Chapter 62
Lin Rong sat in front of the table with a pen, and her whole body was covered with a thin layer of orange light. The wind blew the candlelight swaying left and right, and for a moment, her face became alternately light and dark. She raised her eyes and bumped into the land. In Shen's eyes like a deep pool.
The two of them were sitting and standing, both inside the curtain and in the snow, both in silence.
The turbulent wind stopped in just two seconds, and the door curtain fell down to isolate it, as if nothing had happened just now.
The whole family in the house looked anxiously at Lin Rong's writing, but they didn't notice that there was another person in the yard outside. Seeing that she had written down two or three herbs, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Girl, is there any medicine that I can't find? Don't worry, although the Han family is poor, they still have some wealth, and they are willing to give up even the most difficult and expensive medicines." .”
Lin Rong was stunned and kept writing: "I don't know if these medicines exist. Even if they exist now, the names are the same. I don't know if they are expensive or difficult to find. I will write them down. You can find the best, but if you can't find it, I will order you to replace it with medicinal materials."
Everyone said they took the prescription respectfully, and saw that it contained medicinal materials they had never seen before: "Purple-flowered groundweed, dandelions, chrysanthemums, cicada sloughs, wild chrysanthemums... The other side is better to say, this purple-flowered groundweed Never heard of it?”
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Viola purpurea is used to treat all carbuncles, unnamed swellings, and malignant sores. It is used in combination with dandelion and is a classic spectrum antibacterial drug in traditional Chinese medicine. However, realizing this was already a matter of the Ming Dynasty, and people at this time naturally did not know it.
Lin Rong lowered his head and thought for a while, and with just a few strokes of his pen, a small purple-flowered plant took shape: "Go to a drug store or find it in the countryside. There may be some in the mountains with geothermal heat at this time. This child will have fever at night, so use the fever Just apply a cold compress with boiled water, and if you don’t twitch, you’ll be fine.”
Everyone listened to the order and immediately went out to grab medicine. However, when the door curtain was opened again, there was no one in the courtyard.
Lin Rong stood in the corridor for a long time and called the old lady several times before he realized what he was doing. He looked at Lin Rong as if looking at a money tree and rolled up his sleeves: "Young lady, you really have a lot of tricks up your sleeve. Old lady, I often do the same. My leg hurts, why don’t you prick me twice with your needle?”
Lin Rong turned around and saw that the mother was already holding the sleeping boy in her arms, gently stroking his back. She thought to herself: Even though I can't love what I love, I am lucky to be able to specialize in what I do best.
She didn't answer the woman's words, threw the half-paid consultation fee to her, and walked out slowly: "I'm hungry and sleepy, make me a steamed fish, and find me a clean bed to sleep on. "
The woman smiled and put a bunch of big money in her arms, and patted her chest: "With these money, I have ten fishes, so don't worry, little lady. As for sleeping, that's even better. Mr. Hu's bed is clean. Old lady, please go to bed." The moon has just been washed."
Lin Rong shook his head: "No, no, you can't live in a place where dead people live."
dead? Although the blind woman cursed the stingy Hu all day long, she was tall, thick, and good at martial arts. No one could kill him. She raised her hand and said, "What did the girl say? He will drink wine later." return……"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the night watchman at the county magistrate's office over there shouting from a distance: "It's not good, it's not good, Hu Si has someone kill him, and even his head is cut off. Go and report it to the steward."
A blind person's hearing is more sensitive, and he immediately looked at Lin Rong like a monster: "How do you know..."
Seeing her ghostly expression, Lin Rong felt suddenly in a good mood for some reason. He stretched out a hand to tell fortunes: "I told you before that he will suffer a bloody disaster today. I enlightened him, but he refused. , it’s a pity that this life was lost.”
At this time, everyone believed in ghosts and gods. The old woman immediately called Lin Rong to stop her. She even dropped a small word from her title: "Madam, I have good food and food at home. Please come with me."
The old woman lived alone and gave up her bed to Lin Rong, while she made another bed on the floor. She went to another house to buy two fish and brought them back. She respectfully said, "Madam, please use it. Madam has such magical powers. Can you do the math for me?"
Lin Rong rarely teased people like this. He suppressed his laughter for a while. He gave a light hum with a pulled face. After eating a full meal of fish, he was so sleepy that he almost fell asleep and said, "Sleep enough." If you are energetic, you will have the strength to do it tomorrow!"
But the woman's snoring was too loud, so Lin Rong slept fitfully that night. When the rooster crowed, it was still dark, so she got dressed. She boiled a pot of hot tea and squatted in front of the fire pit, her face flushed from the heat. She stayed there in complete silence until the sound of people outside gradually started to grow. Suddenly she heard the orange seller shouting outside. She hurriedly took some money and opened the door. Then he saw Shen Yan standing alone at the foot of the steps.
Lin Rong thought he was just air, and called the man who was selling oranges along the street, and carefully selected three kumquats. He turned around and was about to close the door, and asked Shen Yan to stop: "Madam?"
Lin Rong lowered his eyes: "Who are you talking to?"
Shen Yan stood with his hands down, but he had to say: "Madam, please forgive me for overstepping my bounds. There are some words that I shouldn't say, but at this time, there is no one else, and only me can say this." "
Seeing that he would not leave until he was allowed to speak, Lin Rong turned around slightly, remained silent, and said, "Go ahead."
Shen Yan said: "This slave has been serving the Lord since he was about ten years old. Even the elders and relatives have never seen the Lord care about others or his wife. The slave knows that the Lord is impatient and treats outsiders. She is self-possessed but does not hide it from people close to her. My wife is quite aggrieved for this. But out of the king's love and respect, my wife should not abandon her."
It's just that Shen Yanwei is really not a good lobbyist. The more Lin Rong listened to these remarks, the angrier he became. He gritted his teeth and said, "You are wrong about this. It was he who kicked me off the carriage? He said he would not kill women. , just let me freeze to death, I don’t dare to go back. You are a good and loyal servant, just don’t come again.”
After saying that, he was about to close the door. Shen Yan asked again: "Madam is not ready to go back and refuses to go down the steps. What happened to Hu Si will definitely happen again in the future. By then, there will be no secret guards sent by the king." Protection, how should Madam handle herself?
When Lin Rong heard this, he paused and pointed to the street: "Look at the people on the street. Some people died of freezing in their cold clothes one day, and some were seriously ill without treatment. Even if they are alive now, who can guarantee that they will be fine tomorrow? What? If I die like this, then it can only be said that time is destiny, and this is what my destiny should be."
After that, he closed the courtyard door, found three or five potatoes from the kitchen and piled them in the fire pit. While smelling the aroma of roasted potatoes, his mouth was filled with the fragrance of orange.
Shen Yan couldn't help it, sighed, and had to turn around and leave. As soon as he arrived at the door of the post station, he saw that the carriage and sedan had already started. Hundreds of black-armored troops were standing together with flags flying, as if they were about to set off.
Shen Yan felt bad, so he hurriedly greeted him and stood outside the carriage to go home: "Master, didn't you give orders to start tomorrow?"
There was no sound inside, only the sound of fingers tapping on the table could be heard, which made Shen Yan speechless. After a long while, he finally said bravely: "I just went to see Madam without permission. I think it was." I caught a cold yesterday and looked very bad. I coughed every time I spoke. I couldn't stop it. It took me a long time to say a complete sentence. When I was done, I gave three copper coins to the slave. Although the lady didn't give the order, the slave knew it. , this is for the slave to bring to the master."
After that, he placed the three copper coins exchanged from the orange seller on the car window: "I know that Madam has made a big mistake. Even though I feel regretful, I can't present these things. But Madam used to Please treat me leniently, but I really can’t bear it, please master, please punish me.”
He chanted and beat, but there was no response from inside, and the north wind blew on his face like a knife.
It took a long time before Lu Shen could hear Lu Shen snort coldly: "You have grown so much that you are writing this nonsense!"
Shen Yan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and quickly knelt down: "Don't dare!"
Lin Rong happily ate three baked potatoes and two oranges. Then the woman got up and circled around Lin Rong: "Madam, please do the math for me. Calculate the fortune!"
Lin Rong was about to put on a show of deception when he heard a knock on the door outside: "Girl, girl, the child's fever has subsided, please go and have a look again."
Lin Rong immediately stood up and smiled at the woman: "Save people first, and then I will settle the matter for you."
When we arrived at the steward's yard, for some reason there were already a lot of people watching the excitement. They all heard that the steward's Du Miaomiao was seriously ill, and even the coffin was prepared. Unexpectedly, after one night, even the high fever subsided. .
Lin Rong separated everyone and asked the family to come in. He inspected the child carefully and touched the child's lanugo: "Take the medicine as usual for five days in a row. The medicine for the wound must be changed every day. I will teach you how to change the medicine." You guys, I will write another recipe later. Give the child more egg and meat soup, and the affected area will gradually grow meat after a month." The steward's family was naturally grateful and asked Lin Rong if he could stay temporarily. For a while, I waited for the child to recover before leaving.
As soon as Lin Rong said this, the courtyard immediately started talking and chattering for a while. Suddenly, a doctor in his fifties stood up and scolded: "This child's disease still has a chance of being cured, but now you are using strong medicinal materials. This child was so burned that he was unconscious. He had a narrow chance of death due to high fever. It is so harmful to people's lives that I must lock you up and see the officials..."
Before he could finish his words, he was kicked away by someone. He stood up holding on to the wall and saw a man in a crane cloak standing at the door of the courtyard. He stood tall and tall, with hundreds of sergeants accompanying him. .
The doctor covered his chest and asked, "Who are you to commit murder outside the county government office?"
Lu Shen didn't answer, walked through the crowd, grabbed Lin Rong's hands, picked her up at the waist, and said with a solemn expression: "I am her husband!"
Lin Rong didn't know how he twisted his hands. After struggling slightly, he felt pain in his tendons and cursed in a low voice: "Lu Shen, you bastard."
Lu Shen ignored him, and after an unknown amount of time, he opened the door and touched the tent, threw Lin Rong into a pile of brocade quilts at the inn, and turned to tell Shen Yan: "Let's set off tomorrow."
Before Lin Rong could sit up, Lu Shen leaned over and pressed his hands together, tying them to the curtain hooks. His calloused hands touched Lin Rong's cherry lips. After a long while, he kissed her passionately, their skin touching each other, leaving little room to breathe.
After a long time, Lu Shen stopped and saw that the woman's lips were already red and her face was filled with cold tears, but she didn't speak and just stared at him.
Although Lin Rong didn't speak, his meaning was obvious. The two looked at each other. Lu Shen finally sighed, lowered his head to catch the woman's tears, and murmured in her ear: "You are right. In front of you, I Lu Shen is a complete villain."
Chapter 63
Lin Rong was still stunned, the expression on his face was calm and cold, as if the moonlight on a snowy winter night shone coolly on the green bricks through the window. Hearing this, his bright eyes slightly raised and he stared at him for a long time, as if he was aware of the hidden meaning behind his words. Come with a bit of sarcasm: "Really? Did I say this?"
Lu Shen didn't answer, and leaned over to trace the woman's features. The scene when he saw her for the first time appeared in front of his eyes. The beautiful woman was lying on a spring couch, her arms were slanted and exquisite, and a big hand with clear joints covered it, and the room was gradually rustling. The sound of rustling.
For a long while, the woman lowered her eyes and bit her red lips, swallowing back all the uncontrollable sobs. Lu Shenfu stood up, stroked the thin sweat on the woman's forehead, and asked, "Are you comfortable?"
The curtain that wrapped around his wrist had unraveled at some point. Lin Rongben, who was still panting, immediately pulled out the hairpin from his hair and pierced it when he heard the words. However, her body was soft and her hands were weak at this moment. She stabbed lightly, but she didn't have the strength to stab Lu Shen. It only scratched Lu Shen's outer robe, revealing a tight waist.
Lu Shen ignored him. He exerted a little force with his calloused hands and the woman gasped weakly. He asked again, "Are you comfortable?"
Lin Rong had never been so embarrassed as he was now. He wanted to sew up Lu Shen's mouth. He stretched out his hand to push it away. However, the guy's face remained as usual, but his breathing was heavier. He was as motionless as a mountain, and he even came closer: "Are you comfortable? Do you want me to..."
Lin Rong's whole body felt like it was on fire, and he felt that he was about to boil. He immediately cut him off: "No, stop it!"
Lin Rong felt that he was full of anger, but in this situation, only three points of that anger were left. Lu Shen heard this and nodded: "Oh, stop... you don't like to use..."
Seeing that he was going to say more, Lin Rong was upset, raised her leg and kicked him, and kicked him back on his tight thigh. The toes were already covered in blood blisters, and they suddenly felt sore and painful. She said bitterly: "Lu Shen, Lu Zaizhou, you have so many ways to torture people!"
It didn't matter what Lin Rong's original intention was. When Lu Shen heard these words, it sounded like a complaint that was two parts delicate and one part soft. He also saw that the woman's white face, her crow-like temples, were covered with sweat, and her cheekbones were Soft, in a delicate and misty state, my heart swayed slightly, I couldn't hold it anymore, I took off my clothes and covered myself.
On this day, at the end of the day, there were thin clothes, red candles on the backs, embroidered draperies hanging down, butterflies and bees busy, leaning on the embroidery bed.
I don't know how long it took before the tent gradually stopped. Lin Rong felt extremely tired, as if his whole body had been run over. He no longer had the energy to chatter to Lu Shen, so he turned his head and fell asleep.
Lin Rong was extremely tired and slept until nightfall.
There was only a dark lamp burning in the room, and Lu Shen had disappeared a long time ago. His body had been wiped down, and he had changed into a new set of clothes. She opened the heavy lotus-colored curtains, and saw figures floating on the screen outside, including the little maid. They carried food boxes, set up tables and chairs, held cups and set chopsticks. Except for the occasional clinking of cups and saucers, no sound was heard.
Kingfisher looked inside: "The county master hasn't woken up yet. What time is it?"
Feng Xiao said: "It's still two quarters of an hour before it's Haishi. The county master hasn't eaten anything all day today. I heard from people that Qian'er didn't have a good meal yesterday. It's better to ask the county master to get up and eat again. Go to sleep. No matter how late the time is, it will not be good for your stomach and intestines."
Kingfisher nodded, opened the soft curtain and went in. He saw that Lin Rong was already awake. When he saw her coming, his face looked unnatural: "What time is it?"
Kingfisher didn't know Lin Rong. She smiled, sat by the bed, hung the curtain on the copper hook, and handed over the warm tea in her hand: "It's almost Haishi. The county master's voice has become hoarse. Hurry and eat." The tea is moist!" He said: "The county master was not cleaned by the servants. At noon, the king asked someone to bring hot water and clean pajamas and shirts. He only sent things in and then called someone. Quit."
Lin Rong's embarrassed expression eased slightly. The ancients regarded these maids as nothing more than tools. Sometimes when their masters had sex, they would wait beside the bed curtains. Lin Rong was a person who didn't even ask his maid to take a bath. He thought he couldn't reveal such private matters to others, so he solemnly asked: "From now on... I will do this myself. You don't have to come forward to serve me. You can go on your own." Just rest. Come in again when I call you."
Kingfisher just thought she was embarrassed and nodded with a smile: "Yes! When the lord comes, the servants will stay hidden."
Seeing her like this, Lin Rong became more and more embarrassed. He stayed there for a long time and then said dryly: "Why are you hiding from him?" After saying this, he suddenly heard the urgent shouts of girls outside: "Sister Eleven, what are you doing?" Sister Eleven!”
Sister Eleven?
Lin Rongzheng was wondering who he was calling, and then he heard the footsteps approaching from far away. Suddenly the door was pushed open, and Feng Xiao outside exclaimed: "Miss Sixteen, why are you here? Why are you alone? Who will send you there?" You came..."
Before he finished speaking, someone saw the curtain inside being lifted up, and a little girl of eight or nine years old, wrapped in a plain white feather satin cloak, stood blankly at the door, tears welling up in her eyes rolling down: "Eleventh Sister, it’s really you, you’re still alive, you’re still alive…”
As he spoke, he threw himself into Lin Rong's arms like a gust of wind: "Sister Eleven, I miss you so much... I miss you so much. They all said that you were dead, and even said that your body was eaten by fish, and they only built a tomb for you. . I don’t believe it. There are silver-red and crimson-red clothes in the coffin. You are the least favorite..."
Only then did Lin Rong recognize that she was the sixteenth mother of the Cui family in Jiangzhou and Cui Shiyi's cousin. During the half-year period when she was recovering from illness, she often visited her and surrounded her, chirping like magpies. Lin Rong didn't know the reason, but secretly thought: when he got married, this little girl was only eight years old, why did she suddenly come to the north.
Lin Rong gently rubbed the top of her head and comforted her: "Okay, don't cry. Not only am I not dead, I'm still alive and well."
The girl couldn't help crying. She nestled in Lin Rong's arms. It took a long time to stop. She raised her head in confusion and said, "Sister Eleven, wherever you go from now on, I will go, okay?" As she said that, she seemed to think of something and raised her head. All the white pearl flowers and emerald silver hairpins on her buns were pulled out and thrown to the ground: "Sister Eleven, take care of yourself. You don't need to wear these white flowers."
Lin Rong saw that she was all white, but had a miserable look on her face. Snow had fallen on her body and even the edge of her cloak was stained with mud. He sighed: "Okay, wherever I am from now on, wherever you are, we will always be together." "
At the same time, he ordered someone to bring hot water and took the little girl down to wash up. At the same time, he called the grandma who had brought the little girl with him to come in and answer the question.
The grandma was in her forties. As soon as she came in, she kowtowed to Lin Rong and said, "Last year there was news that the county master was gone, and she even said she would commit suicide out of anger. In March, the monarch went south, and the family was afraid that he would offend him. Another young lady was selected from the clan and sent over. After a long selection, she was either already married or too young. The only girl who was sixteen was older, she was twelve years old, so she was sent over. He had no identity, so he was carried there in a small sedan chair. At that time, he stayed in Junhou's residence in Jiangzhou for a month, and then asked someone to send him back to Yongzhou. This time, Junhou sent someone to pick him up, saying that the county master was very special. I miss everyone at home, so please invite Miss Sixteen to come over and put away the homesickness for a while."
After hearing this, Lin Rong was speechless for a long time: "These beasts! Xiao Liu was born in the first month of the year. He was considered two years old when he was born. After calculation, he will not be ten until after the new year." Putting a ten-year-old girl Putting a child under the curtains of a man's bed makes me feel sick just thinking about it.
Suddenly thinking of something, she raised her head and asked the nanny: "Xiao Liu, has she not been..." Such words made Lin Rong feel sick even when she asked.
Fortunately, Nama understood: "Where did the county master think? Not to mention that Miss Sixteen is still young, and she is only raised as a child in Yongzhou Mansion. Besides, Miss Sixteen has never seen the prince."
Lin Rong breathed out and asked the relatives in Jiangzhou again. The more he asked, the more depressed he became: "The sixth girl was married last winter, half a year after the county lord became a monk. She was also from a well-known family in Jiangzhou, and her husband died in the war. , is implicated in the Jiangzhou mutiny and is awaiting trial..."
Finally, Lin Rong waved his hand and asked the nanny to go down and rest.
I was sitting blankly, and in the clean room over there, I heard the little girl calling again: "Sister Eleven, Sister Eleven."
As soon as Lin Rong walked in, he asked her to pull her down into the bathtub, smiling: "Sister Eleven, please stay with me. This pool is so big, I'm afraid of drowning."
Lin Rong saw that she had frostbite on her hands and ears, and she looked very pitiful but she was still teasing her. Helpless, he washed her again with the little girl, dried her hair, and asked the maid to serve food. The little girl was a real foodie and ordered three more bowls of rice. Lin Rong didn't have much appetite at first, so seeing her like that, he also ate an extra half bowl of rice.
In the end, the two sisters lay on the bed, and there was no movement for a long time. Lin Rong thought she had fallen asleep, but she heard a long sigh: "Sister Eleven, it's great, I see you again."
After saying this, tears welled up again, and she couldn't stop sobbing for a long time. Lin Rong patted her back repeatedly: "It's been a long day's journey, go to sleep, and you can be healthy every day in the future." See me."
The little girl burped and said, "Really?"
Lin Rong nodded: "Really!"
