25. The twenty-fifth step of the minister
Soon after boarding the boat from Weicheng, Xiao Qiao obviously felt that Hu Li's spirit was not as good as before. Especially the next day, after Hu Li began to vomit and diarrhea, not only Xiao Qiao was startled, but even Hu Li himself was shocked.
He never knew he was seasick himself, he knew he would be in the water!
Hu Li held the spittoon and vomited so much that his mouth was sour, dizzy, Shuzhu was holding a pot of water beside him, and when he saw that he had finished spitting, he quickly asked him to drink a glass of water to flush his mouth.
"Brother Xiao, how long do we have to get to Jiangnan!" Hu Li's face was pale, his forehead was full of sweat, because of the uncomfortable vomiting, the tip of his nose and eyes were red, and he looked so pitiful.
Xiao Qiao sat on the edge of the bed, wiped the sweat on his forehead with a wet handkerchief, and saw that he vomited uncomfortably, Xiao Qiao comforted him softly, "When I wait for the next port, I will ask Shuzhu to get off the boat for you to buy you some sour plums and your favorite lotus leaf chicken." Now sleep for a while, and when you fall asleep, it won't be so uncomfortable. ”
Hu Li lay on the bed wiltingly, looking at Xiao Qiao dizzily, he must have been too seasick and dizzy, and he actually felt that Brother Xiao was so gentle. It's not the kind of gentleness that is superficial, but a gentleness that comes from the heart.
Xiao Qiao didn't expect that Hu Li, the only one in their group who could swim in the water, would be seasick. Hu Li couldn't sleep because of the discomfort of dizziness, so he could only hum weakly, Xiao Qiao gently patted Hu Li's arm, "Shuzhu, go to my room and get my Xiaolai." ”
Shuzhu nodded, put down the kettle, and ran to get Xiao.
Xiao Qiao said in a low voice: "I learned some instrumental music before, do you want to listen to it?" ”
Hu Li's eyes lit up and nodded, "I want to listen." ”
Shuzhu quickly took it back, put it down, and went to stand at the door. Xiao Qiao thought about it and played a low tune.
Hu Li looked at Xiao Qiao's appearance of lowering his eyebrows and blowing the flute, and suddenly blushed a little, Brother Xiao was really the best-looking person he had ever seen. In the past, when he looked at the portraits left by the ancestors, he thought that the ancestors were very good-looking, but they were not as good-looking as Brother Xiao.
Hu Li thought about it, his thoughts drifted away, and in the low sound of the flute, he soon fell asleep.
Xiao Qiao put Xiao down, touched Hu Li's forehead, which was still a little sweaty, leaned over and gently imprinted his lips on his somewhat pale cheeks and the corners of his lips.
"Sleep."
Xiao Qiao took the book and sat on the low stool next to the bed while reading with him, and not long after, a figure quietly came in from the window.
"Master, the things you explained have been done." Xia Banban knelt on the ground, Xiao Qiao glanced back at Hu Li first, and saw that he was still asleep before nodding lightly, and said softly: "How?" ”
Xia Yi's voice was softer, and he handed a letter and something to Xiao Qiao. Xiao Qiao picked up the thing and opened it and looked at it, it was a piece of soft muslin cloth for the body of a newborn child. Xiao Qiao put down the muslin cloth and opened the letter.
"Master, there is a grandmother next to that girl, and that grandmother is from the palace. Xia Yi checked her situation, she had been in the Xiao Mansion for a while before. Xia Yi's words made Xiao Qiao raise his eyebrows, and after reading the letter in his hand, Xiao Qiao hooked the corners of his mouth, "Go and take that grandmother to the other courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing, and tell the steward, just say that this is a newly found cooking mother-in-law, don't let him leave the other courtyard." ”
Xia nodded in response, Xiao Qiao picked up the muslin cloth and chuckled, "Bring these two things with you, put them in my room, don't let people know." ”
Natsu nodded a little and quickly disappeared into the room.
When Hu Li woke up, it was already dark, and the wind on the sea was light at this time, and the boat was not shaking so much. Hu Li got up from the bed, took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, gave himself a Qingxin Pill, felt a lot more comfortable, and got up to find Xiao Qiao.
"Little boy, why are you up, are you still uncomfortable?" Shuzhu was walking over with the chicken porridge that had been boiled all night, and when he saw Hu Li, he hurriedly brought the person to the room.
Hu Li struggled, "Shuzhu, Shuzhu, I'm fine." Really, you see, my face has gotten much better. ”
Shuzhu looked at Hu Li suspiciously, and his face was indeed a little more ruddy than before, "Little boy, then you can eat something first, you have been vomiting for a day, your stomach must be empty, eat some pads." I heard from the boatmen that they will go to a small port in two days, and then they can stop the boat for a while, and I can go and buy what you like to eat for the little boy. ”
Hu Li took the porridge held by Shuzhu and drank it quickly. Hu Li licked the corners of his mouth, feeling even hungrier after eating a bowl of porridge, Hu Li dragged Shuzhu and was about to go to the kitchen.
Hu Li went to the kitchen to have a big meal, feeling that his stomach was full, Hu Li squinted his eyes happily, "Shuzhu, where is Brother Xiao?" ”
"The eldest young master is at Lord Li's, do you remember what we came out this time for?" Shuzhu suspected that the little boy didn't remember the purpose of their coming out this time.
Hu Li blinked in Shuzhu's suspicious eyes, "Of course I know, but haven't we arrived yet?" Moreover, Brother Xiao is so powerful, this thing is not difficult for him. ”
Hu Li had an expression of "Brother Xiao is the most powerful in the world", Shuzhu twitched the corners of his mouth, although he also felt that his eldest young master was very powerful, and this time the matter should be solved, but he was not so confident as the little boy!
Probably really the effect of the Qingxin Pill, Hu Li didn't get dizzy after that. Again came the spirit of Hu Li, Jiantian and the boatmen got together, and sometimes when Xiao Qiao found him, he was drinking and boxing on the deck with the boatmen.
Hu Li was drunk and looked like he wanted to continue, and finally Xiao Qiao couldn't bear to carry Hu Li and left. Several boatmen stared, and the eldest young master looked so weak that he actually said that he would carry one person.
How do you say that, people should not be disgraced!
Hu Li lay on Xiao Qiao's shoulder, fluttering non-stop, and shouted "Five leaders...... One more drink...... Hahaha-you're losing again-"
Xiao Qiao didn't say a word, even the smile on his face on weekdays was gone, and the frightened Shuzhu he met halfway down the road stood to the side with his head down and didn't dare to move, "Shuzhu, go get a basin of warm water." ”
"Yes, young master." Shuzhu ran out slowly, for fear that he would be angry if he was too late, and he would be angry with the eldest young master who would be scared to death if he was angry.
Xiao Qiao threw Hu Li on the bed, Hu Li opened his watery eyes, pointed at Xiao Qiao and smiled, "Xiao ...... Brother Xiao, are you ...... Don't you shake it...... Hey! Brother Xiao, you have become a ...... Two people, no, it's three ......."
Xiao Qiao sneered, propped his arms on both sides of Hu Li's body, lying on Hu Li's body in the air, his eyes staring at Hu Li's eyes, "Now look at it, how many of them are there?" ”
Hu Li pushed Xiao Qiao's chest with both hands, pouted, and when he spoke, a breath of wine came to his face, "Brother Xiao, you...... Belch...... When did you learn the doppelganger technique...... Belch! ”
Very good, it seems that he is completely drunk and has become a little drunk!
Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li with deep eyes, and asked dangerously, "Doppelganger technique?" When do you think I learned? ”
Hu Li scratched his cheek and smiled, "I don't know...... Grandpa asked me to learn the art of separation, and when I couldn't learn it, my grandfather beat me...... It's too bad, it's too bad! In the end, he even cried aggrievedly, and there were tears in his eyes immediately.
Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li with a pouted mouth and laughing, what is this? Still learning the doppelganger?
"Okay, if you can't learn the doppelganger technique, you won't learn it." Xiao Qiao was too lazy to talk about these useless things with a drunk, and just about to stand up, he stayed in place because of Hu Li's words and next actions.
"But I've got four tails." As he spoke, he lifted his robe, conjured out his four fluffy fox tails, and looked at Xiao Qiao proudly, "Look! ”
"Young Master, the water is coming"
Xiao Qiao glared, subconsciously covered Hu Li's tail, and even pulled the quilt on the side to cover Hu Li.
"Come in."
Shuzhu pushed open the door and felt a little strange when he saw his young master imprisoning the little boy in the quilt, but he thought of all kinds of strange drunken behaviors of drunk people. Shuzhu silently put down the warm water, put the soaked handkerchief aside, and silently turned around and went out.
The eldest young master doesn't seem to need my help!
As soon as Shuzhu left, Xiao Qiao went to see Hu Li, whose face was flushed, and Hu Li was fighting against the quilt that imprisoned him. Probably unable to break free, Hu Li directly pointed out a small flame, and wanted to burn the thing that imprisoned him.
Xiao Qiao dared to really let him burn, and quickly lifted the quilt, and the four big tails ran out again, showing a sense of existence in front of Xiao Qiao's eyes. One of the tails had even swept into Xiao Qiao's face, causing Xiao Qiao to sneeze.
When Hu Li heard this, he immediately began to giggle, the fire in his hand was extinguished, and his tail began to greet Xiao Qiao in the face even harder. Xiao Qi'ao darkened his face and grabbed his tails one by one in his hands, "Okay, don't make trouble." ”
Hu Li suddenly stopped moving, but before Xiao Qiao could breathe a sigh of relief, Hu Li directly turned into a snow-colored fox the size of a palm. The little fox's eyes were misty, and it came out of its clothes, jumped crookedly onto Xiao Qiao's hand, and curled up. The four tails dangled in the air, and their eyes were already narrowed.
Xiao Qiao was already stunned by this string of things, and looked at the little fox nesting in his hand and the four tails that were dangling and bigger than the fox's body, and suddenly laughed.
It turns out that this is Hu Li's hidden secret, no wonder Grandpa Hu told him when he left, if he knew about Hu Li, let him go back to the Far North Mountain, no wonder Hu Li likes to eat chicken so much, no wonder Hu Li has to teach the red halberd to speak......
Xiao Qiao held Hu Li and sat on the edge of the bed, the snow-colored little fox had closed its eyes, its little belly fell with its breathing, and its tail swept on its arms, bringing bursts of itching.
Such a special little thing, how could he let him go back to the Far North Mountain, not to mention that he had already moved his heart. No matter whether Hu Li is a human, a ghost or a demon, it will be his, he will completely encircle this little fox in his arms, and no one can snatch it away from him.
Xiao Qiao followed the soft hair on Hu Li's body and put him on the bed, how long can the fox demons around him live? It seems that he really has to send someone to find Master Puhui, or go to meet Grandpa Hu and have a good talk.
Shuzhu, who was standing outside the door, listened to the laughter of his eldest young master from inside, and suddenly shuddered. The eldest young master, is this mad by the little boy?