Yijia Yishi

Chapter 167
Huo Tianyou's undisguised words made Lu Shuyi blush again, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Seeing her like this, Huo Tianyou changed the topic with a smile: "You make good dim sum." He added: "It's a lot of work, right?"

Lu Shuyi packed up the snack box, put it on the side of the red peony-patterned incense table, and replied: "It's no trouble, anyway, I don't have anything to do, it's a matter of convenience."

She didn't say that she made it for him specially to avoid embarrassment.

Huo Tianyou didn't ask any further questions, and pointed to a red sandalwood stool with puffy legs and puffy teeth: "Sit down and talk." He glanced at her again and said, "Also, take off your cloak, I will dont see."

As he spoke, he turned his face away.

Lu Shuyi glanced at him and thought, in such a situation, it seems that she can't do it unless she gets rid of it, and then thought, anyway, it's just a cloak, and there is no one else here, so what are you afraid of...

She raised her wrist and gently unbuttoned the cloak, took it off and hugged it in her arms.

"Okay..." She coughed dryly, and in order not to embarrass herself, she hurriedly found a topic and said, "Didn't you say that the road was blocked by heavy snow at the border, how did you come back?"

Gradually, she no longer called him Second Young Master, but called you.

Huo Tianyou glanced at her, but didn't speak.

Is she asking too much?
Lu Shuyi was thinking in her heart, squeezed her fingers cautiously, and immediately said: "I'm just asking casually, you don't need to answer me."

"Oh?" Huo Tianyou's voice was faint, he looked at her thoughtfully, and said slowly: "It's better not to know some things, knowing more may not be a good thing."

Huo Tianyou's eyes were a little misty, his originally bright eyes were covered by thick and long eyelashes, and a trace of resentment slowly spread across his face.

Lu Shuyi looked at the expression on his face and narrowed her eyes slightly. It seemed that he was indeed being tricked by his family.

She knows the feeling of being calculated by her family best. She keeps saying that we are a family, but stabs you in the back, and wants to kill you.

This feeling, she understands.

"Yes...is it related to your expedition, right?" Lu Shuyi asked without fear of death, she hesitated, considered, and said cautiously: "Actually...the one who should go to the expedition this time is your elder brother, the eldest son of the Huo family, Is it right?"

Huo Tianyou was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Yes, he was supposed to be the one who went out, but he couldn't go out."

"So, you are the one who went to the battlefield, and... the military exploits belong to him, right?" Lu Shuyi's voice was very soft, so soft that she almost couldn't hear herself.

When it comes to being pitiful, the boy in front of him is actually the most pitiful.

Perhaps others may pay more or less, but he cannot.

She might not be able to fully experience this feeling of being pressed on top of her head for credit all the time in her life.

He must have had a hard time!
"You guessed it..." Huo Tianyou's voice was very calm, without the slightest ripple.

"That was when I was five years old, and it was also such a snowy day..." Huo Tianyou's eyelashes moved slightly, his whole body was immersed in his thoughts, and he said: "The snow stopped that day, and my brother came to call me, It is said that the lake in the garden has been covered with thick ice, and the two of us brothers can go skating secretly."

Lu Shuyi listened quietly, even breathing a little harder, she was afraid of disturbing his thoughts.

"Just like that, my brother and I sneaked into the garden, and there was ice on the lake. It was snowing a lot, and the two of us had a great time playing on the ice..."

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Huo Tianyou's mouth. Perhaps, he is still nostalgic for the beauty of that day.

Lu Shuyi just looked at him for a moment, probably because he was injured, he looked like an innocent child who needed to be protected, and she couldn't bear to look away.

"Perhaps God sees us having fun, so he's jealous too..." Huo Tianyou's voice gradually increased, and the expression on his face also began to become serious: "...there was a crack on the ice surface, Later, it became a hole in the ice, my brother and I were very scared, we two wanted to run away, but the hole was getting bigger and bigger, and the hole was getting bigger and bigger..."

Lu Shuyi's heart was twisted when she heard it, her brows were tightly frowned, and she couldn't bear to listen any longer.

"...I ran desperately, but in a blink of an eye my brother and I all fell into the ice hole. The lake water was so cold that I was shivering from the cold." When he said these words, his body shivered undetectably, as if The body is still in the cold lake water.

"At that time, the two of us wanted to float, but I was too small to use my legs... But later, my brother and I were rescued ashore, but after we were rescued, both of our bodies were eroded by the cold. I was born with a good physique, so I carried it, but my brother's legs have since fallen to the root of the disease, as long as it is cold, he will be so painful that he can't get off the ground..."

"... Later, my father beat me with a horse whip made of cowhide, saying that I shouldn't mess around with my brother, and that it was my fault that my brother suffered from illness..."

He just said the thrilling and pain that day.

Lu Shuyi was very upset when she heard that.

"So...for so many years, my father has always felt that I owed my elder brother, and I have repaid it for more than ten years. I think, maybe one day I will be able to repay these so-called debts. One day, I will be able to reap what I have paid, and I will no longer have to cover up my life..." He closed his eyes and sighed softly, there seemed to be a drop of crystal clear water on his eyelashes, under the light, it was shining and amazing. The brilliance of heartache.

"But in the end I was wrong, in the end I miscalculated the so-called family relationship, I miscalculated the so-called brotherhood..."

It has been more than half a year since he went to fight for his brother this time, not to mention the brutality of the battle, even the horrific environment outside the customs is unbearable for ordinary people.

But he endured it all, and made military exploits in the name of his brother Huo Tiankang, but what did he gain in the end?
Got an ambush on the way?Or a poisoned arrow smeared with poison || medicine?

Even if he owed his elder brother, he should have already paid it off, right?

Huo Tianyou's words couldn't be clearer, he was injured because of his elder brother Huo Tiankang.

Lu Shuyi's mind was shaken, and all kinds of feelings swarmed in her heart, and she was speechless for a while.

It turned out that he had shouldered so much.

To outsiders, he looks like the extremely glamorous second son of the Huo family, but to him, that's just a title.

She always felt that she was tired from life, but it turned out that he was not easy to live either.

"You don't owe him anything, really, you really don't owe him anything." After a long time, she finally smiled and looked him in the eyes, and said word by word: "You didn't do anything wrong, you didn't do anything wrong. If it were me, I would definitely go out to play with my brother. If you have to worry about a mistake, that person can only be your father. It is his fault. He shouldn’t have made you bear so much and bear so much for so many years. ..."

Huo Tianyou looked into her eyes and didn't speak.

"So, you don't have to pay attention to these things in the future. What's yours is yours. You don't have to compromise, let alone wrong yourself." She smiled slightly and got up, stretched out her hand to hold his hand, and said slowly: "Remember , you live here with hope..."

In her previous life, Mr. Bai comforted her like this. She didn't know if this trick would work on Huo Tianyou.

Of course, at this moment she completely forgot about the male and female defense, she just wanted to comfort the boy in front of her...

Her hands were very warm, like a small burning stove. The sadness and resentment frozen in her heart seemed to be melting little by little, like seeing spring, melting into small crystal clear water droplets.

Moreover, what she said seemed very familiar, when did he seem to have heard it?Or when did the same thing be done?

My brain hurts for no reason, and blurry fragments flashed in my mind.

"Thank you for your comfort." He put his other hand on the back of her hand and stared up at her.

Lu Shuyi just squatted and stood under the light and shadow, her eyes were as clear as washed black agate, brightening his world.

However, he put his other hand on the back of Lu Shuyi's so hastily, which really surprised her.

Lu Shuyi immediately withdrew her hand as if she had been stabbed by something, and said with a blushing face, "Okay, you must be tired after talking so much, you should rest first, I... I want to gone back."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Huo Tianyou's face, but he quickly adjusted his mentality and said with a smile: "I told you to see Mr. Bai, don't worry, I will let him see you next time."

Lu Shuyi was still a little embarrassed, so she just replied hastily: "There's no rush, we'll talk about it after you recover from your illness."

Huo Tianyou nodded, and said again: "Recently, is there anything difficult that you can't solve? I'm back now. If you have something that you can't solve, just tell me and I'll see if I can help you."

Speaking of difficult matters, there is only her marriage at present.

Mrs. He Er wanted to match her up and let her marry to the Zhao family in Baoding Prefecture.

But she didn't want to bother him about this matter, after all he was injured so badly, and there must be a battle between him and his brother in the future, she couldn't bother him anymore to distract him.

"No big deal, everything is fine. Speaking of it, I have to thank you, because of your people, my uncle is much better now. And those people you left behind, they helped me a lot, thank you, really thank you. "

Huo Tianyou smiled, looking tired.

After talking for most of the day, he was exhausted.

Lu Shuyi immediately got up and said: "I think you are tired too, you should rest, let's talk about other things slowly when your body recovers."

This time Huo Tianyou didn't keep her anymore, nodded his head very gently, coughed and said, "Then when will you come to see me again?"

Lu Shuyi frowned.

It's not easy to come here today, when will we come again?

She couldn't guarantee it, so she just said, "I'll come and see you when I'm free." After thinking for a while, she said, "Is there anything you particularly want to eat? Tell me. If I can come next time, I'll bring it to you." .”

Huo Tianyou thought about it seriously: "I want to eat noodles..."

Lu Shuyi was a little embarrassed, if she brought noodles here from Lu's house and the journey was bumpy, would the noodles still be edible?
the answer is negative.

She shook her head and discussed, "Is it okay to change it to something else? If you bring the noodles, you won't be able to eat them."

"What should I do... I just want to eat noodles." Huo Tianyou looked at her face, smiled lightly and said, "There is a kitchen behind..."

So it was here waiting for her!

Lu Shuyi cursed secretly in her heart, she pursed her lips and said, "That depends on when I can come, maybe when I come next time, you will have healed up and returned home."

"No." He said with a determined face, "at least I won't go back until the next year..."

Lu Shuyi vaguely felt that he still had important things to do, so she just said "oh", put on the cloak again, looked at the food box on the incense table and said, "If you don't like these snacks, you can reward them."

"Who said I don't like food? Your cooking skills are very good." Huo Tianyou smiled, watched her off and said, "It's snowing outside and the mountain roads are difficult. I'll let Shuangrui and the others secretly escort you back."

Lu Shuyi stopped and thought for a while: "No, you also need someone to take care of you here."

"I have a lot of people..." he insisted.

Lu Shuyi no longer declined, and only said: "Then let Shuangxi bring someone to see us off, and Shuangrui will stay." At the end, she did not forget to remind: "By the way, Li Pingan, don't blame him. He was really forced by me."

"Understood..." Huo Tianyou shook his head helplessly: "I said I won't pursue it if I don't pursue it. How can a man go back on his word?"

Only then did Lu Shuyi feel relieved, and said goodbye to him with a smile: "Then you have a good life, if there is a need, you can ask Li Pingan to tell me."

Huo Tianyou let out a "hmm", then leaned against the quilt behind him and slowly closed his eyes.

Lu Shuyi glanced at him and knew that he was too tired, so she didn't dare to disturb him anymore, so she hurriedly walked out on tiptoe.

Shuangrui stood guard at the door like a wooden stake. There was heavy snow, and he was covered in white snow, but he didn't take a step away.

Lu Shuyi quietly asked him: "Are you keeping it cold like this?"

"Cold." Shuangrui answered very simply, but he said: "For the safety of my second son, why are you afraid of being cold?"

Lu Shuyi gave an "oh" in admiration, and then asked in a low voice, "Are you and Shuangxi blood brothers? He...does he have a family?"

Shuang Rui looked puzzled.

"Miss San asks what these are for?"

Lu Shuyi was a little embarrassed, she couldn't say that it was for her maid's future.

"It's nothing, I just felt curious, asked casually, asked casually..." She coughed dryly: "Then what... please call my people out, I'm going back. Also, the second son said that Shuangxi They secretly sent us back, you...do you have any objections?"

Shuang Rui didn't say anything, turned around and went to the backyard, and brought Mo Ju and Dong Mei over after a while.

As soon as Dongmei came over, she pointed at Shuangxi happily and said to Lu Shuyi: "Miss San, let me tell you, the wood carvings he made are really fun. Look at this piggy carving, is it lifelike?"

Dongmei held a walnut-sized wood carving in her hand, on which were carved two little piglets with vivid expressions, as if they were alive.

Lu Shuyi was surprised and said: "The carving is really beautiful, and the hands are really skillful."

Shuangxi was still a little embarrassed, scratched her hair and said: "It was carved randomly, just for fun. If Miss San likes it, I will give you one next time."

"What, you are too modest, can you teach me tomorrow too?" Dongmei happily played with the wood carving in her hand, looking like she liked it very much.

Shuangxi's eyes swept over Dongmei's body, and her face blushed visibly.

Looks like there's something going on.

Lu Shuyi smiled calmly and said: "Then thank you very much. If you want to carve, can you carve a plum blossom for me?"

Double Happiness nodded in agreement.

On the way back, Lu Shuyi asked Dongmei differently, "What do you think of Shuangxi?"

Mo Ju is a person with an extremely clear mind. After thinking about it for a while, she immediately understood what Lu Shuyi was thinking.

"I think Shuangxi is not bad, Dongmei, don't you think so?" Mo Ju pushed Dongmei's elbow, smiling slyly.

Dongmei was still playing with the wood carving in her hand, without even raising her eyebrows, she just smiled and said: "He looks like a big old man, but I think he is very thoughtful, look at this wood carving, How well done..." She stroked the wood carving back and forth with her fingers, with a bright smile on her face.

It seems that Shuangxi is still a very good man in his heart.

Lu Shuyi is relieved, if she is really a matchmaker for Dongmei, she shouldn't object.

As she thought this way, she leaned her head against the car wall again...

It was snowing heavily, and Huo Tianyou was lying with his eyes half closed, his face pale.

Shuangrui came over with the medicine.

Huo Tianyou sniffed it, then frowned and waved his hands, "Let's put it aside for now, drink it when it's cold."

He was most afraid of taking medicine since he was a child. He felt nauseated and wanted to vomit when he smelled the medicine.

Shuangrui didn't dare to persuade, so he could only honestly put the medicine bowl on the incense table, lowered his eyelids and said: "Miss Lu San came to see you today, it must be Li Ping's news, Li Ping's side , do you want to punish him?"

Huo Tianyou waved his hand wearily. He had already promised Lu Shuyi not to punish Li Pingan. If a real man keeps his word, he will not punish him.

"Don't worry about him, he didn't tell anyone anyway."

Shuangrui has been by Huo Tianyou's side since he was a child. He has always acted in a safe and sensible manner. In his opinion, people like Li Pingan should be punished.

He didn't understand why the always serious Huo Tianyou didn't punish Li Pingan.

"What about Miss Lu San? You...you trust her so much? If she goes back and reveals your whereabouts to others, something serious will happen." Shuangrui's voice was low and worried.

This time Huo Tianyou encountered an ambush on the way back. It can be seen that the enemy is hiding in the dark, and the situation is very critical.

Huo Tianyou hid here because Buddhism is pure and good for healing.

Second, this is the secret place left by Huo Tianyou's grandfather.When Mr. Huo was dying, he told Huo Tianyou about this place. He probably thought that the brothers of the Huo family might fight in the future. At that time, Huo Tianyou, who is a bastard, would have nowhere to go. This place could just accommodate him and keep him safe. Life.

In such a secret place, Huo Tianyou let a woman in and out at will.Even on the way Huo Tianyou was rescued, he gave an order in a daze, if the third miss of the Lu family came to look for him, let her in...

He didn't understand why the second son of his family trusted a woman so much.

Huo Tianyou still closed his eyes, but he said very firmly: "She won't harm me, I know, she will definitely not harm me."

Shuangrui twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly, what else could he say?
His master already trusted that weak girl so much, how could he persuade her?
"What's going on in the Hou's mansion now?" Huo Tianyou leaned back slightly, and pointed to the medicine bowl.

No matter how bitter the medicine was, he had to swallow it.Because only by raising his body well, can he have the capital to fight for it.

Shuangrui hurriedly brought him a medicine bowl, and replied: "The person we sent out to investigate came back early this morning, and you hadn't woken up at that time, so..."

"Don't talk nonsense, talk about things." Huo Tianyou drank the medicine in one gulp, frowning in bitterness.

Shuangrui hurriedly brought warm water to serve him to rinse his mouth, but he just waved his hand and said, "No need, bring me a piece of dim sum from the snack box on the incense table..."

Shuangrui was stunned, and while going to get dim sum, he asked in confusion: "Don't you like dim sum the least? It is said that after eating, your mouth feels sore, which makes you feel uncomfortable...Why do you have it again today?"

"Nonsense again..." Huo Tianyou took the snack from Shuang Rui's hand and stuffed it into his mouth, eating it with great relish.

Shuang Rui's eyes widened as he watched, and thought, the second young master's arm was injured and not his tongue, could it be that his sense of taste has changed?
But looking at the food box again, he understood a little bit.

It was given by Miss Lu San, so...

But is Miss Lu that good?Isn't it just that people are more beautiful, their voices are nicer, they can make snacks, and they can comfort people...

It seems that she is very good.

Shuang Rui touched her head.

Huo Tianyou reminded him: "I asked you and you haven't answered me yet!"

"Oh, oh, oh, there is not much movement in Hou's mansion right now. Mrs. Hou is very good, but she misses you a lot. Shizi...he has been sending people to look for you, and he even hired the capital Jiuhua The assassin of the gang, has put a bounty on you, wanting your... to kill you..."

Shuangrui's voice was full of incomparable anger, and he said angrily: "You have done so many things for him and left so much blood for so many years, how can he treat you like this?"

"Is there anything he can't see? Isn't that how people are? In front of interests and rights, what else can he see?" Huo Tianyou's voice was somewhat sad, and he swallowed the snack made by Lu Shuyi in one gulp. It warmed up a bit.

Shuangrui sighed inaudibly, and asked: "The prince hired a murderer to wait for the opportunity, so what are you going to do? You can't hide here for the rest of your life, can you?"

"Is the leader of the Jiuhua Gang Cheng Youqing?" Huo Tianyou asked, and slowly leaned back on the quilt behind him.

After all, he was injured and felt very tired after sitting for a long time.

Shuangrui thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's not Cheng Youqing now, Cheng Youqing died suddenly ten days ago, and now the leader of the Jiuhua Gang is the original deputy leader Shi Bantian."

"Cheng Youqing died? How did he die?" From the time he was injured to the present, he hadn't paid attention to everything in the outside world. He didn't expect that some people would attack so quickly and block his way.

"It was rumored outside that he died of a sudden illness, but his subordinates sent people to inquire secretly, but Cheng Youqing's orphan said that Cheng Youqing was killed by the vice-leader Shi Bantian..."

"I'm afraid it wasn't Shi Bantian who killed him. The person behind him should be my elder brother." Huo Tianyou took a breath, his eyes darkened.

A few years ago, by chance, he saved Cheng Youqing's life.

Cheng Youqing was a very loyal person, and he declared at the time that as long as it was Huo Tianyou's business, it was his Cheng Youqing's business, so if his elder brother Huo Tiankang wanted to mobilize the Jiuhua Gang to kill him, Cheng Youqing would never agree.

But once Cheng Youqing died, this pattern would be broken.

The tea is cold, the current gang leader wants his life, and the gang members can only obey orders.

Huo Tianyou reached out his hand and took out an engraved copper coin from his pocket, raised his arm and threw it to Shuangrui: "Take this and send someone to find Chai Zeng, another vice leader of the Jiuhua Gang, and say that I want to see him... "

　The two chapters are combined, more than 6000 words, okay~
　　
　
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