The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 84

Although the old doctor Zhou's words are the same as what other doctors said, but when these words come out of his mouth, it seems that the credibility has been improved at once, and both Mrs. Xu and Aunt Shen are relieved. tone.

Zhang's mother also relaxed her heart. Although she is old and has some knowledge, after all, Xie Chaozong is the only seedling of the Xie family. Now that the old doctor said something like this, everyone's tense spirits relaxed. .

The old doctor Zhou took the medicine from the medicine box and handed it to Mama Zhang to keep it away. Xie Yujiao was about to get up and send the old doctor Zhou to the outside hall to rest for a while, when the old doctor Zhou said: "The old man was entrusted by others. I want to make a diagnosis and treatment for Miss Xie, and please ask Miss Xie to sit down for a while."

Xie Yujiao was wondering what happened today, but now she heard the old doctor Zhou say that, she was a little strange, she just stretched out her wrist and said, "May I ask who entrusted the old doctor?"

Hearing Xie Yujiao's question, old doctor Zhou blushed, and hastily denied, "Oh, I slipped my tongue, no... no one."

Seeing the old man's red face and white beard, Xie Yujiao felt embarrassed to ask any more, so she obediently stretched out her hand to let her diagnose and treat him.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu on the side became a bit more thoughtful.Xie's family lives in Jiangning, although they have a lot of land and water, they rarely deal with those officials and wealthy businessmen in Jinling. If they don't know some powerful people, they are nothing more than Mr. Yang from the Marquis Mansion of Jinyang.It is reasonable for the old imperial doctor Zhou to walk in the capital and get to know the young master of the Jinyang Marquis Mansion before he became an official.Thinking of this, Mrs. Xu had a slight smile on her face, and she couldn't stop asking: "Is the person the old doctor said about Mr. Kang's cousin?"

The old doctor Zhou frowned and thought about it, Mr. Kang's aunt was the late emperor's concubine, if we really talk about the relationship, isn't Prince Rui really Mrs. Kang's cousin?It's just... Since Mrs. Xie knew, why did she ask so tactfully?

"So Mrs. Xie knows, that kid Yun Song is still talking about it, saying that this matter must not be leaked, and he is playing with me as a child?" When the old doctor Zhou mentioned Yun Song, Xie Yujiao immediately understood, and only felt suddenly Suddenly, her heart beat twice, and the old doctor Zhou who was sitting in front of her let go of her pulse, waved her hands and said: "I just said that I can't mention it, but when I mention it, the girl's pulse will be unstable. Test it."

Xie Yujiao couldn't help but blushed when she heard this, she just lowered her head and sneaked a glance at old doctor Zhou.Gritting her teeth, she was depressed: Who said my pulse was unstable...

After a while, the old doctor Zhou saw that Xie Yujiao's face had returned to normal, so she stretched out her hand, felt her pulse for a long time, and then let go: "The girl's body really needs to be recuperated. It's gone." The old doctor Zhou thought while prescribing the prescription: This body is too weak, if you don't take care of it now, you will enter the royal family in the future, and worry about it when you want to spread the branches and leaves, it will be too late.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu became a little anxious, and asked hastily: "Is Jiaojiao okay?"

Seeing that Mrs. Xu was in a hurry, old doctor Zhou smiled and said, "Although it's a little serious, it's not a serious illness after all. After a year or two of recuperation, childbearing will not be a problem in the future."

Xie Yujiao's face turned dark when she heard this. It seems that the imperial physicians in this palace really have enough time to study these prenatal and postnatal prescriptions.But... Although Xie Yujiao thought so, she also knew that the old doctor Zhou was doing it for her own good, so she could only pretend to be shy and lower her head.

Mrs. Xu became more nervous when she saw what old doctor Zhou said, so she just said: "She has been in poor health since she was a child. The illness has never stopped, and I was frightened last month, and now I look better."

"How can this kind of disease be cured so quickly? Deficiency of Qi and blood is a weak disease, and it will take at least a year and a half to recuperate. If Madam is really for the sake of the young lady, she really needs to take good care of it." The old doctor Zhou didn't know that Xie Yujiao was in charge of Xie's family now, but seeing that a girl in her family had to go out and run around, and there was no male in the family, so she knew where her illness came from.

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she blamed herself more and more, so she agreed one by one, and asked Old Madam Zhou to write down the prescriptions and hand them over to the servants to fetch the medicines.

Seeing Xie Yujiao still sitting on the chair, Mrs. Xu came forward and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Yang to still miss you, but I don't know where he knew about our family's Chaozong family. I'm sick, but this time it's thanks to him."

Since Xie Yujiao was pointed out by Xu Huiru that day, Xu Huiru always felt a little strange when thinking of Zhou Tianhao.Although she didn't meet many men after time travel, she also read a lot of romance novels during her lifetime. The sons of these wealthy families are all introverted and deep, looking like an old town at the age of fifteen or sixteen?Why did Zhou Tianhao look like a child in his early twenties, having been on the battlefield, yet still look like a child?Looking at it makes people feel very frivolous.

Seeing that Mrs. Xu mentioned Zhou Tianhao on purpose, Xie Yujiao had to believe that what Xu Huiru said was somewhat reasonable this time, but... Mrs. Xu's idea is still unacceptable.

"I know what my mother is thinking now, but my mother doesn't want to think about it. Mr. Yang and I have very different identities. This time he came to help, probably because of the mirror that accidentally saved him." For the sake of it, mother really shouldn't think about these things." Besides, Shen Shihu confessed his love to her today, and Xie Yujiao is quite disturbed now!
Hearing what Xie Yujiao said, Mrs. Xu only sighed slightly, lowered her eyelids and said, "Actually, in terms of status, we are not that bad. You are still the niece of the current empress. It's just..." After Mrs. Xu's father passed away, , they have nothing to do with the Duke of Anguo's mansion anymore. Now that so many years have passed, the Duke of Anguo's mansion will hardly remember their concubine's third wife.

These are all after Xie Yujiao crossed over. She usually heard Zhang’s mother chatting about it. Xu Shi seldom mentioned it, and she would not ask. At this time, Xu Shi said it by herself, but felt sad again. Xie Yujiao comforted her Xu said: "Mother, don't think about it anymore. I took care of Chaozong yesterday, and I have to rest well today."

Xie Yujiao returned to her embroidered building after dinner. After bathing and washing, she sat in front of the dressing table and was served by a maid to remove the red hairpin from her head. When she opened the dowry, she saw the white marble hairpin still quietly. lying in it.Xie Yujiao felt a little annoyed for no reason, so she casually took out the hairpin, threw it aside and said, "Put this away, I won't need it anymore."

The magpie looked at the jade hairpin that Zhou Tianhao held in his hand that day, but finally returned to Xie Yujiao's head "unknowingly", and could only sigh at its ill-fated fate.

The next morning, Xie Yujiao just got up, Ziyan came in with water to wash Xie Yujiao, and said: "Aunt Shen's parents came early in the morning, probably because they heard that the young master was ill, so they came to see the young master."

When Xie Yujiao heard this, her heart clicked, knowing that they must not only come to the mansion to see Xie Chaozong.

Xie Yujiao finished her grooming and went to Xu's main courtyard.Mrs. Shen was chatting with Mrs. Xu, she looked calm, but when she saw Xie Yujiao coming in, she couldn't sit still, with an anxious and pleading look on her face, she stood up from the chair, He came out and said, "Miss is here, I have some matters, I want to ask Miss to help you."

Xie Yujiao understood what the Shen family's parents were thinking, but she had already persuaded Shen Shihu yesterday, he had already made up his mind, and there was nothing she could do about it.

"Aunt Shen, if you want to join the army because of Brother Shen, I can't help you. I already persuaded him yesterday, but he has made up his mind, and I can't help you."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen had a troubled expression on her face, but she refused to give up in her heart, and said persistently: "Since Shi Hu came back last time, his mind has settled down, and he also said that he will be a cow and a horse with you for the rest of his life. We didn’t mention about joining the army. Now that he suddenly said that he wanted to leave, why don’t we panic? We just thought that he would be more able to listen to the girl’s words. I hope the girl can help us persuade him. Maybe he has something wrong. , I was on the tip of my horns for a while, so I had to join the army."

It is not easy for Mrs. Shen to think of this level, but how can Xie Yujiao say what Shen Shihu said to herself yesterday?If she wanted him to stay, there might be other ways, but Xie Yujiao didn't want to... She didn't seem to have that kind of heart-wrenching feeling towards Shen Shihu.

Thoughts flickered slightly, Xie Yujiao thought of Zhou Tianhao instead.That day when she came down from the Qinglong Mountain Road, she watched him come down with his bare chest exposed from a distance, but when she came to her, she put on a piece of clothing, with a cynical smile on her face, she seemed to be doing things without rules, but Persuaded a group of refugees in Qinglongzhai who had turned into bandits.

Xie Yujiao pursed her lips, and said calmly, "Ma'am, I have already persuaded everything that should be persuaded. If Brother Shen insists on refusing, you can just tell him that no matter when he comes back, he is Chaozong's uncle, and he is also the uncle of Chaozong." ... my elders."

Although the words were tactful, but as a mother, Mrs. Shen didn't understand the meaning, the expression on her face suddenly changed, she didn't know how to speak for a while, she just said in a low voice: "Then...then I'll go back Persuade him again."

After all, the Shen family still failed to persuade Shen Shihu to come, half a month later, the imperial court recruited a thousand recruits in Jiangning County were ready.Six to seven hundred of these 1000 people are tenants of the Xie family.

The Xie family, which had been noisy for a long time, became quiet again, and it started to rain outside. Xie Yujiao stood under the verandah outside the study, quietly watching the rain.

Outside, Liu Fugen came in with an oil-paper umbrella, and seeing Xie Yujiao standing at the door, he hurriedly said, "Why is Missy still waiting outside, go in quickly."

Seeing people coming, Xie Yujiao hurriedly asked the servant girl to put away the umbrella for Liu Fugen, went to the study, and asked, "What did the county magistrate say? When will the thousand recruits leave?"

Liu Fugen raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, nodded and bowed his head and said: "It is said that the north is in a hurry, and it will be leaving in a few days, and it is said that the one who came to train the recruits this time is Prince Rui, who was beaten to death during the Chinese New Year. Da Da is a fierce general."

Xie Yujiao didn't really care about the prince or not, but she had also heard from Xu Yuxing that the Dayong royal family had always been very weak in terms of offspring, and now the Holy Majesty only had four brothers, and the superior Prince Gong had been fighting at the border all along. I heard that he was injured not long ago, and there is a Kang Wang and a Wang Rui below him.It's just that even though King Kang was called King Kang, his health was not good, he was disabled when he was a child, and couldn't go into battle, so the only one in the imperial family who could go out to lead troops to fight was Prince Rui.

Just talking about that Prince Rui, but there is something else to say, I heard that he is the youngest son of the late emperor, he has been loved since he was a child, when the late emperor passed away, his mother concubine Yang Guifei was more important than the current emperor's mother concubine Xu concubine The position was even higher, and the emperor also intended to pass the position on to him, but who knew that he didn't want to be the emperor, the angry late emperor almost died a few days earlier.Later, the edict was announced, and the throne finally fell into the hands of the current emperor.

When Xie Yujiao heard Xu Yuxing talk about these things at that time, she still felt a little strange. She had read a lot of official history, foreign history, and unofficial history when she was a child. The brothers in the royal family have always shouted and shouted for the throne. Brothers , will start tomorrow.Unexpectedly, there are freaks like Prince Rui in this world who don't want to be emperors, it's really eye-opening.

"No matter who leads the troops, he is a good general who can beat back the Tartars." Xie Yujiao just said casually, and then asked: "Why didn't uncle come back with you? Did he go into the city?"

"The county magistrate is the host tonight, and invited these famous landlords and squires in the county, and the uncle will stay as his companions." Liu Fugen said, and then said: "The county magistrate said that the day after tomorrow, he will be at the gate of the county government office. There is a farewell party, when the time comes, many wives and grandmas from landowners and squires will go there, let me come back and ask the girl, are you going?"

Xie Yujiao's thoughts moved slightly, and she blurted out: "Mr. Yang is still in the county government these days?"

As soon as Liu Fugen heard Xie Yujiao mention that Mr. Yang, he felt cold sweat streaming down his forehead, and he frowned and said, "Mr. Yang left early in the morning. I went to the county office for a few days and didn't see anyone. Miss, is this...?" Liu Fugen just asked, feeling a little regretful after all, Xie Yujiao usually looks spotless in every aspect, so in her heart, Mr. Yang might be a disciple, she asked like this , must be afraid that Mr. Yang will also encounter embarrassment in the county government.

Liu Fugen figured this out, and immediately understood, just smiled and said: "Miss, don't worry, Mr. Yang has been away for several days, and he will definitely not go back, just go, in front of so many people In front of him, even if he is here, so what?"

Xie Yujiao's cheeks turned red and white after hearing this, raised her eyebrows and glanced at Liu Fugen, and asked, "Second housekeeper, when did Mr. Yang offend you, and you actually spoke ill of him, why should I be afraid of seeing him? Just asking."

In fact, Xie Yujiao has gradually figured it out in the past two days. In terms of emotion and reason, Zhou Tianhao is the savior of the Xie family.It was my own fault that I neglected him because of my poor health before, and it was indeed true that I judged the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain and had prejudice against him.But Xie Yujiao just wanted to control her ignorance of this contradiction, and always felt that that person was not so simple, as if the closer she got, the more dangerous she would be.

Now that the man has left, she can completely let go of this vigilance. She only breathed a sigh of relief, stood up from the chair, walked to the bookshelf behind her, and took out a few silver sheets from the rosewood box above. The tickets were newly exchanged from Fuyuan Bank in the past few days.

"Here is a silver note of 1 taels. I asked my uncle to go to the bank to exchange it a few days ago. You take the time to hand it to Mr. Kang, and say that this is a thank you gift from our Xie family to Mr. Yang, and ask him to help pass it on."

When Liu Fugen heard this, it was serious. Although Xie Yujiao is not usually stingy, she used every penny carefully. If the public spent an extra 100 taels of silver, she would have to ask her personally. Now this 1 taels of silver were sent out like a waste of water?

Seeing that Liu Fugen didn't continue, Xie Yujiao asked again: "Second Butler, what's wrong?"

Liu Fugen waved his hands again and again and said, "No...it's nothing, it's just Missy, this 1 taels is not a small amount, what if Master Kang dare not accept it?"

"What's the matter? Mr. Yang saved my mother. It's a great favor. Don't talk about 1 taels of silver. Even if it's more, it's just a meaning. It's just that my mother said that he came all the way from thousands of miles and saved someone again. How could it be just for a few gifts? I was thinking in private, now that the border is in chaos, the court lacks nothing more than silver, so you give the silver to Mr. Kang and ask him to pass it on to Mr. Yang, and say that I am donating it to the court. For military pay, they naturally dare to accept it."

When Liu Fugen saw Xie Yujiao say this, he immediately understood that the imperial court was indeed asking for money in different ways, as long as he said so, the money would always be sent out.Liu Fugen weighed the bank notes in his hands, thinking that it was not easy to earn the money, and felt a little pained, but this was what the eldest girl wanted, so he had no choice but to follow suit.

It's also a coincidence, Zhou Tianhao brought a group of people from Qinglongzhai to join forces with the Zhengnan Army, and after only a few days of walking, he received an order from the imperial court to bring the [-] new recruits from Jiangnan to train first in the Pengcheng area.

Zhou Tianhao had no choice but to settle down the people in Qinglongzhai, turned back to the south, and went to Kang Guangshou's side again when he had time.Mrs. Kang passed away, and Kang Guangshou originally wanted to help the spirit back to the capital, but with the current state affairs, he had no choice but to put aside his family affairs first, and only let the old mother take his one-year-old son to go north with the people who came to help the spirit from the capital.

When Zhou Tianhao was waiting for Kang Guangshou in the study, Kang Guangshou had just accepted the 1 taels of silver note from Liu Fugen.Although for the Xie family, the 1 taels of silver bills are not too much, but Kang Guangshou and Xie Yujiao have been friends for a long time, and they know best that it is not an easy task to get so many taels of silver from this shrewd lady. things.

It was very clear that the money was for Mr. Yang, but Miss Xie hoped that this money could be used to fight against the Tartars, and it could be considered that the Xie family had contributed to Dayong's fight against the Tartars.

Kang Guangshou straightened his clothes and went in, and saw Zhou Tianhao was standing inside with his back to the door, he turned his head when he heard the voice, with a tired face on his face: "Your memorial to help the spirit return to the hometown has been approved, now Wouldn't it be a pity not to go again?"

"Forget it, the national crisis is at stake, let's put these trivial matters aside, I believe Amei will understand me."

"Now that the child is gone, aren't you bored by yourself?"

"The child is gone, so I can handle government affairs with peace of mind. Besides, since he was born, he hasn't seen his grandparents. Let him go back to the capital, and he has the right to treat him as my filial piety." Kang Guangshou said, and went all alone Come in.

The maid brought the tea in and then backed out, and the two sat down side by side. Then Kang Guangshou took out the bank notes from his sleeve and handed them to Zhou Tianhao.

"Here is a silver note of 1 taels, you take it."

Zhou Tianhao's expression changed slightly, and then he joked: "No wonder people say that being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. You have only been here for a little over a year, and you have gained a lot!"

Knowing that Zhou Tianhao was deliberately teasing him, Kang Guangshou just gave him a sideways glance and said, "I didn't give it to you. It was given to you by the Xie family. He said it was to thank you for saving Mrs. Xie, and he also said... If this money It would be the best if it can be used to fight Tartars.”

Zhou Tianhao was immediately happy when he heard this, and took the banknote with one hand, but pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "The money has been delivered, and I don't care what I do with it. It's a pity... it's used to pay back the money. Kindly, if this is Miss Xie's dowry money, I will definitely be happier."

Hearing this, Kang Guangshou frowned, and only asked: "I didn't ask you carefully before, what did you do when you lived in Xie's house for those days?"

Zhou Tianhao thought of the few days he lived in Xie's house, it was indeed very boring, he only frowned and said: "Aside from eating, drinking and recuperating, I didn't even see Miss Xie's face."

Kang Guangshou looked at his disappointed face, thought he was playful again, and just smiled and said: "Miss Xie is different from those ladies in the capital. If you offend her, be careful to end up like the Jiang family." , the family is ruined!"

Zhou Tianhao knew that Kang Guangshou was trying to scare him, so he just stood up, collected the money, and said with a smile: "Oh, I'm really scared, but it's a pity that I can't even meet him, let alone provoke him." In fact, Zhou Tianhao was saying this At that time, I still felt a little bit guilty, and I didn't know if the second housekeeper who usually trembled like a lotus flower had sent me a message, could it be... This 1 taels of silver is really the little girl's dowry silver?Thinking of this, Zhou Tianhao felt a little excited.

Kang Guangshou saw that he was disappointed and couldn't help laughing, so he knew that Zhou Tianhao's heart might not be able to hold on anymore, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you still want to see her, you can do it today." Don't be in a hurry, I will send someone to chase Liu Fugen back now, and send the next post to Miss Xie, so that she must come to the county government office tomorrow to see off these good men in Jiangning County."

(End of this chapter)