Zhao Shi sat under the window at Heliantao's signal, and the sparse light and shadow fell on his worried side face through the window lattice, showing a hazy and subtle demeanor. www.biquge.info He was silent for a long time before he pulled his gaze back from the half-withered trees in the courtyard. "Speaking of the family below, at this time, there is still some in-law relationship with Her Royal Highness the princess. ”

"Oh?" Li Shuci and Helian Tao glanced at each other, puzzled: "How do you say this?"

Zhao Shi smiled bitterly: "The newly married stepwife of the eldest master of the Li family is my sister-in-law. ”

Li Shuci looked at Zhao Shi in surprise, and turned Zhao Ziru's matter in his heart: "Are you a member of the Zhao family of the medicine king?" You call it a concubine, in other words, you are the son of the Zhao family of the medicine king?"

Zhao Shi got up slowly, bowed his hand to Li Shuci and the others again, and said, "The next surname is Zhao. He is the sister-in-law of the former head of the Zhao family, the king of medicine, and is ranked third. He sighed: "The affairs of the Zhao family are also like a mess, the prince and the princess really want to help?"

Li Shuci said: "Since we promised to help you, we will not break our word, and the prince of Fang Cai also told you that if you want to help, you will not refuse." What's more, you and I have a friendship here, and the Zhao and Li families have an in-law relationship, so it must be a long time to go back and forth. If Zhao Gongzi has anything to say, he might as well say it directly. ”

"The medicinal materials that Baili You took from the two of you before were the ones who saved my life, and I really shouldn't ask for anything else, just ...... It's just that at this time, I am in a dilemma, and it is difficult to let go of the affairs of my relatives, so I can only ask the two of them for help. Zhao Feiran gave another salute, and then slowly told them the whole story.

"The three sons-in-law of the Zhao family, the eldest brother and the second brother are my father's first wife, that is, my aunt was born to my aunt, my aunt died in childbirth, and my mother later married my father as a step-family and gave birth to me. The three of us were brought up by my mother together, regardless of each other, my mother is kind-hearted, and has never treated the eldest brother and second brother badly because they are not her biological ones, and even the love and strictness for them are far greater than mine, and she is determined to train the two of them to become talents and inherit the family business of the Zhao family. ”

"So your birth mother is not a single person, but a sister?"

"That's right, a sister of a fellow mother. Zhao Feiran once really thought that their brothers were not the same mother, but they were better than the same mother, but the facts woke him up. "The Zhao family has been in seclusion for many years, making a living by operating a pharmacy, and now most people think that the Zhao family is becoming a family of medicine kings because of this, but this is not the case. Very few people know that the Zhao family's medical skills were once unparalleled in the world. ”

Li Shuci and Helian Tao glanced at each other, obviously neither of them knew about this, and couldn't help but be more curious.

I only heard Zhao Feiran continue: "The children of the Zhao family have to be familiar with medical books since they were young, practice medical skills hard, and inherit the skills of the Zhao family. Summer is unbreakable, and cold is unbreakable. However, the Zhao family has a strange ancestral motto. That is, the Zhao family's medical skills should not be exposed to outsiders. He couldn't help but show a puzzled look on his face: "I have also explored privately, but there is no way to find out, and the successive heads of the family have buried this matter deep in their hearts." ”

"What is the use of practicing medical skills hard but hiding them in the world?

Zhao Feiran shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Not only the prince of the world has questions because of this, but also below, including every child of the Zhao family, has questions from this." He paced slowly a few steps and said, "Because of this, the Zhao family began to be chaotic, and there were more and more unwilling people, wanting to break through the shackles and show their ambitions." There are also people who gradually lose their interest in medical skills and let them be wasted......"

This is the inevitable result, a lifetime of hard study, full of skills, in the end can only be discarded, after a long time, who will work hard and in vain? This is also human nature. ”

"That's right. In my generation, I am the only one who has obtained the true inheritance of the Zhao family's medical skills, and I am also more transparent about family affairs. Therefore, my father wants me to be the next head of the Zhao family. Zhao Feiran's face showed a bit of contradiction, obviously he did not agree with the Zhao family's creed, however, he still chose to respect his ancestors.

"I'm afraid most of the Zhao family is on the opposite side of you, right?"

Zhao Shi heard the question, and nodded helplessly: "There are people in the clan who adhere to the ancestral teachings, and they are not willing to be bland, and there are also those who want to be born to seek power, wealth and power. Although I can't say which one is correct, I am willing to listen to the admonition of my elders and maintain the status quo of the Zhao family after taking over the position of the head of the family. In this way, presumably the vast majority of the Zhao family is against me taking over the position of head of the family. Perhaps the most embarrassing of them are the eldest brother and the second brother. And I naively didn't think much about it, I always felt that if the Zhao family maintained this status quo, it would make no difference who was the head of the family......"

Li Shuci was dumbfounded. Half-brothers, although they also live under the wings of the same woman, how can they be exactly the same?

And it was during this period that it happened. Zhao Feiran's tone was extremely low, and the sadness of not being able to calligraphy was condensed in his heart and could not be dissipated. "When I came back from the pharmacy that day, the clouds were so thick that it was about to rain heavily. I was worried about the herbs in the medicine garden and their precious herbs, so I wanted to go there and take a look. Originally, I had already ridden out alone, but halfway through the road, I saw my eldest brother chasing after me. ”

"The eldest brother said that he was not at ease when I went alone, in case I was blocked by heavy rain on the road, the two of them always had a care. Zhao Shi secretly regretted that he was too careless: "The eldest brother asked me to talk about the future of the Zhao family, but before I made a decision, I didn't take the wishes of the eldest brother and the second brother into account, which really shouldn't be." In hindsight, I think that my eldest brother had actually tried me many times before, and I didn't think about it once, I just felt that if I were the head of the family, they would definitely support me without scruples. ”

However, this was not the case, and on that day, the eldest brother seemed to have made up his mind. Zhao Feiran put his hand on his face and rubbed it vigorously from top to bottom, and said: "Before we reached the medicine garden, it rained heavily, and it almost made the sky and the earth white. The eldest brother said that the rain was too heavy and it was easy to have accidents, and persuaded me not to go to the medicine garden first, but I have always been responsible for death, so I must go and see it. The eldest brother didn't say anything anymore, but I didn't expect that the eldest brother was hesitating to do something to me. ”

Li Shuci already roughly understood when he heard this: "So, then your eldest brother took advantage of the heavy rain to push you off the cliff." ”

Zhao Feiran nodded: "I don't know why I fell so high but didn't die, maybe I hung somewhere halfway, or there were too many trees blocking my body, in short, I didn't die, I just lost my memory temporarily." It wasn't until Zheng Ting did something that the carriage rolled down the hillside, and at the moment of panic collision, I suddenly remembered who I was. ”

Helian Tao sighed when he heard this: "I understand, do you want us to help you return to the Zhao family?

Zhao Feiran instantly understood the meaning of Helian Tao's question, and he said: "I don't want to take revenge on anyone, even if my eldest brother harms me that day, I don't want to take his life, but I can't let the things that the Zhao family has been guarding for a hundred years be easily broken, since the Zhao family has this ancestral teaching, there must be a reason, if it causes any trouble, what face do I have to meet the ancestors of the Zhao family." ”

Helian Tao said: "You just want to regain control of the Zhao family, and you want the Zhao family to return to its original trajectory." ”

Zhao Feiran nodded: "Yes." ”

"In that case, then it's easy to do, you go back with us, during this period, I will ask people to go to Hongdu Mansion to inquire about the current situation of the Zhao family, and then we will make plans." ”

Helian Tao said so, Zhao Feiran naturally did not disagree, and several people began to discuss what to do afterwards and set off back. As he was talking, Jia San's voice suddenly came into the room: "Shizi, Shizi Princess, there is urgent news in Beijing." ”

Helian Tao and the others were startled, and hurriedly opened the door and turned the letterbox.

The content of the heart couldn't help but make the mood of the two of them who had just relaxed tense again: the palace was on fire and they escaped by luck. Qi Rou was taken captive, be careful on the road.

Li Shuci's body shook and almost fell. Helian Tao quickly grabbed her, and was also shocked by the contents of the letter. "From here to Shangjing to spread the news, it will take at least seven or eight days to go back and forth, we can't delay any longer, Zheng Ting and others might as well hand it over to the people of the official government to wait for disposal, anyway, the news has spread, we are just waiting for a result here." ”

"Good ......" Li Shuci has never been afraid of others coming to her for trouble, but she is afraid that others will find trouble with the people around her, and in turn threaten her. "Qingge, you go and close the momentum immediately......"

"Xiao Wu, don't worry, it says that he was taken captive, which means that his life is not in danger. Helian Tao said on his lips, but he couldn't even comfort himself in his heart. The other party arrested Qi Rou, obviously for other purposes! He looked at Li Shuci, and he couldn't help but think about it in his heart.

The Zhao family of Hongdu Mansion.

Outside Zhao Xiao's yard, there are a few plum trees planted sparsely, and the thin snow is stained on the red plum petals, which looks particularly lonely. Jin Sheng broke off the plum branch with the best posture and pushed the door open in his hand.

Zhao Xiao is tall, even if he is lying on the sickbed, his eyes are blue and black, and he looks very strong and heroic. He heard the door knock, barely opened his eyes, and turned his head to look at the comer. Under the backlight, he looked carefully for a while before he could tell that it was his third son Zhao Feiran: "Yes...... You're here, why do you have time to come to me today?"

Jin Sheng didn't respond, he glanced at Zhao Xiao lying on the bed, the look of looking forward to his children coming to him, reminded him of his father's complicated eyes when he was uneasy on the sickbed. He almost sank in this gaze......

Only the next moment, he remembered who he was.

He inserted the plum branch in his hand into the celadon vase, and turned his head to look at Zhao Xiao: "Hmm." Father...... Are you better?"