Chapter 28
Early the next morning, Xie Zhan received replies from the Lu family and the Qin family, and they both returned the post.
The two posts were dismissed at the same time, and Xie Zhan was puzzled.
He could understand the Qin family's rejection of the invitation. After all, the Zhao family has broken off their engagement with the Qin family. The Zhao, Lu, and Xie families no longer have much to do with the Qin family. Moreover, the Qin family has the arrogance of military generals, so it can be justified not to accept the peace talks organized by him.
But the post he sent to the Lu family was also returned, which was beyond his expectation.
In his expectation, Lu Songli's status as his fiancée was now being challenged. In addition, the Lu family had just pushed the Zhao family to the ground yesterday. He felt that no matter what the reason, the Lu family should agree to the invitation, and then It's only right to come to discuss it arrogantly.
At present, the Lu family acted like they refused to negotiate, as if they didn't care about the thoughts and opinions of the Xie family and his fiancé at all. Xie Zhan was keenly aware that there was something going on inside that he didn't know about.
While Xie Zhan was still thinking and debating possible problems, the boy in his yard ran towards him with a roar, "No, no, no, no, young master!"
"What happened?"
"Miss Zhao committed suicide by cutting her wrists in the middle of the night last night. It is said that the blood flowed all over the floor and dyed the floor of the room red."
After the initial surprise, Xie Zhan asked calmly, "What else?"
He didn't ask if Zhao Yutan was dead, he was definitely still alive. The Zhao family would definitely not let Zhao Yutan die like this. If she died, the Zhao family would really lose everything. However, this time he committed suicide by cutting his wrists, plus the previous hanging, the same trick had been done twice. If the previous time was just for show, then the Zhao family would definitely not dare to fool people again.
"The maid who was accompanying the bed was awakened by the smell of blood, and she realized that something had happened. The imperial doctor guessed that Miss Zhao waited for the maid who was accompanying the bed to fall asleep before taking action."
"The Zhao family hired an imperial doctor?"
"Yes, the doctors hired from outside shook their heads after seeing it. The Zhao family had no choice but to hang on to their lives with ginseng, and then went to the palace to ask for the imperial doctor."
"Then what's the situation with the Zhao family now?"
"Miss Zhao is still in a coma. The imperial doctor said that if she can wake up, she will survive. If she cannot wake up, she will not survive."
After listening to the boy's words, Xie Zhan fell into deep thought. Did he guess wrong? Is the Zhao family out of touch? Zhao Yutan couldn't bear it so he really committed suicide? But his intuition denied his guess.
So, this is still the Zhao family's intention. The Zhao family spent a lot of money this time, just to survive after death, and this 'life' also needs an opportunity. Xie Zhan thought again that the Zhao family's desperate approach was not like Zhao Wenkuan's style, but rather as if someone was sure that someone was telling the truth...
He narrowed his eyes slightly and ordered, "Go and ask for any follow-up news from the Zhao family! Also, ask about what visitors have come to the house in the past two days, and where the master has been and who he has met."
It didn't take long for his people to send him the news he wanted.
Because Miss Zhao left a suicide note before committing suicide, saying that her reputation had been so tarnished by the incident that she fell into the water, she had already begun to have the desire to die: Later, her family was slandered and impeached because of her, and she tried to solve it but failed, and her behavior even It may bring a second blow to the family, and she feels that she has no shame in living in this world.
Mrs. Zhao, Luo Shi, went to the Yamen alone and asked the Chang'an Order to order the arrest of those who had recently spread rumors and slandered her daughter. Since Zhao Yutan is still unconscious and will most likely not wake up, Lord Chang'an agreed. At this time, the government officials were arresting people everywhere, and the city of Chang'an was in chaos.
Xie Zhan could tell at a glance that the Zhao family was killing two birds with one stone. First, it could frame the Lu family and then directly defeat the rumors. Second, it could force the Xie family, but in fact it gave the Xie family a chance to withdraw from the engagement again. After all, everything the Zhao family does is for the Lu family.
Another matter that Xie Zhan asked to investigate just now also has results. When he saw Zhao Wenkuan's name on the visitor list, his face darkened. His father has accepted the surrender of the Zhao family. No wonder the Zhao family dares to act so radically.
Xie Zhan was in a bad mood at this time. His father was really too impatient. He clearly said that there was no rush in this matter, that he would take his time to look at it before speaking, and that he would not rush to a conclusion! This was also the first time he tasted the pain of being a young patriarch.
Xie Mingtang: It’s not that he is anxious, it’s just that the Zhao family gave too much and it was difficult for him to refuse.
Now that things have come to this, Xie Zhan plans to take a good look at how the Zhao family will continue this drama!
People's joys and sorrows are not the same. Compared with the cloudy Zhao Mansion, the Lu family seems quiet and peaceful.
Brother Xu left the city early in the morning. After all, he still had to take care of his family's livelihood of killing pigs. Lu Desheng got up to see off the guests alone. On weekdays, he has to go to court and wake up early. After seeing Brother Xu off, he went back to his house to rest.
Because today is a holiday, her father doesn't have to go to the Yushitai to order mao. Lu Songli wrote down a prescription early in the morning, asked someone to go to Dr. Zhou's place to get the medicine, and then boiled two large pots of Chinese herbal shampoo.
Lu Songli took her mother to wash her hair together and used one of the pots. In the other pot, she asked her servants to scoop the prepared concoction into a wooden barrel and gave it to her father in the main courtyard.
Women in ancient times had long hair because they had grown their hair since they were young, and her hair reached waist length. However, due to poor health, the quality of the hair was also poor. As the saying goes, since her hair was caused by blood, it was not surprising that her hair quality was not good. After she takes medicine to take good care of her body, and then uses the secret recipe of traditional Chinese medicine to nourish her hair, her hair quality will definitely improve.
In ancient times, washing hair was a big project. There is no hair dryer here, and it takes less than an hour or two for such long hair to come out from washing to drying.
Didn’t you realize that in order to complete this big project, the imperial court invented a holiday? Xiu Mu Xiu Mu, as the name suggests, is a day for officials to wash their hair and bathe. Her father washes his hair on holidays and only on ten days, which means that her father washes his hair only once every ten days.
Women in later generations are somewhat mysophobic, and Lu Songli is no exception. Ask her to wash her hair once every ten days, but she can't do it. Before wearing it, she would wash her hair every other day. Here, washing once every five days is the limit of what she can endure. Not to mention that her hair quality is not good, it is the type that is frizzy and prone to oiliness. When Mo Bing combed her hair before, he liked to apply osmanthus oil on it to make her hair greasy and shiny. I couldn't think about it anymore. She just had a bad chill.
"Don't tell me, your hair smells pretty good after washing with this concoction." Her mother said when the mother and daughter were lying on the couch to dry their hair.
"That's right." Lu Songli had just said that this recipe was a secret hair care recipe that she had bought in the past. It contained more than ten Chinese medicinal materials such as Platycladus orientalis leaves, Polygonum multiflorum, dried ginger, angelica and so on. The amount of Polygonum multiflorum was also Not low, of course it smells good. And if you wash your hair regularly with this recipe, it also has the effect of growing black hair.
The news that Zhao Yutan committed suicide by cutting his wrists reached the Lu family. The Lu family had dried their hair and were preparing to eat.
Lu Songli curled her lips, it was still the same old trick, she had been told in advance not to use this trick all the time. As expected, Guizhou donkey has no skills!
Her mother, Mrs. Jiang, shook her head after hearing this, "Again? It's only been a few days since the last hanging, and this time you cut your wrists to bleed? Isn't it just another pretense?"
Lu Songli smiled, "That's not possible. We have invited the imperial doctor. The palace has been alarmed. Zhao Yutan must have been stabbed, and the blood must have flowed." It is certain that Zhao Yutan suffered a lot.
"Master, Madam, Second Miss, Miss Zhao also left a suicide note." The servant who inquired about the news said with a grimace.
"What did the suicide note say?"
"The general meaning is that her reputation was ruined because of the incident of falling into the water, and she had already begun to die. Later, her family was slandered and impeached because of her. She wanted to apologize and explain, but in vain. When she thought about her behavior, she might even bring harm to the family. When the second blow came, she felt that she had no face left to live in this world."
Lu Songli said in her heart, what a big basin of dirty water! Look, what he said, implicitly or explicitly, didn't he mean that the father and daughter were forcing her to death?
Snapped! Jiang was so angry that she slapped her chopsticks on the table, "What does she mean?"
This suicide note is full of controversy and will really make people think about it.
"Auntie, let's not be angry." Lu Songli sat close to her and rubbed her back to calm her down. The words in this suicide note did mean something, but they didn't name him by name, so they didn't want to check on him.
"My daughter is right, you can write whatever you like in someone's suicide note. They didn't name anyone in it, so it has nothing to do with us. Don't react so violently." Lu Desheng also looked like the old god was here. Humph, Zhao Mansion also That's all.
When Jiang saw that the father and daughter had exactly the same look on their faces, she turned her anger into a smile and said, "Okay, I'm not angry anymore."
