Du Heng was lying on the bed, dizzy all the time. In the evening, he gradually turned his mind around, and Futaba found a Lang Zhong to prescribe some decoction for Du Heng to replenish qi and restore his spirits.

Zhao Shinan came back in the evening, glanced at the inner room, saw Du Heng lying weakly, and asked Shuangye: "What's wrong with her?"

"Scared. Futaba sighed and told me about the afternoon.

Zhao Shinan's brows furrowed, strode into the courtyard, and ordered angrily: "Tie up Mrs. Li and put twenty boards." ”

The subordinates were stunned, but no one dared not listen to Zhao Shinan's orders, so they had to tie up Mrs. Li, who was shopping for vegetables in the afternoon, and give it to the board firmly, Zhao Shinan frowned: "Whoever chews his tongue again in the future will end up like this." Those ups and downs outside, don't take them back to spread right and wrong. ”

Du Heng listened to the noise outside, propped himself up and walked to the front yard, and saw that Mrs. Li was being beaten, and Zhao Shinan stood aside coldly, Du Heng couldn't help but be angry: "Stop." ”

As if he hadn't heard her speak, the subordinate hit a few more times, and replied to Zhao Shinan: "The twenty boards are finished." ”

Zhao Shinan nodded, let Li Pozi be dragged down, looked back at Du Heng, who was trembling all over, and walked back without speaking. Du Hengqing hurriedly grabbed Zhao Shinan's arm: "What are you doing? What did she do wrong?"

Zhao Shinan's voice was still cold: "She shouldn't have brought back those gossip outside." ”

"Is that nonsense?" Du Heng just wanted to sneer, "Others are shedding blood and sacrificing for morality, but you treat those as nonsense." After a pause, Du Heng asked word by word: "Zhao Shinan, where is your backbone?"

Zhao Shinan's body stiffened, and his eyes looked at Du Heng coldly, backbone? backbone is to use blood to participate in the struggle between these party lords? What is morality, what is justice? Industry prospers the country, and the people's happiness is morality. Who benefits from such a river of blood? But in her eyes, what he did was a spineless turtle with a shrunken head.

Zhao Shinan once again pulled Du Heng's hand away, pointed to his chest, and his lips were coldly provoked: "Du Heng, you can't see my backbone." Because you have been blinded by the blood of others. He strode away.

When the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived, another batch of brocade was loaded into the car and transported to Beiping, and with it, there were also mallows with bracelets. Entering Beiping, mallow all the way to the curtain of the carriage, hard work these days to Beiping is worth it, this style, only one in, is the royal meteorological majesty. The red wall is yellow and the tiles, and the eyes of the mallow are straight.

The subordinate driving the carriage said: "The young master and the young grandmother live in Houhai, and they will arrive soon." ”

Mallow nodded, looking at the weeping willows reflected on the lake outside the carriage, the rippling clear water in a pool, and the various quyi juggling next to it, thinking that Zhao Shinan and Du Heng would enjoy it hand in hand every day under such a scene, and his heart couldn't be calm.

"It's here. The next person took the horse pedal for the mallow and the mallow stepped off the carriage and walked steadily into the courtyard. This time Mallow came to Beiping, Mrs. Zhao was afraid that Zhao Shinan would not agree and have any ideas, so she didn't dare to write Mallow in her family letter, so she followed the car directly. Zhao Shinan and Du Heng have no way of knowing.

When the mallow appeared in the courtyard with a smile, Futaba was the first to see it, rubbed his eyes and saw a ghost, and when he was sure that it was a mallow flower, the corner of his mouth sneered: "Yo, the girl is not afraid of the wind and sun and the gun, and she came all the way?" Futaba is not afraid of mallow and calls her a girl.

Mallow said without changing his face: "Girl, don't hit the smiling person when you open the door." I was ordered by the old lady to come and see the young master and grandmother. The girl has been in Peking for a long time, and she doesn't even care about the old lady?"

Shuangye's hands trembled, and he pointed to the second door and said: "Since it is to watch people, the girl will sit in the guest hall, and I will report to the young grandmother." ”

Mallow smiled and walked into the second door with her spine straight, and sat on a chair in the living room.

Futaba went back to report to Du Heng, the needle and thread in Du Heng's hand pierced his hand, and asked Futaba in a trembling voice: "Really here?"

Futaba nodded: "It's not a swagger." combing her daughter's hair, she looks like a second wife. Crazy what. ”

Du Heng raised his hand: "Let Dongsang call the young master back." I don't want to see her. You find someone to take her to the backyard, there is a room where the girl lives, clean up for her and settle down first. ”

Futaba thinks about it, there is no other way, and he can't let her sleep on the street. Just as she was about to leave, Du Heng called out to her again: "Let Dongsang find someone to inquire nearby, how can there be a hotel." Find a few more. ”

Futaba comprehended, and Mimi smiled: "Obey, young grandma." With that, he jumped away.

In less than an hour, Zhao Shinan came back, Malallow stood up from the chair, and looked at Zhao Shinan with tears in her eyes. Mallow called in a low voice: "Young master------"

Zhao Shinan looked at the attitude of the mallow, the longing and haggard were all overflowing, and in the face of such a woman, his heart was mixed for a while, and his frowning brows were loosened: "Coming, how many days have you been gone?"

"Seven days. Mallow replied and took out the old lady's letter to Zhao Shinan. What is written above is nothing more than that Mallow has not been to Beiping, take her around, smell the Beiping Tan Zhe Temple in the wish of God is very spiritual, the old lady invited someone to see, to ask a Buddha to come back on the birthday of the Bodhidharma Patriarch, bless a long life.

Seeing this, Zhao Shinan calculated, the birth of Patriarch Bodhidharma is the fifth day of the tenth lunar month, and it is not yet August 15, which means that mallow will live for at least two months. I couldn't help frowning again and said, "Do you have to be this day?"

Mallow's eyebrows and eyes were smart: "Yes, the old lady has found the master of Daming Temple to see it, and when she joins the hour, she must have this day to please respect the Buddha of longevity." The mage also taught me the specific method, although it is not difficult, it is also very cumbersome, but it doesn't matter, for the sake of the old lady, it doesn't hurt to work harder. ”

Mallow said thoughtfully, not only indicating that the Buddha must be invited, but also that day must be invited, but also implying that except for himself, others do not know how to invite. For a while, Zhao Shinan couldn't refute it anymore, so he had to say: "Then you can go back after you finish please." ”

When Shuangye saw Zhao Shinan coming back, he deliberately brought two cups of tea in and put them on the table, and said to Zhao Shinan: "Young master, mallow girl, drink tea." ”

When Mallow heard the word girl, she was angry, but she just looked at Zhao Shinan with red eyes. Zhao Shinan pretended not to see it, gently brushed the tea foam, and asked Mallow: "Have you seen the young grandmother?"

Mallow smiled hard: "Not yet, but Grandma Young has already arranged a room in the backyard for me, and my things are all in it, don't worry, I won't be able to live for a few days anyway." ”

Futaba couldn't help but interject: "The girl is still cramped, there are several hotels next to it, and there are courtyards to be rented." ”

If it was before, Zhao Shinan would also like to find another place to live, so that the mallow can live farther away, out of sight and out of mind. But right now, he is awkward with Du Heng, thinking that Du Heng always remembers Zhao Lingquan in his heart, and uses Zhao Lingquan's "morality" to talk about backbone, in Zhao Shinan's eyes, there is a bit of love for the house and the taste of Wu. Now that the mallow is coming, Zhao Shinan is angry in his heart, and said coldly to Futaba: "What else to live in? ”

What Zhao Shinan planned in his heart was to let the mallow live for a few days first, see Du Heng's reaction, and also take advantage of these few days to rent another yard to live elsewhere. It's not safe for a girl to live in a hotel. If something happened, I couldn't explain it to Mrs. Zhao.

Futaba retreated, ran back to the house and complained to Du Heng: "The young master is confused, and he actually let her live." Obediently, she still has to live on Patriarch Dharma's birthday. ”

Du Heng's heart was cold, there were still two months. Just thinking about it, Zhao Shinan walked in and ordered Futaba to fetch water and wash. Du Heng couldn't help but ask: "You arranged for Malvac to live in this courtyard?"

Zhao Shinan saw that Du Heng's expression was a little unhappy, and his heart was slightly relieved, but his face was still tense: "Hmm." It's not safe to live outside. ”

Du Heng's heart was so blocked that she only felt that it was starting to be cold from the soles of her feet, she bit her lip and smiled reluctantly: "Since you are so worried about her safety, let's live in the yard." It's hard to meet. He turned around to leave.

Zhao Shinan listened to the sour taste in her words, and her hard heart, which was angered by her "backbone" in those days, slowly softened, and said softly: "It's just a few days." Du Heng didn't look back, it didn't matter if it was a few days, I was afraid that I would live there all the time.

Mallow is a shrewd person, and after living for a day or two, she saw something from the discussions and eyebrows of her subordinates, Zhao Shinan didn't let Du Heng out, as for why, she didn't know. She didn't know that Zhao Shinan would let her live in the courtyard for a few days, and she was afraid that she would be driven away before she had a chance to do it.

After thinking about it for two days, she took advantage of the unpreparedness of people at night, fetched a basin of cold water, poured it on her head, and went out to blow in the wind for most of the night, until it was almost dawn, and then returned to the house. As she lay back to bed with a somewhat sluggish stride, she knew her goal had been accomplished.

The next day, mallow was hot all over, and the little girl who served her saw that her lips were chapped and her face was red, so she hurriedly went to tell Du Heng. Futaba said hatefully: "Let her go, it's good to die." ”

Du Heng sighed: "Is it useful? When the young master comes back, he still has to invite her to Langzhong." If something happens to her, the old lady will not give up. Futaba couldn't, so she had to send someone to invite her Langzhong, and she couldn't help but scold angrily: "If you come, you'll find trouble, and you have to boil medicine for her, so you really think you're an aunt and grandmother." ”

After a few days, not only did the mallow not get better, but became more and more sick, and he couldn't even get out of bed. Zhao Shinan didn't go to see it once, Du Heng sent two mothers-in-law to serve her with medicine. Out of sight and out of mind, although living in the same yard, it is also safe.

Mallow seemed to be sick during the day, but at night she was refreshed. At about three o'clock in the second half of the night, mallow got up and got dressed, pushed open the side door and walked out.