The family's carriage broke down, so Shao had to borrow the Xia family's carriage to take Xiao Han and the others home.
At night, Xiao Ming and Yi Feng were discussing today's events in the study. Yi Feng thought for a moment and found that this matter was unusual. But after thinking about it carefully, he found that the girl's family had no grudges against anyone.
"Tomorrow, I will go to the mountain to check something out." Yi Feng said. Whether it was an accident or man-made, we will know if it is man-made. If it is man-made, there will always be some clues left.
His thoughts coincided with Xiao Ming's. Xiao Ming nodded, "Be careful. The carriage at home is broken. We have to go to the city to buy one. Well, let's buy two."
Sister is not short of money! The family now has a large population. Every day Xiao Han and Xiao Yu go to town to study. Jiang Xiangyuan lives in her house and goes to town with Yunling to study medicine every day. Yi Feng goes to town, so the family uses a carriage. There is still quite a lot of space, so it is better to buy two carriages, which will make it convenient to go anywhere.
"Yes." Yi Feng nodded.
"Don't be constrained by money, buy better quality, don't have to look too fancy, just be strong." Xiao Ming explained again, thinking of the carriage that was damaged by stones today, she felt distressed. This was a lesson, the carriage must be thick and strong. At least it won't break easily. Safety is the most important thing!
"Yes." Yi Feng continued to nod.
After Yi Feng left, Xiao Han and Chen Yuanze entered the study. Xiao Han seemed to have something on his mind today and was very silent during dinner. Even Chen Yuanze was unhappy. He didn't know what was bothering them.
"What's wrong with you? Who made you unhappy?" Xiao Ming was curious.
"It's Mr. Wu." Xiao Han felt a little sad and then said, "Mr. Wu is not feeling well and has been for several days."
"Mr. Wu is sick. Did Dr. Min go and take a look?" Xiao Ming was shocked and looked at Xiao Han and the two of them. Mr. Wu was actually sick. No wonder Xiao Han and Chen Yuanze felt sad. Mr. Wu was Xiao Han's mentor. , who taught Xiao Han dundon and cared like a father. It can be said that he was not only Xiao Han's teacher, but more like a father, making up for the father's love that Xiao Han had lacked since childhood.
Xiao Han's respect for him is not only respect for his husband, but also a kind of Confucianism towards his father.
"Yes, Dr. Min has gone. Mr. Wu has suffered from wind and cold. He is not in good health and in poor spirits." Chen Yuanze also had a sad face. Mr. Wu suffered a little bit of wind and cold at first and didn't pay much attention to it, but after a few days, he became more and more worried. She was seriously ill, which was probably due to her age. It was not easy to recover from colds and colds. There was only an old servant to take care of her, not even a person to take care of her carefully.
"Oh! That's good." Xiao Ming nodded. With Senior Brother Min gone, she couldn't interfere in this matter anymore.
"Sister, I want to live in the town to take care of Mr. Wu tomorrow." Xiao Han said.
"Me too." Chen Yuanze followed. It seemed that they had discussed it together and avoided Xiao Yu from looking for her.
"Okay, I agree. I'll ask my godmother to make some food that Mr. Wu likes tomorrow." Xiao Ming nodded in agreement. Being a teacher once and a father forever is the filial piety that Xiao Han and Chen Yuanze should fulfill.
After thinking about it, Xiao Ming suggested again: "It is really inconvenient for Mr. Wu to live alone in the town. Why don't we invite Mr. Wu to come over when our school is built, so that we can take care of him nearby."
In fact, she had this idea at the beginning of the school. Mr. Wu was highly respected and talented, and asking him to teach the children would be a waste of time. Therefore, in her plan, she intentionally asked Mr. Wu to teach the children every week. They teach morality and provide ideological guidance for the children. The one-hour ideological and moral courses a week cannot affect Xiao Han's studies. Therefore, she specially opened an independent courtyard in the school for Mr. Wu to teach and live in. Although her place is a bit remote and not as prosperous as the town, it has beautiful mountains and rivers, fresh air, beautiful environment, and delicious food. When the fruit trees bloom brilliantly next year, the fragrance will be everywhere, which is rare. It is a holy place for enjoying the scenery, and it is also a place for literati like Mr. Wu to express his pen and ink.
Sure enough, Xiao Han's eyes lit up, and everyone agreed with her sister's idea, "Really, is this okay?" If so, it would be easier for them to take care of Mr. Wu, and they would have less trouble traveling to town every day.
"Of course it's true. You have to convince Mr. Wu to agree." Xiao Ming smiled. Mr. Wu had to nod for this matter. She was now taking the lead.
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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
In the Xia family's study, Shi Tingyu was looking at the information sent from the capital. Although he was far away in Liujia Village, Ping'an Town, any news in the capital would be reported to him every day.
Shi Tingyu frowned and said nothing from time to time. In the capital, Xiao Dou'er became the current eldest prince Shen Yu. He was taken back to the palace by the empress and raised personally. The empress took the eldest prince to live in seclusion, but what about the foolishness of the eldest prince? But the news gradually spread in the capital. Now everyone in the court and even the people of the capital knew that there was a stupid prince in the royal family. Rumors of the middle palace being unkind, the demon queen bewitching the master, and causing harm to the common people were even circulated privately in the capital.
In the court, there were even more calls for the establishment of a crown prince. Led by Sun Jinghuai, the Minister of Rites, Huang Ziqing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Pu Zhenggang, the Minister of Dali Temple, they wrote to the Holy Emperor many times to appoint the second prince as the crown prince as soon as possible in order to stabilize the people. Today, the court In the hall, only the second assistant, Mr. Chen Yuan, and a few loyal ministers still insisted on their position. But with the stupid eldest prince beside them, they were so helpless and helpless.
Shi Tingyu opened another secret letter. Well, there was actually a piece of information about the abrogated queen.
The wind blew the fallen leaves outside the window, and there was a soft drizzle. On the simple and deep desk, the candlelight swayed, bright and dark, illuminating Shi Tingyu's expressionless face. Shi Tingyu held the pen all the way from Sun Jinghuai to Pu Zhenggang, and finally stopped. Draw a ruthless cross on the name of Huang Ziqing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and, well, it’s yours.
A moment later, Xia Wu and Xia Xiaoba entered the courtyard quietly, and were caught by Xia Zhongquan who was guarding the door of the study.
"We're back, come in quickly! The prince is waiting for you." Xia Zhongquan said softly. The clothes of Xia Wu and Xia Xiaoba who rushed back were already wet, but Xia Zhongquan and his son did not care. They all performed their duties and never showed any overbearing curiosity about the errands that the prince ordered Xia Wu and Xia Xiaoba to do, even though these two were their biological sons.
Xia Wu and Xia Xiaoba nodded and entered the study together.
"Your Majesty, I've already gone up the mountain to check. It's indeed man-made." Xia Wu replied. He and Xia Xiaoba went out overnight to investigate the attack on their master. As the Prince expected, someone did it deliberately. Although it was carefully dealt with afterwards, there were still trees and vines that had been chopped down with sharp blades, messy footprints on the ground, and stones that had also been removed from other places.
Shi Tingyu nodded, it was indeed artificial.
"We buried it and dealt with the remaining traces." Xia Xiaoba said sternly. They came back so late just to eliminate the traces so that no one would find them again.
As smart as Xiao Ming, although she knew there was something unusual about falling rocks, she was a step too late after all. She never thought that Shi Tingyu would send Xia Wu and Xia Xiaoba to check overnight and erase the traces. After tonight Washed away by the rain, even the last traces of clues may disappear.
"Very good, let Xia Yi and Xia Si investigate carefully in the city." He wanted to see who wanted his life behind the scenes.
"Yes, I understand." Xia Wu and Xia Xiaoba accepted the order.
Shi Tingyu handed the letter in his hand to Xia Wu and ordered: "Give this letter to Mr. Chen."
