"Then I asked her to take her home. When she saw that I was wearing a military uniform, she reluctantly agreed. I helped her get on the horse, and I led the horse all the way to her home. And her so-called home was nothing more than some grass in the southernmost part of the capital. Cover the house!" Li Hanrui said this, his eyes full of happy memories.
"It was also that time that I found out that she had a seriously ill father. They came all the way from Jinan. They originally wanted to come to the capital to find a famous doctor to treat her father's illness. Before, her father played the erhu for her and she was responsible for singing. , Although I can’t become rich and powerful, I can barely make ends meet!”
"And now that her father is bedridden, she can only sing in the cold winter with just one mouth. Her ethereal voice is like a migratory bird in the cold winter. What outsiders hear is a beautiful voice, but only she knows that it is A sad swan song!”
"I gave her all the money I had, and she knelt down excitedly. I helped her up and left. When I got home, I couldn't sleep all night. My heart felt like she had captured her. I closed my eyes. She is everywhere in my eyes, and every beat of my heart is for her!”
"The next day I still went to the overpass, and she was still singing there. In the next few days, I went back every day and gave her some quilts and cotton-padded clothes. Although my family does not lack these, for their father and daughter, That’s a life-saving item!”
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he felt envious in his heart. He didn't expect that in this ancient world with outdated ideas and locked-down rules, such pure love could still be seen. "Why don't you take her back to the house? Either be a maid or keep her as a servant!"
Li Hanrui smiled bitterly when he heard this sentence, "Of course I said it, but she disagreed. She knew that if she entered the house, she would never be able to get out again in her life. Instead of being trapped in the cage for life and death, she would rather stay in the house. Sing in the cold winter and get her freedom!”
"Fortunately, she has my protection. A group of gangsters who wanted to bully her and merchants who wanted to take her by force were scared away by my title as the Second Young Master of the General. She was also very grateful to me. We actually communicated every day. We don’t have much time, and I usually have a few chats on the way I send her home. Other than that, she is singing and I am listening. This is our unique way of getting along!”
"But one day half a month later, I went to the overpass again as usual, but I didn't see her figure. I panicked! I was afraid that she would be bullied, I was afraid that she would be snatched away by bad guys, so I hurried to her place At home, she is standing at the street corner, waiting with her feet raised, as if she has guessed that I will come!"
"I asked her why she didn't go today, but she told me two things. The first is that her father's illness has become more serious. If he doesn't get treatment, he may not be able to survive the winter. The second thing is that he needs a lot of money. , three hundred taels of silver!"
"Three hundred taels?" Zhao Xuanyi said in surprise. Not to mention Li Hanrui, even Li Yukun would be choked if he wanted to take it out!
Li Hanrui nodded, with helplessness written on his face, "Yes, I can't take it out either. I was frightened. I have never seen so much money in my whole life. But when she saw my loss, she revealed She smiled! Tell me not to worry, she has her own way! And she asked me to come back in the evening!"
"And when I went to look for her again at night, she put on a white cotton coat. She was very happy for my arrival and took me into her home, but she didn't see her father. She said it was too cold here, so she left her there. I was at someone else's house, and there were three side dishes and a bottle of wine on the table. She was very grateful to me and invited me to drink!"
"But she had never drank before, and she was already in a trance after just a few drinks. She clung to my arms and said a lot of things that I wanted to hear but didn't dare to. I was very rude that night, and I was very rude. She had a great night!”
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he understood something instantly and looked at Li Hanrui with a secretive look on his face. "I said, why are you not afraid that she will be bullied by other men? It turns out that you have already taken action? That's okay, second brother!"
Li Hanrui smiled happily, "That night is something I will never forget in my life. It was snowing heavily outside the room, but we were not cold at all. But when I woke up again, I only saw a letter, but she was gone. Figure!"
"After reading the letter, I realized that she sold herself to Zuichun Tower in exchange for three hundred taels to treat her father! I was very angry and rushed to Zuichun Tower on horseback. When I entered Zuichun Tower, At that moment, I heard her beautiful singing voice again!”
“Looking at her in gorgeous clothes on stage, my feet felt like they were filled with lead and I couldn’t walk a step because I knew that I had no ability to take her away, and I didn’t dare to see her again! "Li Hanrui said this, his eyes slowly turned red, and he lowered his head silently!
"That happened a few years ago?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"Almost three years!"
"Three years, aren't you afraid that she won't be able to hold on? Will she be dragged to drink with others, or...?" Zhao Xuanyi asked cautiously.
"I don't care!" Li Hanrui looked at Zhao Xuanyi with firm eyes, "No matter what she has done in the past few years, I will take her back. Even if something happens, it is me, an incompetent man, who failed to protect her. It is not her fault! "
Zhao Xuanyi was shocked by the man in front of him and admired him very much. Even though he knew that Xue'er might not be the same Xue'er as before, he still maintained his original intention and never changed!
"Brother, how much money do you have in total now?"
Li Hanrui did not hide anything: "In the past three years, my salary totaled less than a hundred taels. I occasionally did some transportation of fur goods at the border and earned more than twenty taels. I borrowed fifty taels from my elder brother, and some others. The brothers borrowed it, plus the two hundred taels you got back today, I now have a total of more than three hundred and twenty taels!"
After Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he nodded slightly, "Well, second brother, don't worry, I will definitely help you bring Xue'er back. You recover first and let me think about it!"
Li Hanrui looked at Zhao Xuanyi with a grateful face, "Brother-in-law, please!" Li Hanrui grabbed Zhao Xuanyi's arm.
Zhao Xuanyi smiled and patted Li Hanrui's hand gently, "Don't worry!" After saying that, Zhao Xuanyi left Li Hanrui's room! Walking back to his room, Zhao Xuanyi began to think of a way, but using three hundred taels of silver to earn five thousand taels in less than three days was not impossible, but basically impossible!
How about some black technology? Like other time-travelers in TV series, make some soap, perfume, and what to use to make glass? But now I don’t have any resources, and I don’t even have the instruments. It’s really embarrassing!
Zhao Xuanyi thought about it from day to night, and sat in front of the table without moving. The sound of opening the door woke up Zhao Xuanyi who was concentrating on it. When he looked up, it was Zi Yuan who came over slowly, holding a food box in his hand!
When Zi Yuan saw Zhao Xuanyi, her face was very cold. She opened the food box and took out the food one by one. Zhao Xuanyi lowered his head and saw three dishes, two large bowls of rice, one braised fish, one stir-fried cabbage, and one Fried radish! Zhao Xuanyi thought to himself, the food in the General's Mansion is so bland!
"Stay and eat together!" Zhao Xuanyi knew that although Ziyuan, Qinglian and Lychee were Li Hanyan's personal maids, Ziyuan and the others ate the same as the servants. It's just steamed buns, rice porridge and pickles. Although it's not bad, it's definitely not that good. It's completely different from my own food!
"No need, my maidservant has a low status and dare not eat at the same table with my uncle!" Zi Yuan's tone was full of complaints!
Zhao Xuanyi naturally knew why Zi Yuan was angry. He stood up with a smile, came to Zi Yuan, and held Zi Yuan's hand. Zi Yuan wanted to throw it away, but failed because Zhao Xuanyi's grip was too tight!
"The door is closed, no one can see it, and I have always known that Sister Ziyuan, you are the smartest, so you don't know anything about the second brother and Xue'er, right? Since the two of them agreed to make peace, , and it’s so miserable, why did you refuse?” Zhao Xuanyi asked.
Zi Yuan looked at Zhao Xuanyi indifferently, "How dare I have such a low status? These are all decided by the master, and the general's palace can't afford to throw away this person. The eldest son married a sweet wife and was burned to death, and the second son took a kiln sister, The majesty of the General's Mansion is completely gone! From now on, my position will be really unstable!"
Zhao Xuanyi smiled and pulled Zi Yuan to sit down, "What are you afraid of? Am I not here now? From now on, let me manage the face of the General's Mansion. I will make sure that others don't dare to look down on me, and they don't dare to provoke the General's Mansion!"
When Zi Yuan heard Zhao Xuanyi's arrogance, her face showed sarcasm, "Just you? I admit that you are eloquent, brave and resourceful, but you don't have deep strength, let alone the ability to shake authority. Why should I?"
Zhao Xuanyi shrugged, "Don't worry, I'll let you see it! Little by little, take your time! Eat first!" Zhao Xuanyi put a bowl of rice in Zi Yuan's hand.
Zi Yuan took it over without refusing, and the two began to eat. Zhao Xuanyi took a deep breath, "Han Yan, is she... okay?"
"The lady cried for a long time, and finally she became tired and depressed. Be careful in the future and don't offend her, otherwise the lady will definitely break your legs!"
Zhao Xuanyi got a headache when he thought of Li Hanyan, "You are such an old girl, but you still think about things in such a one-sided way. I really don't know how you can live at such an old age!"
Zi Yuan heard Zhao Xuanyi's words and showed displeasure on her face: "You are not doing this right!"
"I admit it! But I really can't help it!"
"The young lady has grown up in the mansion since she was a child. Although she often goes out to play, her character is not too deeply involved. There are many things that the young lady cannot understand. In her eyes, all the girls in the brothel are the same. That is engraved in No one can shake what is deep in your heart!" Zi Yuan said slowly.
"That's called human nature! That's called pampering! Throw her out on the street for a few days and let her see the real world!" Zhao Xuanyi said angrily.
Zi Yuan glared at Zhao Xuanyi, "I know that my uncle may have experienced a lot and has a lot of knowledge, but you can't ask everyone to be like you, right? What's wrong with keeping this innocent mind, Miss? If foreign enemies come, just raise your spear, If the country is peaceful and the people are safe, then we can live a happy life, isn’t that good?”
After hearing Zi Yuan's words, Zhao Xuanyi didn't know what to say for a moment. Maybe he was too domineering. Zhao Xuanyi sighed, "That's it for now. I may be very busy recently. It's best to let her calm down for a while and wait for me to deal with it." After this is done, go and coax her!"
