Rong Xi didn't expect the eldest lady to be so smart. He had already invited someone over, but as soon as he left, another doctor came in. Now he could only bite the bullet and repeat what he said before.
He couldn't help it. Everything was forced. The whole family was in Shu's hands. How could he not listen?
Originally, he was not the servant that the uncle had to use, because he was a native of Xingzhou and was very familiar with the local customs, and most of the other people around the uncle came back from Beijing. Even the servants who had left Xingzhou before had not come back for more than ten years and did not know Xingzhou as well as he did.
Rong Xi originally thought that this appearance would be the beginning of her career. When she was in the Zheng family, her eldest grandmother was the housekeeper. Her eldest grandmother had a lot of money, and the money was distributed according to the day of the month. People also had etiquette during the New Year and festivals. It was given to them, and their daily clothes and shoes were all new, so they lived a very good life.
How do you know the present...
"Doctor, I always feel that he is not fainting from hunger. Can you see what condition he is in?" Li Shu came in and asked.
When he saw the master's grandmother here, the doctor said: "I think the eldest son seems to have been poisoned."
How could Lishu not know: "This is the poison of Sichuan Wu. If you take too much of Sichuan Wu, this symptom is a □□ symptom." She has always liked reading very much on weekdays, whether it is the ancestral style of her family or the Liu family's Considering the medical books left by her great-grandfather, as well as her habit of reading everything and never forgetting anything, seeing Zheng Hao like this, I had already guessed it.
Because she knew Zheng Hao very well, she rarely used it and didn't take medicine very much. Li Shu herself didn't take medicine very much. Since ancient times, taking medicine has been very poisonous. However, Li Shu knew that he had a lot of white hair and often cooked Qihei porridge. He was fed walnuts and even made Polygonum multiflorum.
And Sichuan Wu...
Is it because of confusion?
The doctor nodded: "Madam, you are really discerning. It does seem like you have been poisoned by Sichuan Wu. Fortunately, it is not too late now and the poisoning is not deep. Otherwise, it will be too late by then, and I am afraid that the person will not survive. Now, induce vomiting first, and go up. Just vomit and have diarrhea to expel the poison."
Li Shu nodded immediately: "Okay, everything will be done as you said."
While the doctor was boiling the medicine, Li Shu began to give Zheng Hao some water. If the poisoning of Sichuan Aconite was not severe, he could drink water to drain it out. Furthermore, she glanced at Rong Xi who was not far away, and saw that his eyes were wandering, and she didn't know what he was thinking of.
"Come here, lock up all the people around the uncle, and wait until I postpone the trial." Li Shu was very perceptive.
Rong Xi collapsed on the ground in an instant. He did not expect that Li Shu was so powerful and shrewd. Ordinary people would not notice that Zheng Hao had a problem at all. When Zheng Hao was really dead, it would just be a mistake of taking medicine, and by then the six elders would not notice anything wrong with Zheng Hao. Madam and the others casually spread the news in the clan that she was a traitor.
There are husbands and those without husbands in this world, but they are two different ways of living. Even the unpopular Shu family did not dare to do anything to her because of the presence of men.
But if the man is gone, you are nothing.
Li Shu glanced at Si Yu. Si Yu used to be a silly girl with a straightforward personality. She followed Li Shu from the Liu family to the Zheng family for so many years. She has been in charge of everything in the past few years. Why can't she see the clues? Come.
The doctor was preparing the medicine outside. Lishu saw that giving him water had no effect. She knew that he might not be poisoned not deeply as the doctor said, but rather that it should be very deep. She immediately asked someone to get her book.
Unexpectedly, there is a secret recipe for Sichuan Wu poisoning. The doctor did not expect that this old woman at such a young age would actually have a medical book hidden in her hand. Lishu was generous: "If you save my husband, this medical book I promise you, this is our Liu family’s own handwritten copy.”
The doctor saw that it said to use twice the amount of roasted licorice, honey, raw rhubarb, parsnips, and black adzuki beans. He used these five flavors to decoct the medicine and then took it with mung bean powder. She used to serve Mrs. Liu at her bedside, and when her son and mother-in-law were sick, Li Shu would cook medicine herself.
She also went from not knowing how to do it at all to being very familiar with it, and she always adhered to the concept that she didn't necessarily have to do everything by herself, but she had to do it herself, and just understood the steps.
Before, they always said that she was superfluous, but now it seems that she is really knowledgeable about everything in the world.
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Zheng Hao felt that he had been having chest tightness and discomfort, but he could not open his eyelids. However, when a stream of heat poured into his mouth, the symptoms were much relieved.
The symptoms of chest tightness, heart palpitations and even convulsions gradually eased, and he seemed to have calmed down.
When she opened her eyes again, the first thing she saw was Lishu. When Lishu knew that he was sick, she regretted not letting him live next door to her. As long as they didn't live in the same room, it would be fine.
Let him go out alone now. If you don't pay attention, something will happen to him.
She wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and just in time to see him open his eyes, her eyes instantly filled with joy: "Why, are you awake? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
"I..." He probably didn't speak for a long time. Zheng Hao felt that his voice was like a knife cutting wood, and his throat was painful and tight.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, stop talking. I'll tell you what happened today in detail." Lishu's voice was very pleasant. She didn't allow others to make noise here, so it was very quiet here and the whole house could only Hear Li Shu's voice.
Zheng Hao was not very clear at first, but after listening to Li Shu's words, he felt extremely thrilling.
He held Li Shu's hands tightly: "I always listen to you and eat well."
"I know, I know you are a measured person. You used to go to the temple to study, and I saw that you also studied well. How could I just believe what others say. So that doctor and Rong Xiyan beside you It was absolutely true, but I still had doubts, so I asked my servants to call the doctors. Sure enough, the second doctor said that there is something wrong with you. Then I happened to come at that time, and I heard that Rongxi kept saying that you are just for food. Don't be hungry. But I see that you are convulsing and breathing excitedly. It is obvious that you have eaten too much raw Sichuan Wu. If you ate it by mistake, Rong Xi must have said that you drank something and tried your best to hide it. It's because there is something wrong with you." Li Shu looked at him and said. .
Although Zheng Hao is not completely healed yet, when he heard Li Shu talk about it like this, he couldn't be more grateful to her and wished he could give her his life.
This is his lifesaver.
Lishu also talked about how to boil and feed the medicine, and how his symptoms were. She did not lie to anyone during the whole process, and she has been guarding here since then: "Fool, you don't know how worried I am here to guard you. If you really I don't want to stay in your house anymore because I am gone. I was willing to marry you because I liked you. But when you are gone, I have no choice but to take my two sons back to my house."
"No, don't." Zheng Hao held Li Shu's hand tightly.
He couldn't guarantee it for others, but Li Shu was really a person who kept her word.
Lishu smiled and said: "Then you should get better as soon as possible. When you get better, you will move to the house next to mine. I will clean it up when I get back today. You can live next to me on weekdays. We can discuss how best to do it. In this way, I can always protect you."
"Okay." Zheng Hao took a sip of water and stood up again. He had never been so helpless or embarrassed as he was today.
"Lishu, do you know who gave me the thing I drank? It was King Ji. He likes to associate with monks, Taoists and lay people. That day was the Uncensored Assembly. I watched with him. The temple uses tea, but Ji The king asked the people next to him to bring me a cup. If someone else gave it to me, I might not drink it, but King Ji gave it to me. I dare not not drink it, but after drinking it, I felt very uncomfortable. I originally planned to come back in a few days, but I came back first because I was worried about you. I didn't expect that I fainted as soon as I got home." The more Zheng Hao thought about it, the more something was wrong.
Lishu thought about Prince Ji: "I heard my father say that he liked to give himself a living funeral. At that time, Prince Yun and Prince Cheng all went to Beijing. The emperor originally asked him to go to Beijing, but he was impeached in the vassal area. He was in mourning, indulged in sensuality, and had a bad reputation, so the emperor did not let him go to the capital. Now it seems that he is quite smart and living a good life, but King Yun and King Cheng ended up very miserable."
But for a vassal king, why did he hate Zheng Hao so much? Why did the people in the palace increase the amount of alcohol and give Zheng Hao more than half of the drink? He must have known that if he was not treated in time, he would definitely die.
The couple looked at each other and knew where to start.
The news that Zheng Hao woke up quickly spread throughout the clan. Originally, Mrs. Shu was picking up rice in the Buddhist hall. When she had nothing to do all day long, she scattered a bowl of rice down and picked it up one by one. She hasn't been like this for a long time since Sister Ling came to her side.
Brother Qing's daughter-in-law came over to visit. She is a know-it-all. Her daughter plays very well with Sister Ling, so she still feels mysterious when talking about this matter: "Uncle Hao of this clan was originally unconscious. The first doctor said that he was Hungry, Grandma Hao went to cook herself and kindly sent the doctor out. But she was also very suspicious. The first doctor treated her, so she immediately invited another one. It turned out that Uncle Hao was poisoned. , now that I drank the medicine, I woke up in more than half an hour."
"He's awake?" Shu was in disbelief. The plan was obviously flawless.
Prince Ji and Zheng Hao have no grudges in the past and in the near future. Besides, who dares to cause trouble for the prince? Prince Ji was once infatuated with her and would definitely not let her out.
For so long no one knew it was involved with her.
It's just a pity that this is her only chance. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to have such an opportunity in the future. Zheng Hao originally only had to keep his filial piety for one year, but in order to highlight his filial piety, he had to keep it for twenty-seven months. Now more than ten months have passed, which means that in less than a year, he will get up and go to Beijing again.
It will be difficult to take revenge this time when I go to Beijing again.
Brother Qing's daughter-in-law smiled and said: "Yes, fortunately I woke up. Among the younger generation in our clan, Uncle Hao has the highest official position. Everyone in our family is very worried. Mrs. Ju Er is still at home to hold a funeral ceremony for him. .”
Shu Shi smiled mockingly, she could do such a thing, she obviously hated her so much behind her back. Of course, if she didn't do it for the sake of King Ji, she would never help her deal with Zheng Hao this time, especially Rong Xi's family. That's what Mrs. Ju Er told her.
Brother Qing's daughter-in-law saw that Mrs. Shu was looking wrong and knew that she and Mrs. Liu were not dealing with each other, so she advised her again: "Auntie Yu, don't be too picky. As the saying goes, the nose of a needle is as thick as that of an elephant. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. I think you should be more relaxed. In fact, Grandma Hao is not a bad person and is very generous. She is really well-informed and her handwriting is also very good. I also begged her to give her some money. I wrote a couplet."
Mrs. Shu thought that Brother Qing was a coward. Although he was beaten by Mrs. Liu last time, Mrs. Liu did not kill all of them. Instead, seeing that Brother Qing knew the current affairs, she let him take the errand alone and paid him a lot for transportation. Still open individually. Brother Qing's daughter-in-law knows how to work in the camp again, so she quickly joined the Liu family.
In fact, Brother Qing's daughter-in-law wants to join her, but Mrs. Liu doesn't like her either. She has her own people, but she is not as greedy as Mrs. Ju Er. They do things with high salaries and integrity.
It's very formal to raise everyone's salary for doing things and handle the accounts separately, but the money for doing things has to be used for this thing, and the money can be taken with peace of mind, without multiple layers of oppression.
And this job is not given casually. If something goes wrong, you have to find someone to take responsibility, and that person is you.
Brother Qing was responsible for the plants at the end of the year. Lishu gave Brother Qing 100 taels of silver for the plants and craftsmen's money, and 50 taels for Brother Qing's errand expenses.
Originally, Brother Qing knew the people who were doing business. They treated him to a table of 6 taels of food and gave him more than 40 taels of fine wine. He made a fortune, and the other fifty taels went into his own pocket. , you don’t have to give gifts to Mrs. Ju Er as in the past. After the matter is done, as long as the test is passed, you will receive fifty taels now.
But speaking from a broad perspective, Mrs. Gu Er used to pay two hundred taels for all the plants and trees in the Zheng family's residence. In order to grab this job, Brother Qing had to give Mrs. Ju Er thirty or forty taels of gift money in advance, and also gave Gu Er The women and maids around the second wife are filial and ask them to say good things.
In the end, fifty taels out of more than a hundred taels will be used for grass and trees, and fifty taels are the craftsmen's money, so that he can finally get dozens of taels. Sometimes people have to hold back the money.
There are not as many approvals as before, but the errand fees are paid very quickly, and there is no need to do favors, which makes it much easier.
Shu just said: "I understand."
Brother Qing's daughter-in-law thought she had figured it out, so she stopped talking.
But on Lishu's side, after learning that Zheng Hao had woken up, Mrs. Zheng and Master Zheng, as well as Mr. Tan and Zheng Qing, all came to visit him. Zheng Hao leaned on the bedside and saw Mrs. Zheng crying, and comforted her: "My son is in great pain, but the most urgent task is to find out why King Ji wanted to harm his son? And Rongxi is probably an insider. Father, mother, Li Shu, she wants to Take care of me, and if it weren’t for her, I’d probably lose my life in a daze, so I’d be in trouble for you.”
Li Shu looked at Zheng Hao. She actually wanted to investigate on her own, but Zheng Hao squeezed her hand tightly and she fell silent.
There is no need to delay the interrogation of Rong Xi. Mr. Zheng has been an official for many years and once served as the Chief Sima of the Ministry of War and the Governor of the Three Borders. Of course, this kind of matter can be done very quickly.
Mrs. Zheng kept greeting Zheng Hao and praised Lishu for handling it properly. Lishu said: "The situation was urgent at that time, so it was not easy to talk to your second elder. Now that he has recovered, my daughter-in-law is relieved."
At this time, Zhulan came in: "Grandma, you asked people to keep an eye on the doctor who first treated our uncle. It turned out that this man escaped with a bag of silver. He has been captured."
Li Shu explained to Mrs. Zheng: "Originally, I was afraid that he would prescribe the wrong prescription, and if the uncle couldn't be cured, I would have to settle the score with him. I didn't expect that there was really a ghost."
Mrs. Zheng felt very shocked. If it were her, it would be difficult for her to think as carefully as Li Shu did.
"Who is it that wants to put Brother Hao to death?" She didn't believe it was King Ji either.
Life is not easy for the vassal king now, especially if he offends the powerful people in the court, the old lady really wants to die.
Li Shu said: "I wonder if the uncle had any enemies in Xingyang before? Those who really had a bad relationship may have deliberately caused us to quarrel with King Ji."
When Li Shu said this, a person appeared in Mrs. Zheng's mind. She couldn't sit still and wanted to interrogate Rong Xi.
After they all left, Li Shu asked Zheng Hao, "Why did you stop me from interrogating me?"
Zheng Hao smiled and said: "Why do you have to take the lead in everything? I can't bear to do it. Besides, you have to deal with King Ji."
"I don't care about your affairs." Li Shu smiled.
Zheng Hao saw that her hair was a little loose and messy, so he straightened it for her: "Don't you want to accompany me?"
Li Shu immediately said: "Yes."
It was very easy to pry Rong Xi's mouth open. He compromised for the sake of his family, but after being beaten for a few times, he said everything: "It's Grandma Yu who controls my family, so I have to listen to her."
Sure enough, it was Shu. Mrs. Zheng was listening outside and already regretted keeping this person. As expected, it is not possible to settle the matter and make peace with it. You must never let any future troubles go.
Master Zheng quickly interrogated the doctor, and the doctor confessed that the money was also given by Shu. It was all broken pieces of silver plus a lot of money saved, so it looked like a big bag.
"Call Mr. Shu over." Mr. Zheng narrowed his eyes.
At this time, the sky was dark, heavy snow was falling, and the cold was so cold that it was hard to adapt to it.
The people sent by Mrs. Zheng soon arrived at the seventh room. On weekdays, the seventh room was locked up very early simply because Mr. Shu was at home alone. But the person knocking on the door seemed to be very patient today and kept knocking on the door.
Even Shu Shi heard the noise. Sister Ling was crying in her sleep due to the noise. Shu Shi coaxed her, "Sister Ling, you have to be good. Your mother knows that you can defeat her, so she won't be unfaithful to you." Your words. From now on, you have to be nice."
She has no children, so she is very happy about the arrival of Sister Ling. She has held her by her side since she was born, and he is no different from the one born in her own belly.
Sister Ling still didn't understand why: "Mom, I want to eat sesame cakes in the morning, not Laba porridge."
"Okay." Shu agreed immediately.
The door finally opened outside, and the maid said cautiously: "Grandma, some mothers from the clan house have come over, saying that the clan house invites you to come over and ask if you have anything."
Shu's heart finally fell to the bottom of her heart: "Okay, it's here, it's finally here."
She never thought that the fire would catch up with her in just one day. Fortunately, she thought the plan was seamless, but she couldn't escape if she escaped. What would happen to the Shu family if she escaped?
Mrs. Shu appeared at the door fully dressed. She turned around and said to the maids: "You guys should coax Sister Ling well."
The mothers-in-law of the clan house seemed to be surrounding her, but in fact they were afraid that she would run away. Mrs. Shu turned her head for the last time, looked at the seventh house, and followed the others with long strides without hesitation.
Here, Master Zheng, Mrs. Zheng, Zheng Hao and Li Shu are all sitting together. Li Shu did not expect that it was really the Shu family. She had been preparing for sacrifices these days, and she never thought that the Shu family had done so many things. After all, the six elders After his wife went to Qingyang Temple, Li Shu focused on Mrs. Ju Er.
"But how could the Shu family persuade Prince Ji to do things for her? If she had such great ability, how could she live such a resentful life, and the Shu family lived like that." Li Shu couldn't figure it out.
Master Zheng was silent. Of course, he was using a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. No matter how thorough a person is, he may not be able to hide it from the people around him.
Now his people have gone to check on Shu's personal maid and mother-in-law.
But Shu's first words when she came in told Mr. Zheng to stop. She smiled and said, "I did it. I admit it. Don't check anything else."
Mrs. Zheng was in disbelief: "Why? What happened back then is very clear. It was our brother Hao who saved your life."
Mrs. Shu looked at Lishu and said, "I wanted to forget it, but it was Mr. Liu who scolded me. I felt aggrieved and wanted to take revenge. If I want to blame it, I can blame your daughter-in-law."
Lishu's words sounded intentional. She was not living a good life, so she made trouble for Zheng Hao. She seemed to blame Zheng Hao for everything. She was filled with hatred so that she could spend every day. Mrs. Zheng also complained in her heart that her daughter-in-law was too ruthless in doing things and could easily offend others without leaving any trace behind.
But Mr. Zheng said: "What is your relationship with Prince Ji? If it is found that Prince Ji harmed the imperial officials, today Yan Guan will cause trouble for nothing, let alone such a big thing, it cannot be done with just one sentence." Make up for it.”
After hearing this, Mrs. Shu's heart moved slightly, but she said categorically: "I don't know Prince Ji, and I have always disliked Mr. Liu's bossing around. By chance, I knew that the uncle was ill, so I secretly thought that if the uncle was really Without it, Mrs. Liu will be a widow, and her life will be worse than mine."
"Since you hate Mrs. Liu, why didn't you harm Mrs. Liu instead of Zheng Hao? So you hate Zheng Hao the most, but I still don't understand it? He saved your life, shouldn't you be grateful to him?" Zheng The master had no mood swings, as if he was a bystander.
Obviously Mr. Zheng knows how to kill people and punish the heart. Sure enough, after hearing these words, Mrs. Shu shouted: "No, if it weren't for him, I would have given birth to a son."
"But what if you're dead?"
"I'm worth dying." Thinking of this, Shu felt that all her misfortunes came from not having children that year.
When Lishu was about to get up, she saw Zheng Hao stepping forward and saying, "Actually, you are just making excuses for hating me? You blame all the bad things that you have not been favored on and even the misfortune of your mother's family on me, instead of admitting it." It's your own problem. You are full of rage and have a heart like a snake. I will never let you off lightly this time. You are just a coward, so you would wield a knife to blame someone who saved you."
Every word and every sentence he said actually entered Shu's heart. She complained that her husband did not love her, that he did not put his bastard in her name, that the Shu family's children were useless, and that the family was in ruins. She attributed these to the fact that she had no son. In other words, if she had died giving birth to a child, she might still have left a name, and she wouldn't have to be like this now.
"Yes, I am a coward." Shu knew that her arms could not twist her thighs.
While they were talking, someone else came in and said, "Sir, someone close to the Shu family has confessed that she once saved King Ji, so she wrote a letter to King Ji, and King Ji agreed."
Mr. Zheng looked at Mrs. Zheng and said: "The vassal king colluded with the women of his clan inside and outside to poison the bachelor of Hanlin Academy. According to my Daqi law, if he is injured but not dead, the principal culprit will be hanged, and the accomplice will be exiled with a hundred sticks. Three thousand miles.”
Hanging? It was not that Shu had never heard of hanging. There were two types of hangings and strangulation. Last time she was saved from hanging, she felt that she was resurrected. It was a rare life. She didn't expect that she would really die this time.
Huge fear enveloped her, her whole body was shaking like chaff, and her hands and feet were like ice. She thought she would be fearless, because she hated Zheng Hao many times and thought she was better dead than alive. Later, she did not hesitate to poison him. How could she know that she was really on the verge of death, but she wanted to live.
She wants to live, she really wants to live...
It's a pity that there is no chance again.
She looked at Zheng Hao again: "Brother Hao, you saved my sister-in-law. You saved my sister-in-law's life more than ten years ago. I was blinded by lard for a while. Please spare me one more time. I understand." Well, living is more important than anything else. Don’t ignore death, Brother Hao."
Mrs. Shu knew very well that Zheng Hao had a soft heart, softer than anyone else, so he took the blame for her for so many years. :,,
