Chapter 12 Jiang Li
Chu Shuhuang used some cheese and refreshments, got up and turned out of the pavilion, and slowly swayed along the mountain road, thinking about how to arrange it. Pen~Fun~ Pavilion www.biquge.info forbidden army had already secretly surrounded the back mountain, and at the moment, only Mama Lin, Qinghe, and Qingliu followed behind Chu Shuhuang, and Zhan Rong scattered around with four people. Of course, they are all plainclothes, because Chu Shuhuang is unwilling to swagger.
Halfway up the mountain, one of the guards suddenly shouted, "Who, come out!" β
Chu Shuhuang stood up, looked over, and saw a large stone with a height of a foot at the turn, and a guard drew his knife and pointed directly behind the boulder. Qinghe and Qingliu hurriedly protected Chu Shuhuang one after the other, and another guard who was close to him leaned towards the boulder, and the remaining three guards also guarded around Chu Shuhuang.
I saw a man with a coarse cloth and short brown crawling out from behind the boulder, his hair was unkempt, and the man was trembling and crawling there and kowtowing, "Uncle spare his life!" Uncle spare his life! I have an eighty-year-old mother and a nursing childβ"
"Shut up!" The guard shouted, "Who is inside?" β
"Uncle, I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything! Uncle spare his life! Uncle spare his life! The man was still kowtowing.
The guard kicked over, "Do you want to say it?" Don't say send you to the official! β
"I say, I say!" The man glanced around, and when he saw that he couldn't run away, his heart was discouraged, "Someone else asked me to do it, I had to do it as a last resort, uncle, please spare me!" β
Another guard stepped forward to inspect the circle and waved his hand to signal that there was no danger. Chu Shuhuang didn't have the heart to listen to these nonsense and turned around and returned to the pavilion, and the two guards then interrogated the person.
Chu Shuhuang used some refreshments and took a short rest, and the guard reported the results of the interrogation.
It turned out that there was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl and a maid behind the mountain stone, and the little girl's name was Jiang Li. Jiang Li's mother has died, and his father is a petty official from the Ministry of Industry, because he doesn't like his mother, he also dislikes the little girl. Because the stepmother of the family was dissatisfied with her occupying the identity of her daughter-in-law, she spent money to hire the one named Zhao Si to kill her. Zhao Si saw that this Jiang Li looked good in color, so he didn't kill him, thinking about getting it to a remote place and selling it for money. Coincidentally, the forbidden army surrounded the back mountain, and Zhao Si failed to leave, and was finally discovered.
Chu Shuhuang asked the guards to take Zhao Si down, and asked Aoyagi to arrange Jiang Li in the temple first, let the imperial doctor take a look, and wait for Jiang Li to wake up.
Chu Shuhuang also felt tired, and was about to turn back to the temple, when the palace people came to greet Jiang Li and woke up, wanting to worship the benefactor. Chu Shuhuang sat back and asked him to bring someone over.
Dressed in a half-worn aqua blue spring shirt, only embroidered with some smart flowers on the neckline and sleeves, the plain and white set off the little girl's exquisiteness. It's just that the clothes have been worn for a long time, and the edges of the clothes are already a little damaged.
There are no ornaments on his head, just a simple half-old ribbon that is slightly complicated to hold, his complexion is fair and yellow, his eyebrows are delicate, and his body is slender and thin, only half a head taller than Chu Shuhuang. Chu Shuhuang couldn't help sighing, it seemed that he was living a life of not having enough food and not being warm.
Jiang Li came closer, there was not much sadness on his face, and he tried to pull out a smile, which looked a little weird. Leaned down and knelt down to thank her, "The little girl Jiang Li knocked to thank the great grace of the engong," kowtowed three heads firmly, and said again after getting up: "Jiang Li took the liberty to ask the name of the engong, the great grace of the engong, the little woman will be remembered in her heart." β
Jiang Li's expression was indifferent, and his voice was crisp and serious.
"It's just a gesture, Miss Jiang doesn't have to take it to heart. After all, you are the right master, and you have to make your own decisions about how to deal with this matter. If it is a report to the officer, I will testify for you. Chu Shuhuang said.
Jiang Li blessed again: "In the little girl's family, there is a father who is still there, so this matter is naturally clear to the father, and his old man will preside over justice." It's just that if it's late today, and the little girl is inconvenient to walk, can you ask Engong to send a letter to her home, allowing the little girl to cultivate in the temple for a day, and then return tomorrow? β
"Don't worry about this, someone will come to your house to deliver the letter later, and you can rest well."
"Thank you so much!" Jiang Li raised his head slightly and glanced at Chu Shuhuang carefully, as if he wanted to "remember" Chu Shuhuang's appearance, and then Shen Fu bowed and retreated, his back was slender and straight, neither humble nor arrogant.
Chu Shuhuang has been in a high position since he was a child, and he is most annoyed by those who flatter and flatter, but Jiang Li looked calm, and only sincerely expressed his gratitude. It is not easy to have this calmness in such a poor little girl, even the girls of the big family can do this.
Chu Shuhuang couldn't help but feel a little special about Jiang Li.
Back in the courtyard, Qingliu took two little palace maids to serve Chu Shuhuang to freshen up his face, and Qinghe took some food and put it on the table and said, "Princess, the kitchen is ready for white fungus bird's nest soup, you can use some, your body is just right." β
As soon as Qinghe said, Chu Shuhuang remembered, "Send some to Jiang Li, she must have suffered a lot at home, see what else we have to eat, send her some." After thinking about it, he said: "Let the kitchen do more in the past two days, and remember to give her a copy, it is the time to grow your body." β
After grooming, Qingliu and the two little palace maids cleaned up and retreated, Qinghe put a small bowl of jade and jade in front of Chu Shuhuang and said, "You only worry about others, and you have a body yourself?" When you use it, I'll send it to Miss Jiang. β
Chu Shuhuang smiled slightly, "It's because I have you by my side to take care of me, so I don't have to worry about myself." Now that I have met Jiang Li, I just need to take care of her more. β
"Miss Jiang is really miserable, how can she have such a father, if her father loves her more, how dare her stepmother beat her idea, she still thinks that her father will uphold justice for her." Qinghe was very indignant for Jiang Li, and then said, "This time, Mama Lin went to Jiang's house to vent her anger for her, hoping that she can live better in the future." β
Chu Shuhuang looked at Qinghe and said, "She's not a dull person! If she had reported to the authorities, with my support, she would have been able to punish those people, but her father would only hate her even more. After all, I can only help her for a while, she still has to rely on her father, and now I send someone to the Jiang family, which is equivalent to telling the Jiang family that she still holds the handle, and her life will be much better in the future. This Jiang Li is a blessed one, otherwise she would not have met us. Chu Shuhuang said here with a faint sigh, as if thoughtful, "A person's life can only be earned by himself, and he cannot rely on others for a lifetime." β
It was just a few idle words, but it caused Chu Shuhuang's mood to suddenly be depressed, and Qinghe was shocked, "The princess is golden and noble, she is a person of great blessing, the slave and maid can serve the princess, and the slave and maid are also blessed!" β
Chu Shuhuang smiled slightly, "You go down, I'll rest for a while." β
"Yes."
Chu Shuhuang closed his eyes and leaned on the soft couch, turned around a lot, and his body was indeed a little tired.
After a while, the palace people came, and Hua Chang came to visit. Chu Shuhuang rubbed his forehead, Hua Chang had been to the scene before the accident in the morning, and he had also seen the "low-key" Su Zheng.