Kingfisher asked her question and she was speechless: "You...you also said that if the county lord hadn't stood in front of me, I would have been stabbed all the way through. She protected me with her life, how could I not protect me with her life?" Destiny to repay it?"
When Feng Xiao heard this, she just knelt down and shed tears: "The county chief punished me, and my sister scolded me. I am willing to accept it, but if I had it to do over again, I would still do it."
Kingfisher stroked his forehead and took two steps back: "The county master won't punish you, and I won't scold you. From now on, we can each do our own thing."
After saying that, Kingfisher ignored her and found Shihui Hemostasis Powder, cotton wool, and gauze. He brought them in and gently changed the wound medicine on Lin Rong's arm. He wiped it carefully again and coaxed Lin Rong to put it on his arm. The bloody clothes were changed, and a large basin of bloody water was brought out.
The old lady got the news at dawn. She had some gastrointestinal discomfort last night, so she went to bed a little early. When she woke up, Grandma Yu went in and reported: "There was a commotion over there yesterday, and the doctor was invited." , I don’t know why, but Junhou ordered people to surround the courtyard and no one was allowed to come in or out. The old slave asked the doctor to ask, and he said that Junhou ordered someone to pour abortion pills into his wife. It was almost dawn today. , the girl in the room brought out a big basin of blood, I'm afraid it's more serious than bad."
After hearing this, the old lady felt dizzy: "Confused, why didn't you call me immediately for such a thing? I knew this couple had committed an injustice, and I knew there had to be a big fuss." She didn't care whether to wash up or not, and announced several people. Doctor, led the people to Yanshan Courtyard in great force.
If it is as Mother Yu said, Yanshan Courtyard has been sealed inside and outside by Lu Shen's personal guards. The old lady frowned as she looked at it: "This is the inner courtyard where the female family members live. Who asked them to come in?"
The leader, Xiaoqi, came forward and knelt down to say hello: "Old lady, I have a humble duty to guard this place under the order of the king. No one can enter or leave without the king's handwriting."
The old lady paid no attention to it and went straight in. She saw that the yard was extremely quiet, and no one was cleaning the fallen leaves and flowers everywhere. There were only three or five maids left kneeling in the corridor. As soon as they entered the inner room, they saw Lin Rong half lying on the bed, with a pale face holding a porcelain basin and vomiting. When he saw her coming, he took the handkerchief on his clothes and wiped the corners of his mouth. , weakly called out: "Old lady."
Seeing this, the old lady hurriedly called the doctor to come forward and check her pulse. She still said the same thing as yesterday: "The pulse is the same, it's just some fetal gas, just rest for half a month."
The old lady felt relieved and her face became better for a long time. She sighed: "Let me just say, Sixth Brother sometimes behaves like a bastard, but he will never be so ungrateful."
For a moment, he took the wrung-out cotton towel from the girl's hand and wiped the cold sweat on Lin Rong's forehead: "Silly girl, why did you come here? He is a stubborn ass, what are you doing with him? He's mad Just ignore your temper. If you can't, go to me and I will make the decision for you. No matter what the reason for the quarrel is, you can't use the child in your belly as a note. Later, when he comes back, I will Teach him a lesson and ask him to make amends to you, and this matter will be over."
Lin Rong just lowered his head and said nothing. For a while, his eyes seemed to be red, and he paused and said: "Since I came here, the old lady has treated me very well. I know this. But this time, I am afraid that I will scream." The old lady is disappointed."
The old lady pondered and reached out to stroke the top of Lin Rong's hair: "Look at you, I always think of the same temper I had when I was a child. A wild girl from the village who lived in the mountains for a long time and was loved by her parents. When I first entered the house, He refused to accept anyone, so he was taught a lesson by the housekeeper, and he washed clothes in Huanyifang every day. Later, he asked Brother Six and his grandfather to take over the house, but he still had a bad temper and was very difficult to deal with. "
"My wife was only in her twenties at that time, and she was your great-grandmother. Chang called me and advised me not to think of him as a husband, or even as a person, just as a donkey. You I just want to eat, drink and have fun, whatever makes me feel comfortable. If you are happy, just coax him along the way. If you are unhappy, just ignore him."
Then he patted Lin Rong's hand: "Now, I will tell you this too. Just live your life well and take good care of yourself. Don't worry about anything else."
Lin Rong listened and nodded as if he couldn't help it: "The old lady is open-minded and transparent. If I can learn a little bit, I will benefit from it for life." However, this is not something that can be ignored. This may be a troubled time. It was a comfortable place in the middle, but it was so heavy that Lin Rong couldn't breathe. Is it really something that can be tolerated with a relaxed mind, living in this gloomy life and being a precious parrot in this golden cage? Of course, no one can say these words, and no one will listen to them.
The old lady thought she had been persuaded, so she patted Lin Rong's hand and said happily: "Okay, she really is a girl who comes from a family of poets and writers. She can tell everything at once."
Suddenly, someone seemed to come in from outside, and the old lady asked: "Who is here?"
Aunt Yu led Shen Yan in, holding a tray in her hand. On the tray was a bowl of steaming soup.
When the old lady saw Shen Yan, she couldn't help but get angry and asked, "What are you doing here now? Where is your master?"
Shen Yan replied: "Go back to the old lady, the Lord has gone out to fight the horse. But at dawn today, I sent a doctor to ask for Madam's pulse, and ordered someone to boil a bowl of sufficient medicine for Madam to take."
The old lady's face showed a little satisfaction and she nodded: "Fortunately, he is always worried about his wife. He knows how to call a doctor and boil medicine and deliver it." Then she turned to Lin Rong and said: "Look, once his temper is gone, That's good. From now on, neither of you two will be allowed to cause trouble like this."
Immediately he took the medicine, scooped it up with a spoon and slowly let it out, and asked: "Where are you going this early in the morning? Did you say anything else? When will you come back? When he comes back, I will ask him to come to my honor." Go to Jingtang. What kind of medicine is this, and which doctor prescribed it?"
Shen Yan only lowered his head and did not dare to reply. After a while, he said: "Back to the old lady, this is a prescription for abortion prescribed by Dr. Hu, who often invites Pinganmai. The Lord ordered someone to watch the lady take it." If it still doesn’t work, take another bowl until the fetal blood flows out.”
The old lady looked shocked. Before she could say anything, Lin Rong reached out to pick up the medicine and asked Shen Yan: "Are they the medicines that were taken from me yesterday?"
Shen Yan replied: "Back to Madam, the prescriptions are almost the same, only two or three herbs are different."
Lin Rong nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, I'm very relieved about that prescription."
Chapter 82
Lin Rong failed to take the bowl of abortion pill as he wished.
The old lady immediately put her down, pointed at Shen Yan's nose and cursed: "I'm still sitting here, why don't you bastards try to persuade him to rebel and bring the medicine? You are all so brave. What kind of identity do you have that you dare to bring this kind of medicine to your master? Nowadays, this house is full of rebellion, and a slave dares to embarrass his master?"
Seeing that the back of Lin Rong's hand was burning red from the spilled soup, the old lady waved her hand and ordered: "Drag him out and smash his mouth."
The sounds in her ears were sometimes closer and sometimes far away, as if separated by a transparent film, and everything in the room became extremely unreal. Lin Rong sat on the bed, with no strength in her hands and body, and a dull feeling of confusion. Coming at you. After a long time, she heard the sound of bamboo strips crackling outside. Jade Bird held her hand with a worried look on her face: "Madam, what's the matter with you?"
Lin Rong raised his head, looking at the old lady with a thin layer of sweat on his hands, and finally pleaded: "Old lady, I have nothing to do with Shen Yan."
The old lady clapped her hand and asked, "If it has nothing to do with him, then what does it have to do with him? What's the reason for making such a fuss? Yesterday I heard someone say that Brother Six took you to the streets happily. Went there, to restaurants and flower markets. Not to mention women, even the brothers at home have never seen him treated like this. I still know who he is. If there is no reason, he will not act like this. "
Lin Rong's words rolled to his lips, he swallowed them again, and could only say in a low voice: "It's all...it's all my fault."
The old lady nodded: "Since you can figure it out, there's nothing wrong with it." Seeing Lin Rong sweating, she sighed and waved her hand: "Stop outside and ask him, where is his master now? And When will you come back? Send someone immediately."
Suddenly someone came in and replied: "Shen Yan replied that Junhou went hunting in Cuiwei Mountain at dawn, and he didn't know when he would come back."
The old lady frowned, as if she didn't believe it: "Hunting?" What happened was that she brought abortion pills to her pregnant wife, but she went out hunting as if nothing happened?
The man replied: "Yes, I also took the fourth master, Fenwu General Wei Xiu, and several captains of the Huben Army to go hunting in Cuiwei Mountain."
The old lady said: "Okay, since he has no time to come back home, I will go to his study and wait for him. When he comes back, I will go back."
He turned back to persuade Lin Rong: "Pei Linggong was a guest at my house in the past. He once advised the old lady and said something like this. He said that hard things are easy to break, but soft things last forever. A dagger is too sharp and can If you stab others, you will stab yourself later.”
Pei Linggong? This is what senior brother can say. Lin Rong knew the old lady's good intentions and did not argue. He lowered his eyebrows and said lightly: "Yes, I will keep the old lady's teachings in mind."
The old lady nodded, got up and walked out. She went to Erya Zhai, Lu Shen's study. As she entered, she saw the vines and radish hanging down by the stone bridge. She was asking her servants to uproot them. She stopped and asked, "Have they been planted?" It took several years to get such a big piece of land, and everything has to be removed?" No one could answer it at the moment.
After crossing the bridge, most of the broad-leaf plantains and hundreds of bamboo poles in front of the courtyard had fallen down. They were in a mess across the path and there was no place to stand.
Aunt Yu then advised: "Old lady, it's better to go back and wait for the prince. You have been suffering from paralysis in the past few days and haven't you taken the medicine today?"
The old lady had no choice but to give up and go back to Rongjing Hall. It was not until she was about to fall asleep that she heard the voice of the maid outside receiving blessings: "Old lady, the prince has arrived."
When Lu Shen came in, he had already changed into a green satin unicorn robe, and wore a moon-shaped green jade crown on his head. He looked casual and suitable, and the expression on his face was light. Although he was not smiling, he did not look angry: "I heard from grandma, Grandma has suffered from paralysis, but have you hired a doctor to diagnose her pulse? Is she feeling better?"
The old lady is a cheerful person. She always enjoys her wealth and wealth and does not care about worldly affairs. If it is not about her heirs, she would not bother to care about these things. She asked directly: "There is no need to say these irrelevant words. I just ask you, what is Cui's crime?" What's wrong? You asked Shen Yan to deliver abortion pills to her? She also sealed off her yard and left no waiters. When I left, she didn't even have a cup of hot tea? I heard Shen Yan say, those girls Did you send them all to Zhuangzi?"
Lu Shen was silent: "Ms. Cui is stubborn and resentful, her words and actions are frivolous, and her behavior is crazy. She is really unbecoming of a woman and cannot bear to be the wife of the Lu family."
The old lady understood: "You want to divorce your wife?"
Lu Shen didn't answer for a long time, then paused and said, "The Lu family in Yongzhou has never divorced or abandoned his first wife."
The old lady put down her tea and looked up. She saw Lu Shen's eyes were stern and she said to herself: "Okay, since you are determined to be ruthless, I won't say anything. Since you decided not to keep her and only send her abortion pills, it's really It’s unnecessary.”
He said lightly as if he was talking about the weather: "I saw people drinking the abortion pill when I was young. It smelled like musk and red flowers. It sounded scary. It's not sure whether the fetus will be born or not. It flows backwards. There will be blood all over the floor, but the house will not be dirty. Tell me, just send me a piece of white silk. It will be clean and decent, what do you think?"
Lu Shen just said nothing, and the old lady said: "Bai Ling is not right either. The appearance of a hanged person is always terrible. If someone sees it when he is mourning and restraining himself, they will inevitably say that our Lu family is sinister. Even the pregnant daughter-in-law They all refuse to keep it. Well, here I still have a bottle of requiem powder that was passed down from Luoyang Palace in the past. It can kill people in their sleep, so it's a good thing."
Then he waved his hand and ordered Nanny Yu to take it out from the box and place it in front of Lu Shen: "Your Majesty!"
Lu Shen took it, rubbed the small bottle of Dongqing glaze, and suddenly laughed, the extinguished candlelight flickered on his face: "Grandma, there is no need to provoke me, I have made up my mind. Mrs. Cui can never keep her, and the child can't stay either." There is no need to keep him. Please ask grandma to come forward and send the Cui family back to Jiangzhou. Since the Cui family has been sent away, how can we let the Lu family's blood flow out. Therefore, it is best not to keep the child. "
The old lady was so speechless that Lu Shen was speechless for a long time. She banged the cigarette pot against the leg of the table next to her. She wanted to knock the hot cigarette pot on Lu Shen's head: "You are twenty-five years old this year." , this is your only heir now. Just wait until he is born. When you come back from the expedition, you may even be able to speak. Why are you so cruel? What big mistake did Ms. Cui make to treat you like this? she?"
Lu Shen said quietly: "Grandma, there is no need to say any more. My grandson will hire another lady from a high family and another concubine to continue the Lu family's bloodline."
The old lady had no idea why Lu Shen was acting like this. All the maids and women in the yard who knew about it asked to be sent away. Even the doctor only knew about abortion pills but didn't know why. "You want to divorce Mr. Cui. I can't stop you. It's natural." It’s up to you. But if you want to abort this child, even your aunt and several elders of the Lu family won’t agree if you don’t tell me.”
Lu Shen stood there and sighed inaudibly.
Seeing that he seemed to be loose, the old lady continued to persuade: "The child is now three months old. In another three months, his hands and feet will be fully grown. In another three months, he will be a living person. When Cui gives birth to the child, I will personally send someone to send her back to Jiangzhou so that she will not be an eyesore to you."
Lu Shen was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Then this child depends on grandma to take care of him."
After sitting for a while, Lu Shen opened the door and came out, and saw that today was a full moon, but the moon was not very bright, as if through the furry glass, everything he could see was pale moonlight.
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Lin Rong slept until midnight when he was suddenly woken up by Feng Xiao's faint cry. He sat up groggily and asked, "Is it Feng Xiao who is crying?"
Jing Qin has been worried about Lin Rong for the past two days. He always slept on the small couch in the inner room with his clothes on. When he saw this, he got up and supported Lin Rong: "Don't get up now. You have to vomit for a long time before you feel better and faster." Lie down."
Lin Rong asked: "Is that Feng Xiao outside?"
Kingfisher could only nod and said calmly: "It's her who's crying!"
Lin Rong seemed a little confused and thought for a while before remembering: "Is it about the abortion pill? I don't blame her. Go and tell her to stop crying."
Kingfisher didn't want to go, and after a while he said: "She is kneeling outside. She has been kneeling since morning. I called her, but she couldn't get up on her own, and no one punished her to kneel."
Lin Rong sighed, put on her clothes and went outside. She saw Feng Xiao kneeling in the corridor, leaning on the vermilion railing and sobbing softly.
Seeing Lin Rong coming, he stopped crying and looked at her with tears in his eyes: "County Lord..."
Lin Rong leaned against the railing gently and reached out to stroke Feng Xiao's hair: "Don't cry. I never blamed you. It was me who didn't know what was going on." Then he sighed softly: "Don't blame me either. That’s it.”
Feng Xiao looked at Lin Rong and didn't quite believe it: "Really, County Lord?"
Lin Rong paused and said: "Let me send you away, Feng Xiao. I remember that you have parents and brothers in Jiangzhou. How about going back to reunite with them? Your body deeds have been burned long ago, I just I told the old lady to send you to Jiangzhou to deliver a message and go back with Sixth Sister’s person who delivered the holiday gifts. She will definitely agree to it.”
Feng Xiao burst into tears: "The county master is angry with me. He just beats me and scolds me. Driving me out is more uncomfortable than asking me to die. It's better to hit me to death."
Lin Rong shook his head slightly: "In the past, I always felt that I could protect you. If by any chance, I died in front of you, it wouldn't be considered as letting anyone down. Now that I think about it, you are right. See me so clearly. In fact, I No one can protect him, or maybe he has stayed here for a long time, so..." He has some kind of inhumane fantasy about Lu Shen. Fortunately, it's not too late for you to remind me.
Feng Xiao didn't quite understand: "Why? The county master is living a dignified and dignified life now, with a loving husband and a pregnant wife. How many people can't ask for it?"
Lin Rong pulled Feng Xiao up, stopped talking, turned around and went inside. Kingfisher followed beside him and helped Lin Rong lie down again, waving the fan for a moment: "County Master, don't pay attention to Feng Xiao. She is spoiled by you. She shouldn't have said these words. If it were someone else, My master has already been slapped."
Lin Rong asked: "Do you also think she is right? Do you also want to ask me why?"
Kingfisher shook his head: "I only know that since I came to Yongzhou, the county master has been feeling uncomfortable day by day. No one has ever treated me as well as the county master. If the county master treats me well, I only want the county master to live a comfortable life." . The county master is happy, and the servants are naturally happy too."
Lin Rong burst into tears after hearing this. It took him a long time before he could say, "King Qin, thank you very much." Then he said, "King Qin, you should go too and go back to Jiangzhou."
Kingfisher just shook his head: "No, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just following the county master."
Lin Rong said: "We will meet again if we are destined."
Chapter 83
Lu Shen decided that no one could persuade him to evict his wife back to Jiangzhou. He wrote a secret letter and left everything to the old lady. After three days, he offered sacrifices to heaven and swore an oath to the emperor.
At the end of June, Yongzhou cavalry defeated Bingzhou Gongsun Yanjin and occupied the important town of Liyang. In August, when crossing the Yingshui River, he ordered Fenwu General Wei Xiu to lead the county soldiers as the vanguard to defeat Xun Ce, the governor of Yingzhou, and came out of the city to surrender.
In October, Lu Shen ordered his general Zhong Li to pass through Jiangzhou and pass from Yiyang to the Yique Pass occupying the south of Luoyang. In mid-October, Feng Yanzhang was ordered to attack Luokou Granary and at the same time cut off the Yellow River water transportation and cut off the Luoyang granary. In the same month, Xuanyuan Pass was broken and the reinforcements of Huaizhou, the king of Hejian, were blocked.
In December, Weizhou Jiedushi sent someone to surrender Qi, Xia, Chen, Wei and Xuzhou. Lu Shen personally came out of Xuanyuan Pass to greet them. They had a long and happy conversation. Four days later, Zhao Menghuai and Guo Yin, the vanguards under his command, sent people to report on horseback that Bianzhou had been conquered. At this point, Lu Shen had completely controlled Xingzhou, Weizhou, and Bianzhou, and the grain road stronghold on Luoyang East Road had been completely destroyed. Blocked.
However, within seven months, the king of Hejian in Luoyang was encroaching step by step. He had no reinforcements and no food and grass. He was trapped in the city and was surrounded by heavy siege. He became a turtle in an urn. The King of Hejian had no choice but to hold on to his illness and wrote in handwriting to the King of Qi in Sichuan, Yang Mansion, asking for help. The Yang Mansion did not want to pay attention to him. However, his advisers persuaded Lu Shen on the basis of the cold-blooded truth. Although they had old grudges, they agreed to send 50,000 reinforcements to seize water channels and attack Jiangzhou, Lu Shen's granary.
However, Yang Mansion was actually afraid of Lu Shen's attack on the south, so before raising troops, he sent an envoy to deliver a letter asking Lu Shen to return to Bingzhou.
When Lu Shen saw the letter, he just smiled and put it on the case. He ignored the envoy and said to his left and right: "I have always heard of Qi Qing's wonderful hands. Unexpectedly, I have learned a good calligraphy. I am ready to be called upon." "The generals also laughed when they heard this.
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Lin Rong's belly is getting bigger day by day. Kingfisher and Fengxiao also returned with Jiangzhou's fleet during the Double Ninth Festival. Feng Xiao refused to leave at first. He knelt in front of Lin Rong and cried, but said nothing.
