5. Chapter 5 The Fifth Step of the Minister

"You may burn your head, and you may have other symptoms......" Qiu Xi choked up quietly.

Xiao Qiao closed his eyes, thinking that Qi Qingyun and Xiao Jingshu dared to really blatantly bully him, he suddenly snorted coldly! He hasn't planned to make a move yet, these two can't wait to die, it's really good!

Xiao Qiao snorted coldly again, pushed open the door of the side room, and as soon as he entered, he heard Hu Li humming softly.

"Go and get a thick quilt again, make sure he sweats." Xiao Qiao walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, touched Hu Li's hot face, and commanded coldly.

As soon as Xiao Qiao came in, there was a shortage of soldiers, Xia Yang hurriedly ordered these little girls to go out to do things, and personally went to watch people take two thick quilts and cover Hu Li.

Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li frowning and humming, and the anger in his heart surged again. Even if Hu Li was just amused in his heart, he didn't allow Qi Qingyun to hurt people like this, not to mention that he was going to take Hu Li into his hands, so it was even more impossible for people to hurt people under his nose.

"Go and ask the second young master to come over." Xiao Qiao took off the handkerchief on Hu Li's forehead and handed it to Xia Yang, looking at Hu Li's eyes closed and frowning, and said coldly.

Shuzhu hurriedly responded, and trotted to invite the second young master. Looking at the appearance of the eldest young master today, he is really angry, and I don't know how the young master and the eldest lady will be treated by the eldest young master at that time?

Shuzhu shuddered, not daring to think about it again.

"Grandpa, cold." Hu Li hummed softly, feeling as if he had returned to the time when he was buried in an ice cave when he was a child. Because he was born a demon, he was much smaller than the average fox when he was young, and it looked like he didn't live long, and he was always bullied by other brothers and sisters. It wasn't until his grandfather came to take him away that his life got better, and he missed his grandfather so much.

Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li's pout, his hand began to wave around dishonestly, and he muttered "grandpa" in his mouth, so he could only reach out and hold Hu Li's hand, and gently reassure him, "Xiao Li, sleep well, just wake up." ”

After a while, Hu Li quieted down, and was tightly covered, only showing his red face with fever outside, and sobbing from time to time.

"The eldest young master, the second young master is here, waiting for you in the front hall." Shuzhu quietly walked in and whispered, Xiao Qiao put Hu Li's hand back into the quilt, looked at his uncomfortable humming, and got up to leave.

When Xiao Hongyong saw Shuzhu, he sighed, and sure enough, he found it. I have long heard that the eldest brother brought back a young man, and he kept it well, and even the personal maid Qiu Xi was sent to the young man to serve.

This time he came back from the barracks to say goodbye to his aunt, and when he passed the backyard pond, he heard the cries and pleading voices of Qiuxi beside his eldest brother, and he was curious to take a look, only to find that it was the eldest sister and his cousin who were bullying a delicate and beautiful boy together.

For a while, the blood rushed up and intervened to save the boy, and sure enough, now the trouble came. Although Xiao Hongyong is a little afraid of trouble, he has no regrets about saving people.

"Second brother can you have dinner?" Xiao Qiao looked at Xiao Hongyong, his second brother is a smart person, he has never been in the house and has never participated in the battle in the house. Like the low-key Liu, he never attracted attention in the house, and even went to the military camp early to enlist in the army, and until he died, his second brother was alive and well.

"Big brother." Xiao Hongyong stood up and looked at Xiao Qiao and screamed in a low voice.

"Sit down, thank you for the help of the second brother for this Xiaoli." Xiao Qiao didn't plan to have anything to do with Xiao Hongyong, his second brother looked honest on the outside, but he was actually a rare smart person.

"But it's a gesture," Xiao Hongyong didn't expect Xiao Qiao to be so straightforward and undisguised, "How is that little boy?" ”

Xiao Qiao picked up the teacup and took a sip of warm tea, "It's still feverish, and when the fever subsides, it'll be fine." I invited the second brother to come because I wanted to thank the second brother and ask the second brother one thing by the way. ”

"Thank you brother and accept it, but I don't know ...... eldest brother" Xiao Hongyong looked at this eldest brother who was only one year older than him with some embarrassment, he really didn't want to get involved in these messy things in the house.

"Just ask the second brother, what are your plans for the future?" Xiao Qiao thought of what he was going to do tomorrow and said with a chuckle.

Xiao Hongyong didn't know what Xiao Qiao meant, and looked at Xiao Qiao suspiciously.

Xiao Qiao's slender fingers tapped on the table, "Don't hide it from the second brother, I will definitely enter the career in the future, can the second brother want to go a long way on the current road?" ”

"Naturally, I want to." Xiao Hongyong frowned, although he was not willing to get involved in the affairs of the Xiao Mansion, but he was also a man, so he naturally wanted to make contributions and have the authority in his hands!

"It's enough to have a second brother!" Xiao Qiao said and took out a letter from the inner room and handed it to Xiao Hongyong, "This is some of the things I inquired about, I hope it will be of some use to the second brother, and in addition, the second brother will not stay in the mansion tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow, my brother will leave the house early in the morning, so my brother won't stay long." Xiao Hongyong nodded at Xiao Qiao, took the letter and got up to leave. Looking at the brightly lit courtyard behind me, I somehow felt a chill rise from my back.

Sending Xiao Hongyong away, Xiao Qiao simply ate some snacks and went to the side room. At this time, Hu Li was much calmer, Xia Yang was directing the little girls to change Hu Li's sweaty bedding again, and Qiu Xi kept wiping Hu Li's sweat with a wet handkerchief.

"How?" Xiao Qiao leaned down and touched Hu Li's still red cheeks, Qiu Xi changed to a wet handkerchief, and whispered back, "The little boy is not so uncomfortable anymore, but the heat has not subsided." ”

Xiao Qiao took the wet handkerchief from Qiu Xi's hand and wiped Hu Li's forehead in person. Today's incident was that he was negligent, and he only thought about bringing Xiao Jingshu and Qi Qingyun together, but he forgot that Xiao Jingshu was the most disagreeable with him. Although Hu Li is lively and noisy, he has never done anything out of the ordinary so far, and now he is implicated.

Hu Li felt that his tailbone seemed to be a little itchy in a daze, and Hu Li moved his body impatiently, but it was still not relieved.

As time went on, Hu Li rubbed more and more unbearably, and the coccyx was no longer itchy, but began to heat up. Gradually, a heart-piercing pain made Hu Li's face, which had been burned red from fever, instantly pale, and Hu Li realized in a daze that he seemed to be growing a tail.

Xiao Qiao was about to leave, but because of Hu Li's abnormal movement, he stayed, and seeing Hu Li start to writhe, Xiao Qiao frowned and asked a little guy to hold the person down, so as not to get cold again when he came out of the quilt.

"I'll get a doctor again." Xiao Qiao was slightly impatient at the moment, he was not a good-natured person, although Hu Li's eighty percent suffered this crime because of him, but it was already the limit to be able to come over and see him in person.

"You take care of him, Shuzhu comes with me."

"Young Master, I've already asked clearly." Shuzhu followed Xiao Qiao into the study, and began to tell Xiao Qiao what he had inquired about, "Today, when the young master and the eldest lady walked over from our courtyard, they saw the little boy, so they led the little boy out of the yard, and then pushed the little boy into the pond. When Qiu Xi found that the little boy was missing, the little boy had already fallen into the water. ”

Xiao Qiao lowered his eyelashes, and after listening, the corners of his mouth hooked coldly, "How did you prepare before?" ”

Shuzhu's eyes rolled, thinking of what the eldest young master asked him to prepare, Shuzhu almost blushed, but as soon as he thought about the person he wanted to deal with, Shuzhu shuddered. Sure enough, the eldest young master of his family is the most unprovoked person, but fortunately, he Shuzhu has always been loyal.

"Ready, young master, will you use it tomorrow?"

"Well, let's go down, don't go on a business tomorrow." Xiao Qiao waved his hand to let Shuzhu go down, thinking of the expressions that everyone in the Xiao Mansion would have tomorrow, Xiao Qiao's eyebrows bent, and he was about to start.

At this time, Xiao Qiao was in a much better mood, but Hu Li was still tossing and turning in pain. Hu Li, who was originally burned in a daze, was now awakened by the pain, and felt the pain in the coccyx, Hu Li gritted his teeth and endured tears at the same time: Why do you have a long tail at this time?!! Grandpa, Xiaoli is going to be exposed!

Qiu Xi saw Hu Li's tearful appearance, and suddenly felt distressed, and beckoned the little girls to hurry up and bring the medicine they had boiled before, and beckoned the little girls to hurry up and see if the doctor came.

"Little boy, what's wrong with you?" Qiu Xi and the other little guy firmly held down the feet of the quilt, so as not to be broken into the cool air.

Hu Li simply regretted it at this time, he had known that he would not be greedy for this soft nest and left early, and now he didn't dare to change back to his original form at all, so he could only endure the pain of the tail growing out of his life.

Feeling that he couldn't hold back the three tails in the quilt and turned back to his original shape, Hu Li couldn't wait to immediately cast a spell and move away from here. But looking at Qiuxi and their busy appearance for themselves, Hu Li didn't dare to leave like this. If he leaves like this, his identity will definitely be exposed, and he will never be able to come back, he still likes it here.

Hu Li bit his lip and endured the pain that pierced his heart, and grinned at Qiu Xi, signaling that she was fine. Qiu Xi suddenly choked up, "Little boy, the doctor will be here soon, you can bear with it." What the hell is going on here? Didn't you say it was just a fever? ”

Xia Yang was also in a hurry at the moment, he just went to ask the eldest young master, the eldest young master didn't need them to serve in the past, but looking at the little boy's painful face, it turned a little blue, even if Xia Yang was always calm and self-controlled, his eyes were a little red at this time.

Since the little boy came, he has been loved by all the people in the courtyard, after all, no one will hate a person who smiles brightly and kindly at you every day, not to mention that this person is still the little boy brought back by the eldest young master himself.

"Sister Qiuxi, Sister Xiayang, the doctor is here!" As soon as the little girl's words fell, the little girl came in with an old man.

"Doctor, take a look at what's wrong with our little boy?" Qiu Xi hurriedly got out of the way, Hu Li endured the pain and stretched out his hand, which was bound to not let people see that he was having a long tail.

The old doctor was also out of breath when he was pulled over so late, but after the pulse diagnosis, it was still the same as in the afternoon, just a fever in the evil wind.

But seeing that the little boy's painful face was so ugly, he didn't dare to say that he didn't see anything, "The old man prescribes another pain-relieving medicinal soup, as long as the little boy is hot, it will be fine." ”

When Hu Li's fourth tail grew out, the sky was already slightly bright, he felt comfortable all over, and after the fever had subsided, Hu Li was so tired that he fell asleep. Qiu Xixia, Xia Yang and the others, who had been guarding, also lay on the collapse on the side and quickly slept for a while, and they had to wait for the eldest young master to get up later.

Before falling asleep, Hu Li thought in a daze, no wonder he had a fever after soaking in the water for a while, it turned out that he wanted to grow a tail! Didn't grandpa say that there will be signs before a long tail? Why didn't he feel anything?

This night's tossing, Xiao Qiao only found out after getting up in the morning. Looking at the fragrant Hu Li who was sleeping after the heat on the bed subsided, Xiao Qiao wiped his face with a handkerchief on the side, and said softly: "Look at me avenging you, Xiao Hu Li." ”

Hu Li moved, buried his face in the quilt, and dodged Xiao Qiao's hand. Xiao Qiao wasn't annoyed, just smiled and got up and stood up.

"When he wakes up, give him some chicken porridge, and go to the small storeroom to cut some of the ginseng from the previous day and boil it together."

"Yes, young master." Qiu Xi had the best relationship with Hu Li, and as soon as he heard Xiao Qiao's words, he hurried down.

"Young Master, Mama Liu is here." Xia Yang came in with the medicine for Hu Li, and said softly after giving Xiao Qiao a salute.

"Got it." Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li, who was still asleep, and chuckled, "Let's go, Shuzhu, go and say hello to my mother." ”