distracted. Unable to control himself but unwilling to control himself, he slowly tightened his wrists and closed them. He hugged her whole body.
One hand was not honest, and it reached into the small clothes, embracing the snow as a peak, and moved the fragrance to become the dew. The fragrance floated and softened, just like a pair of small corals on the high jade mountain.
Lu Shen was surprised that this woman was so obedient, and thought she had calmed down after having a fit. Before he could secretly rejoice, he heard the woman's soft sobs in his ear, and he froze there.
After a while, the crying stopped, and Lin Rong asked feebly: "You just hate me and hate me, because I am Cui's daughter, and if I don't obey you, you want to torture me and humiliate me?"
hatred? There are only two or three people in this world that Lu Shen can like, and there are only one or two people who are qualified to hate him. disgust? Lu Shen hates people. If he is a little bit mild, he will just send people away and won't even say much. If you are more disgusted, then there is no need to send it away, just kill it directly. There are not many people in this world who can make him disgusted and yet have the ability to live in this world.
Lu Shen leaned over and held the woman's beautiful wrist, his eyes like a pool of water wandering from the lilac-like exquisite earlobes to the tearful eyes.
Lu Shen was slightly startled, raised his head for a long time, and said firmly: "Listen, I don't treat you with hatred or disgust."
It's not hate, it's not disgust, what is it? Lu Shen couldn't say anything. He just felt that his heart was light and weak at this moment. He lowered his head and saw that the woman's brows were frowning. Her eyes seemed to be covered with mist, and she was about to cry. He couldn't help but said: "You don't want to follow me?" , and don’t want to go back to the Cui family in Jiangzhou, I will help you. But if I help you, you must help me."
Complete? Fulfill what? It was just coaxing her, but even if she knew it was coaxing, what could Lin Rong do? Death is the only option in all the hardships, but what is there worth missing here? Maybe, if you jump off that cliff, you won't be able to go back. You can only go back when the world really ends.
Lin Rong was silent for a long time. An hour ago, she still had the energy to speak sarcastically and talk around. But now that she had cried a lot and figured it out, she felt so weak that she didn't even have the desire to speak.
Lin Rong raised his head and looked at Lu Shen's angular face. After an unknown amount of time, he softly uttered one word: "Okay!"
This night was destined to be sleepless, and it was noisy until dawn, when the wind and rain gradually subsided in the bed tent, so I covered myself up first after taking a bath, because my skirt was loose for fear of falling off, and my back was red and silvery, and I was still breathing.
Until noon, Lin Rong and Lu Shen had not gotten up yet. Kingfisher and Fengxiao were waiting outside, and they could hear clearly what was going on inside. At first, the second maidservant was a bit shy, standing far away, but then she gradually became anxious: "How can the county master be so useful? Speaking of other things, it’s time to have a meal anyway?”
Why did it take so long? The county leader is still ill. Not only did he catch a cold while eating crabs, he also suffered a sprain. The doctor who has been sent for follow-up consultation is about to arrive.
Feng Xiao also nodded and said worriedly: "Then it's time to apply medicine to your ankle. Was it still swollen last night?"
Kingfisher sighed, gritted his teeth and said, "Wait another quarter of an hour, if there is no one inside to wash up, I will bring the county master's medicine in."
While the two were talking, Shen Yan, dressed in brown under the Yue Cave Gate, hurriedly came over and asked the second maid: "Has the Lord not gotten up yet? This is Luoyang's urgent message. The Lord ordered it the day before yesterday to submit it as soon as he arrives. .”
Feng Xiao shook her head: "Not yet, breakfast and lunch have not been used."
On the other hand, Kingfisher took the jigou from Shen Yan's hand and said, "I'll send it in."
These two girls were both unexperienced. They followed Lin Rong and told them to avoid them. Even though they had been taught by their grandma when they were in Jiangzhou, they were just talking on paper.
Kingfisher was really worried about Lin Rong's health, so he bravely pushed the door open a crack and secretly looked at the scene inside the house. Fortunately, apart from some clothes scattered on the ground, I didn't see anything embarrassing.
Hearing the sound of pushing the door, the gold-pinned tent shook slightly. A woman's bare hands were tied to the gold hook. A man asked lazily and hoarsely: "What's the matter?"
Kingfisher stood at the door and replied: "Back to Junhou, just now Steward Shen sent an urgent message from Luoyang."
Then he asked: "What time is it?"
Kingfisher lowered his head and said, "Back to the Lord, it's a quarter past noon."
Then I heard the person in the tent chuckle: "It's too late."
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For Lu Shen, although Lin Rong felt something was wrong with such an obedient Lin Rong, he was so immersed in the long-lost gentleness that he didn't even notice.
For Lin Rong, when a person's Qi is gone, illness will naturally be like a mountain falling down, and he will naturally be lifeless.
At first, Lin Rong continued to sit and lie down as usual, and even used half a cup of bird's nest more during the day than before. However, he gradually began to develop a low-grade fever at night. I have a low-grade fever at night, which is quite normal during the day.
If she doesn't tell herself, the girls won't know. Lu Shen is a man. His body is already warm in winter. Although he is warm and gentle, he occasionally feels doubts and reaches out to touch: "Why is it so hot? Is there sweat on my forehead?"
Lin Rong didn't take it seriously. He opened the curtain, picked up the clothes scattered on the ground and put them on. He said perfunctorily: "It's almost the beginning of winter. I'm just lazy. I sweat even if I move a little. I'll go wash it. You go to bed first." Bar."
After seeing her in the clouds and rain, her cheeks were crimson and her water was shining, which was particularly bright and moving. Lu Shen was in a good mood: "The floor of the clean room is slippery, I will carry you."
Lin Rong shook his head and firmly refused: "No need."
I had low fever at night for two days. On the evening of the third day, I suddenly developed a high fever. But on the first day, I gradually coughed up blood and felt drowsy, as if I was in the next world.
The serving girls were horrified and hurriedly sent someone to deliver a message to Lu Shen. Lu Shen happened to go out to inspect the camp that day and was not in the mansion. By the time he rushed back, Lin Rong was so burning that he was talking nonsense.
Not only doctors from Qingzhou, but also doctors from Xuanzhou were called in by Kuai Ma, and each of them checked the pulse: "Madam's pulse is slow and weak. This is a cold syndrome. I think she caught a cold because she was careless in winter. Don't worry, sir. It’s just a minor illness.”
But despite saying this, the disease showed no signs of improvement. After taking the medicine for two days in a row, I fell asleep all day and was only awake for one or two hours a day. Kingfisher and Fengxiao serve me day and night and cannot leave each other for a moment, which is especially sad.
Lin Rong was dazed and had no idea about this. He only felt that he was in a misty fog. His senior brother's voice came from the depths of the ancient forest: "Rong Rong, Rong Rong!"
Lin Rong looked around, but couldn't distinguish the direction of the sound. He just shouted anxiously: "Brother, senior brother, have you gone back? I want to go home, I want to go home..."
Lin Rong's cry of "I want to go home" floated in the empty valley. Unfortunately, no one responded after shouting countless times. After a long time, the senior brother's voice came faintly again: "Rong Rong, you can't go back. You know, you can't go home. We can't go home. You have always known this."
Yes, Lin Rong always knew that the so-called going home was just because he could not accept the reality, it was just his own obsession, and it was just self-deception. She sighed: "I know, but I can't help it."
The senior brother's voice seemed to have aged instantly. He shook his head and sighed: "No, Rong Rong, you have a way. Everyone in this world is destined to only accompany you for a while, including parents, relatives and friends. Only you...only Only you can accompany yourself forever."
Such lonely words made Lin Rong burst into tears just thinking about it: "But this time, I really have nothing to do..."
The voice asked again: "Isn't there a little bit of happiness here?"
The voice made Lin Rong recall it involuntarily, and he slowly replied: "When I was working as a doctor in Guyuan County, I rescued a little girl who suffered from high fever and convulsions. Her parents were poor and gave me a bunch of green bamboo shoots. I have never I’ve seen it before, without anything else, just adding some sesame oil, it’s the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten in my life. There are also those doctors in Guyuan County who cherish their broomsticks. They are all defeated by my hands. My dumb grandpa and I survived from the epidemic area. The look on their faces when they came out was really funny."
The voice hummed and asked softly: "What else?"
Lin Rong replied: "There is a green cow in Xiaoqingxuan Temple. My senior sister and I often go to the mountains to play with the cow. Lying on the green grass next to the mountain stream, we are filled with the fragrance of flowers. When we get to know each other, there are also apes and squirrels. Looking at us from a distance. In late autumn, standing on the bluestone platform in front of the view, it was like the true color of the forest. In winter, the mountains and fields are covered with snow, and the sparrows in the mountains are hungry and anxious. He will fly to the open space and pick on your skirt."
"There is also the Yuntai Waterfall at Bomendu, which is truly three thousand feet down..."
I don't know how long Lin Rong murmured, but the lingering sense of emptiness gradually dissipated, and the voice asked again: "Such famous mountains and rivers, magnificent scenery, and various forms of the world, don't Rong Rong want to see more of them?"
Lin Rong didn't know how long he thought before he nodded slowly: I think so!
Chapter 56
Lin Rong had been burning for two days, and his whole body was red and sweaty. He had to ask people to change his clothes several times. At first, he fell asleep quietly and fashionably, then gradually began to mutter nonsense in a low voice that no one could hear clearly. Kingfisher vaguely heard the word 'waterfall' and asked, "Madam, do you want water?"
Du Lu Shen leaned over and listened clearly every word. Finally, the woman gradually calmed down, and he asked again: "Is there anything else?"
The woman hummed in a low voice and said: "Also... there is the setting sun of thousands of miles falling on the ground and the river flowing eastward; there are moss covering the steps and white birds staying late; there are spring rains in small buildings and apricot blossoms in deep lanes..."
When she said something, Lu Shen responded until dawn. The maids boiled the medicine, but they couldn't feed it, but after a while, they all vomited it out.
After lowering the bed curtains, the doctors came in to diagnose my pulse and talked about many medical theories. Although they didn't explain it clearly, they all looked helpless. In the end, everyone was afraid of being offended, so they reluctantly came up with a recipe, and asked the most respected among them to give it to Lu Shen: "Junhou Rong, please tell me that there are some dangers in using this recipe, but the most important thing is to call people." After taking the medicine, if you can't drink it, you have to drink it. Even if you spit it out, some of it will always stay in the stomach."
After listening to the doctor's instructions, Lin Rong held his chin and drank several large bowls of thick, dark medicine. Although he vomited out most of it, he finally drank less than half of it, which was better than nothing.
Lin Rong woke up on the morning of the third day. His voice was hoarse. With a slight movement of his wrist, someone opened the curtain. His joy was beyond words: "Master is awake, is he feeling better?"
Lin Rong hummed, raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that in addition to the maid, there were two ladies standing in front of him, one looked to be in his twenties, the other in his thirties, wearing a beaded bun and a beaded hairpin. They were all dressed in luxurious clothes, but their faces looked a little haggard.
The young man smiled and helped Lin Rong sit up slowly, stuffed an autumn-colored gold-threaded crabapple pillow into his waist, and held a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Lin Rong's forehead: "Girl, do you feel better?"
Another man in his thirties, Ben, was sitting eating tea. When he saw this, he stood up and smiled: "The man who cares about Lao Liu has finally woken up. Come on, I have done my job. This time, I passed by Qingzhou and finally met him. What's the rare thing about Lao Liu? However, Lao Liu has such a lonely temperament that even if I go back and talk to the old lady, she will not believe me. After getting this news, my hard work is not in vain. "
At the same time, the maid asked: "Bring the medicine boiled on the medicine stove, and ask the kitchen to send well-prepared yam and bird's nest porridge. Only if you can eat it can the disease be cured." As he came closer, he saw Lin Rong's face was pale. , panting heavily, he sighed and said to the lady next to him: "Look, I spoke too early, and I am not sure whether I will survive?"
The woman who was wiping Lin Rong's sweat frowned when she saw this, and smiled and cursed: "What did my aunt say? A good person asked you to tell me the truth? This man is awake and young. That prescription must be working. If you take a few more medicines, there will be nothing bad."
Then he said softly to Lin Rong: "Don't be afraid, this person only has a powerful mouth. If it comes to that, just call me eldest aunt. My surname is Yu, and everyone in Yongzhou Prefecture calls me Fourth Grandma. Just call me Fourth Sister-in-law." .”
He looked at the eldest aunt again and asked tentatively: "I wonder what I call the girl?"
Lin Rong had never seen these people before, and he was so weak that he thought he was in a dream. His eyes wandered around, but neither Kingfisher nor Fengxiao could be seen. He only saw Wang Meiren standing in the crowd, calling her: "You come over!"
There was no place for Miss Wang to stand on such an occasion. She heard that Lin Rong was seriously ill and was wandering outside the yard. She called the aunt who came over to see her and brought her tea and water. She walked forward slowly: "Sister!"
Lin Rong felt as if he was in a Taoist temple and asked, "What's the sound outside?"
When the eldest aunt and the fourth grandma Yu saw this girl, they didn't say greetings to her, or even thank her. Instead, they called a concubine to come forward, as if they were ignoring the two nobles.
Beauty Wang asked her aunt to stay with her for two whole days and two nights. She never even left the outside door, so how could she know what was going on outside.
On the contrary, the eldest aunt smiled and stroked her fan: "Hey, you don't know that because of your illness, the civil and military officials in Qingzhou have now taken off their black gauze hats, green clothes with corner belts, and went to temples to chant sutras and pray for blessings? Now, all the people in Qingzhou are large and small. The temples and Taoist temples, altars and Taoist temples are set up, which are three times more lively than during the New Year and festivals."
Having just woken up from a serious illness, Lin Rong was really impatient to socialize, so he nodded slightly: "Thank you for taking care of me, I'm much better now. Beauty Wang, please help my eldest aunt and Grandma Yu to go back to the yard to rest. If I continue to suffer here, Even after getting sick, I feel uneasy." However, although Lin Rongren woke up, her fever did not go away. After saying these two words, she felt extremely tired.
The smile on Grandma Yu's face froze, and then she stood up: "Okay, take good care of her, we'll go back first."
However, the eldest aunt stood up without changing her expression, put away the handkerchief and hung it on her lapel: "Yeah, I don't appreciate it. Okay, I've stayed up all night and I'm exhausted. It's time to go back and catch up on some sleep."
After the two left, Jade Qin and Feng Xiao came in, probed their foreheads, half-knelt on the footrest, and said with tears in their eyes: "My Lord, the fever hasn't gone away yet?"
Feng Xiao said: "My eldest aunt said that we were upset because of the crying. She said that we were not dead, so she also made us cry to death. She told the slaves to stay outside and not to come into the inner room."
Lin Rong hummed, and ordered King Jingqin to take the prescription prescribed by the doctors, read through it carefully, added and deleted some, and added the three medicinal herbs of Yinhua, Forsythia, and Arctium lappa. Kingfisher took out the medicine and said, then turned back and said, "County Master, the doctor has read the prescription. He knows about Yinhua and Forsythia, but I don't know what kind of medicinal material this burdock is?"
Lin Rong felt dizzy after hearing this and coughed, then replied: "It has an obovate shape and is purple when it blooms."
Presumably here, burdock is just a weed in the mountains and rivers, and has not been included in the pharmacopoeia. For a moment, Lin Rong thought bitterly, when I get better, I must compile a pharmacopoeia, otherwise I will have nowhere to find medicine when I need it.
Lin Rong drank a lot of hot tea for a while, wiped all parts of his body with strong liquor, and took the antipyretic medicine that contained burdock seeds. By noon, the high fever finally subsided.
In the wing room, the eldest aunt and grandma Yu Si were having breakfast. The eldest aunt had no appetite, so she just drank a bowl of sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup, then put her chopsticks on the kang, propped up her chin, and looked like a As if gossiping: "Tell me, what is the identity of the sick man?"
Grandma Yu Si thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you say she was a concubine? That's what the Lord said when he left. I heard someone said that he only got her this month."
The aunt curled her lips and hummed: "You listen to his nonsense, I ask you, what is your identity, what is my identity, a concubine brought in from outside, can you ask us two to serve as a concubine? I'll forget it. , I was just passing by. You have just given birth, and your fourth brother also asked you to come all the way from Yongzhou. However, the people in this yard are tight-lipped, so they can’t ask questions, and it’s hard to ask too many questions. They are also called by random names. Girl, there’s someone called Madam.”
Grandma Yu Si smiled, pursed her lips, and refused to answer what her eldest aunt said.
My aunt was originally teasing her, but seeing that she didn't answer, she smiled boringly: "I see that the sick one is quite a person, and his figure and appearance are also very good. You are the most beautiful woman in our Yongdi, four years ago. My brother, Baba, has come back to marry you..." Not to mention her appearance, the implication is that Grandma Yu Si is a person without temper.
Grandma Yu Si had a good appetite. After hearing this, she put down her ebony inlaid silver chopsticks and stood up: "I'm entrusted by others and I'd better go and take a look at the matter of loyalty. My aunt has stayed up all night, so she should rest." "
The girl helped Grandma Yu to walk down the corridor and complained: "Auntie, what are you talking about? How can I compare a concubine to Grandma Yu?"
