The study was silent, except for a figure, standing next to what looked like a dinner table.

After a long time, I saw a figure, sat up from the bed tremblingly, and the housekeeper next to him hurriedly went over to help him up and walked to the dining table.

Chen Juren raised the chopsticks in his hand to set up the dishes on the table, put them back in his mouth and chewed a few bites, and after swallowing, he said: "The dishes of Fuguang Restaurant are delicious." ”

The housekeeper said with a smile: "If the master likes to eat, he will buy the small ones every day in the future." ”

"Forget it! I can't stand eating delicious things every day, just eat one meal every other day. Chen Juren picked up the wine glass again, took a sip, and chirped his mouth.

The butler hurriedly picked up the flask, filled the empty glass with wine, then put the flask down and stood aside respectfully.

"How's it going to explain your affairs?" Chen Juren picked up the wine glass and took another sip, then picked up the dishes on the table with chopsticks, took a bite, and suppressed the wine.

"The small one sent someone to inquire, and there is no such ordinary person in the imperial city in our Qingcheng area. The housekeeper said on the side, "Master, you can rest assured, even if there are such powerful characters, they can't look down on our small place in Qingcheng, at most, they will pass by and leave soon." ”

"Hmm. Chen Juren nodded, "You have followed me for so many years, I can rest assured of what you have done." ”

After not eating a few bites of the food on the table, Chen Juren put down his chopsticks, and then pointed with his hand, "Withdraw it!" ”

"Master, you are really sympathetic to your subordinates, and the little generation of people has thanked the master. The butler bowed to Chen Juren.

Chen Juren smiled, "You, you are always so good at pleasing me, go back to the account room and receive ten taels of silver, you have worked hard this day." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly made a look of sincere fear, "Thank you, Master, but these are small things, and it is appropriate to serve the Master." ”

"Okay, help me to bed, ha!" Chen Juren covered his mouth with his hand and yawned, and said, "If you don't smoke this thing for a while, you will think about it tightly, and you will not be able to do without this thing in the future." ”

The housekeeper didn't dare to answer, and carefully helped Chen Juren back to the bed with both hands, lit a kerosene lamp, and cleared the cigarette gun for Chen Juren, and then handed it to Chen Juren.

Chen Juren took the cigarette gun and skillfully twisted a little ointment from a small plate on the side and smeared it on the head of the cigarette gun.

The other end was roasted with a fire, and his back was pumped against the mat behind him.

A puff of smoke came out, and Chen Juren's face was sometimes frowned, sometimes relaxed, sometimes short of breath, and sometimes wheezing intermittently.

The housekeeper standing next to him had a sad face, but he knew that Chen Juren's smoking was not a good move.

In the past, Chen Juren was such a spiritual person, in his early fifties, his face was flushed, his body was tall, and he walked with great strides, just like a person in his twenties.

Since I smoked this thing in front of me, it didn't take long for the person to be sluggish, his body was also rickety, he walked and walked swayingly, the whole person was thin and thin like a skeleton, his face was always full of abnormal colors, his two eye sockets were deep-set, his eyeballs were bloodshot, his eyes were dull, listless, he couldn't see a little spirit, and the whole person was like a dry pine.

The housekeeper was worried in his heart, if it goes on like this, it won't be long before his life is gone.

After following Chen Juren for so many years, he didn't want Chen Juren to be gone at all, without Chen Juren, where would he be rich today.

Watching Chen Juren finish smoking a pot, he squinted his eyes and fell asleep.

The butler called two of his men and told them to take the food down and eat it, but he kept the flask and glass.

It's not that he wants to drink, but he is worried that Chen Juren will want to drink when he wakes up.

All the food on the table was removed from the table like the next person, and the butler would then go to the room.

As soon as I came in, I wanted to see how Chen Juren was sleeping on the bed, since he was infected with this thing, Chen Juren couldn't sleep for long every day, he slept for a while every once in a while, and it was very easy to wake up when he slept.

Every time I wake up, I have to take two sips, drink a glass of wine, and then continue to lean on the bed and sleep.

As soon as he entered the house, the housekeeper was suddenly stunned, and then said with a frightened face, "Who are you? How did you get in?"

The butler had been guarding the door of the study before, and he didn't notice when someone came in, which was the most unbelievable thing to him.

There was a young man sitting in the middle of the room, and he pointed to the door behind the butler with his hand, "Didn't you see the one who came in from there?" If you don't see it, you can only say that you, the butler, are not qualified." ”

The housekeeper broke out in a cold sweat, he remembered that he was obviously standing in front of the door of the study, and he had the impression that there was no such person left in the study.

It was even more impossible to sneak in, the young man in the study was wearing completely different clothes from the subordinates in the Chen Mansion, and if he walked past him, it was impossible for him not to know.

"I don't care who you are, or how you broke in, I can still act as if I didn't see it. The butler said forcibly calmly.

"Haha!" the young man laughed, "for me, the guy who trespassed in, you shouldn't have called someone in and caught me, right? It seems that your butler is not only unqualified, but also not responsible." ”

"Butler, who's in the study!" Chen Juren woke up in a daze, but didn't open his eyes, just closed his eyes and asked the housekeeper.

The housekeeper hurriedly looked at Chen Juren on the bed, and replied cautiously: "Master, there is no one else, just one of our family's subordinates, I will tell him to leave." ”

"Well, you can do it! Don't disturb my rest. Chen Juren curled up, his eyes still closed.

"Yes, sir. The steward replied, then looked at the young man in the study, and whispered, "If you don't leave, I'll call someone, and then you won't be able to leave if you want to." ”

"Shout!" said the young man indifferently, "It's better to call everyone, this old thing won't have a few days to live, and I'm sure I'll have braids tonight, and you call people just in front of everyone to set up a bereaved family, and this old guy in the province will suddenly braid, and there will be a family fight because of the uneven distribution of property." ”

The steward didn't speak, he could hear the young man's threat, as long as he dared to call someone, Chen Juren would not die immediately, and he would not survive tonight.

At this time, Chen Juren slowly opened his eyes, and vaguely saw two figures appear in his eyes, so he said, "Butler, why didn't the people drive out?"

When the housekeeper saw that Chen Juren had woken up, he hurriedly turned around and said, "Master, this person is not a descendant of the Chen Mansion. ”

"Oh, it's not a subordinate!, no one has informed me when the guests come!" Chen Juren moved his body and sat up slowly from the bed.

(End of chapter)