Chapter Seventy-Five: Night
There was a sigh, because it was Guo Shanchang, and he didn't dare to make a loud voice, but he couldn't bear too many people, and when he got together, his voice became louder.
Guo Lao laughed, to a little proud.
"It seems that everyone still likes beautiful little girls to give lectures, and my old cabbage gang is outdated."
Hongchen rolled his eyes and walked down, Guo Lao didn't joke anymore to stop him, occasionally teasing the students like this is fun, making too much trouble, that is, irresponsible, he is passing by to give a lecture, there may not be a few times a year, so many students come over, and there are people from afar, and they can't help but finish the class seriously.
Guo Lao continued to speak, there are still many students who listen, but there are many people outside who have a solid foundation, and they almost can't understand it, unlike Hongchen's lectures, which are purely similar to stories, and anyone who listens to them will be happy.
Shi Feng smiled, worthy of being the eldest lady!
Xia Shijie lowered his eyebrows and snorted, he wanted to say that Guo Lao Lao was confused, and the student did not reprimand him for talking nonsense, but he was still complacent, what that girl did was so frivolous, she really didn't look like a lady, telling the royal secrets as a joke, wouldn't she be afraid of offending her neighbors? But for some reason, there was a trace of weakness, and he didn't mess with it after all.
Shi Feng glanced at him, saw that he was silent, and suddenly relaxed a little, the eldest prince is still steady, as a man, he should learn not to speak easily, and if he talks less, he should not speak ill of himself, let alone his own sister.
When it was slightly dark, Guo Lao's class had just ended, and Shi Feng and Xia Shijie both felt that their legs and feet were a little numb, so they still fought hard and went over to greet Guo Lao.
Hongchen glanced at them. went out without bothering, Xiao Mo waited outside, took the bag she was carrying, and the two of them left the academy and got into the car.
"Miss gave a really good lecture today."
"It's a good story."
"At least six or seven percent of them are true." Xiao Mo laughed softly, his voice was very soft, "Miss said that the king of Bijiang is in Sheji, it is rare to be fair, if the old prince is alive, he must regard you as a confidant." ”
During the lecture just now, Hongchen told many stories about the Lin family. The classmates didn't find it strange. Even if the Lin family shouts and beats now, when it comes to the back then, when it comes to the founding of the country, don't mention where did the Lin family come from?
Hongchen was stunned. smiled bitterly: "The general is ruined in a hundred battles. Li Ling so. The old prince Lin also ended up in the same way, the Lin family is full of loyalty, and the three generations of ancestors and grandchildren have guarded the frontier. As a result, the battle of Heavenly Wolf Mountain and the defeat of the God of War made people shudder when they thought about it. ”
Xiao Mo's face was expressionless, cold like a sculpture.
Hongchen smiled: "Don't talk about this, let's go back quickly." Before going out, she had just chilled a large watermelon in the well, and she went back to eat it.
Yan Shan College
Xia Shijie and Shi Feng listened to Guo Lao's cynicism, not to mock them, but purely to make fun of several great Confucians in the country.
People are a generation, they intersect when they are young, joke when they are old, and it doesn't matter if they say a few words of sarcasm to each other, if they respond, it will be a big deal, but Guo Lao is very awkward, if you ignore him, he will make trouble, so that when the two of them finally get rid of this old man, their clothes will be so wet that they can't wear them.
"Okay, let's go to Liu Keqing's house first, he hasn't been home for almost ten years, since we've come to Qixian, we have to see how his family is before leaving." Shi Feng took out a palm-sized notebook from his sleeve, opened it and looked at it, there were rows and rows on it, all of which were the plans he had listed.
When I was a child, Shi Feng's memory was not good, when he was in the Xia family, he was always lost and careless, and later the great elder accepted him as a disciple, he was also the stupidest one, often made mistakes because of forgetfulness, and many brothers laughed at him for being stupid.
Later, the great elder saw him hiding in the house crying, so he collected some of the waste paper he used to practice calligraphy, used it on the front, and sewed it on the back, so that he could write down what he had to do every day, and look at it twice as long as he was free, and since then, Shi Feng has never missed any important matters, and when he is getting older and older, his status is getting higher and higher, and he seems to gradually begin to use this kind of thing, but the habit is formed, even if it is useless, he still carries a notebook with him, and still uses waste paper to make it, not to use new ones, which will always be ridiculed in the past, Now it can only be said that he is serious and personal.
"Huh? Is this the Liu family? ”
The place is easy to find, Shi Feng and Xia Shijie arrived at the place not long after, but at first glance, they were a little unconvinced.
They have occasionally seen Liu Wu a few times, that is the guest of the family, the status is noble, even the old patriarch treats him very politely, and he spends more than 100,000 taels of silver to worship every year, you can imagine how rich Liu Wu is.
But the house in front of him made people reluctant to step in, the vermilion gate was mottled and ugly, the threshold had fallen by half, the green moss had faintly blackened, Shi Feng knocked on the door for a long time, and no one inside answered, just when Xia Shijie was impatient and pulled him around to leave, a middle-aged man who looked like a family man hurried out.
Shi Feng and Xia Shijie were dressed like this, coupled with Liu Wu's handwritten letter in their hands, the Ding Deng family breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly let the two of them in.
"Our old man has been gone for more than ten years, but he can be regarded as a believer, hey." The family served them tea, and his face was a little anxious, "The old man doesn't know how it is now, the little one should really let the young master come out to ask for advice in person, but he has been in poor health recently and can't see guests, I hope you will forgive me." ”
As he spoke, Shi Feng looked around, and always felt that there was something wrong with the breath in this house, which was gloomy and gloomy, and there was a smell of decay and decay.
Many old mansions are like this, so he didn't care too much, he only cared about the condition of Liu's fifth grandson.
The guy raised his voice in a mournful voice: "Please come to see the doctor, only say that the qi and blood are deficient, let the rest recuperate, but this recuperation for a long time, not the slightest good, I wondered, is it not a collision with something, the little one just remembered, a while ago in my family's ancient temple street shop, I met a girl, said that she lives on the green mountain, very close to Zhou Village, if there is anything wrong with my young master, let me go to her, no, I am also sick and rushed to the doctor, I am thinking about going to see it." ”
Cangqing Mountain?
Girl?
Shi Feng and Xia Shijie looked at each other.
"Why is she everywhere?" Xia Shijie muttered, his face twitching. Obviously, remembering the way he looked when he was rectified by that woman, he was uncomfortable, and said with a straight face, "That woman is used to pretending to be a ghost...... Did your young master offend her? ”
"No, no, let's open the door to do business, how can we offend people?" The family was startled and hurriedly confessed.
Xia Shijie saw that he didn't look like he was lying, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and spread his hands indifferently: "I didn't offend her." Then it's not her who is making trouble. What to do with her, I don't know what that woman is capable of, but her heart is very black and she likes to play tricks on people. You go to her. She doesn't know what kind of problem she's going to give you! ”
The family was stunned.
"There's no need to look for trouble. This kind of thing, our senior brother Shifeng is an expert, let him go in and help your young master take a look. ”
Xia Shijie was very casual and authentic.
Shi Feng was stunned. Frowning: "The eldest prince? ”
"Okay, Grandpa Liu Wu is a guest of our Xia family, can't you work yet?" Xia Shijie glared at him viciously.
Shi Feng had no choice but to respond, and he also knew in his heart that his eldest son was subconsciously unwilling that Liu Wu owed Miss Hongchen a favor, but in fact, why bother, they were all family.
The family didn't disagree, compared to a strange guest, or a little girl, he naturally trusted the noble son who held his old man's handwritten book in his hand.
Shi Feng was a little hesitant at his feet, but his eldest son urged vigorously, and it was Liu Wuye's own grandson, who seemed to be in charge.
teahouse
Guo Lao's lecture was really good, and several guests in the teahouse didn't catch up to listen, so they couldn't help but gather around Hongchen and ask questions.
Hongchen happened to be full of what Guo Lao said, so he simply asked Luo Niang to cut the watermelon and serve the tea, so everyone should be idle and chatter.
Xiao Mo rarely sat on the side and listened, but he didn't think about it when he listened to it, he didn't know what to think of, and his face was a little melancholy.
This sat down to chat, and in the blink of an eye it was evening, as if I didn't feel the time at all.
It was pitch black in the sky, the lights of the farmhouses were lit up, and a few guests were rumbling in their stomachs, and everyone came back to their senses and laughed dumbly.
If you want to go, the sky is not beautiful, and it is raining again.
"Stay and eat, and spend the night."
Hongchen could only smile bitterly and beckoned Qu Sanniang to pick more vegetables, there was a vegetable field in the garden, all of which were opened by the original owner, and they were not abandoned, so that there was no need to bother, and the rice was steamed in two pots.
Those guests don't mind at all, since they found out that there are rare books in the teahouse that can't be seen outside, it is a regular thing to stay overnight, and many people refuse to go at night, at first the kitten and the little raccoon dog have to persuade them, but they can't persuade them, and they are all readers, who can afford to read in Qixian County, even the poor people can't ignore it, and they can't do anything to drive people, so they have to go with them.
In the summer, you don't have to worry about the charcoal fire is not enough, just cover the roll and stuff a few beds, anyway, they are not picky, and when they are tired, they can find a table to lie down for a while.
Everyone gathered together to eat lively, and Hongchen was interested in cooking in person today, and went to the pool to pick up two big black fish.
This black fish must not be caught by others, so she has to do it herself, it is she who takes the food given by Xuan Mingzi to make fish food, fed for five days, and raises the black fish with extraordinary quality and great strength, last time the kitten wanted to catch them, and he was stunned for most of the day and did not catch one, and was dragged into the pool to make him disgraced.
The big black fish is fished out, one is steamed, and the other is braised red.
As soon as it was served, the guests were quite reserved, and when a mouthful of fresh soup was in their stomachs, they could not stop any longer, and when they were full of wine and food, the kitten and the little fox cleaned up the table, and found that the soup pot containing the fish was clean enough to be used as a mirror, and even the fish bones were amazingly bright.
Xiao Mo took the largest bone of the fish to wash it, saying that he wanted to carve something, and this person has recently learned to carve so much that he has gone crazy.
The guests at the table also laughed, all a little embarrassed, "Our Miss Hongchen's craftsmanship is estimated to be inferior to even the chefs in the palace!" ”
After a few words of flattery, the chef was very happy to flatter, so he rubbed his stomach and went to the courtyard to eat.
Today is a sunny day, the moon is in the sky, the lanterns in the garden are red and charming, and the moonlight is beautiful.
"Hopefully tomorrow will have a good day."
"It's been raining a little too much this year."
A while ago, everyone said that there might be a flood in any place, but now they don't dare to say it, for fear that God will hear it. Originally, there was nothing to do, but there was an accident, and even the dragon king didn't dare to worship casually.
After admiring the moonlight for a while, the group washed up and found a study to go to.
Hongchen was tired all day and went to bed early, Ping An refused to sleep in its kennel, so she lay under the bed, listening to the little one's whirring, she slept soundly and deeply, and felt very peaceful. It was a serenity that I hadn't gotten in decades in my previous life.
"Whew. Want Want! ”
Falling asleep, Ping An suddenly screamed.
As soon as Hongchen turned over and sat up, the branches and leaves of Little Jasmine touched her cheek, and the old ginseng leaned out of the window and entered the room.
"That offspring came. Probably looking for you. It's the one that was played by our door god. I listened to him muttering that if he said that if he was out of the way, he would have to be embarrassed. ”
Hongchen frowned - Xia Shijie?
One of the most disgusted people in the world. In fact, it should be Xia Shijie, either hate, or hate. She hates Jiang Chan, but she doesn't hate Xia Shijie, Jiang Chan has harmed her, and has been harming her, Xia Shijie has not, although he uses small means to squeeze out her, in order for Jiang Chan not to let her gain a foothold in the Xia family, he does not do everything like what a brother should do.
But Hongchen is sober-minded, she understands very well that no one stipulates that a brother must love his sister, and no one stipulates that a brother must be good to his sister, of course Xia Shijie can not love her, and he also has the right to trouble her for the sake of his beloved, but he just hates each other.
In her previous life, she understood this truth, and as soon as she found that she couldn't please that person no matter what, she stayed away, never got close to him again, and only occasionally painted all kinds of pictures in her heart - Xia Shijie's unlucky picture.
It's a superficial conjecture, but she doesn't do it, she can always think about it.
Got up from the bed and sat down under the quilt, Hongchen yawned, and leaned on the pillow for a long time: "What is he doing here?" ”
After being reborn, the backlog of resentment in the previous life was dispersed, and when I saw Xia Shijie, I only felt faint, and I didn't have a very strong feeling.
After sitting for a while, the lights in the courtyard outside turned on, and after a while, Luo Niang knocked on the door, Hongchen lazily didn't want to move, but Luo Niang knocked twice, or the kind that was very light, and when she saw that she didn't move, she turned her head and said to the kitten: "Miss is tired, let that person wait, get up early tomorrow, who comes to disturb other girls in the middle of the night?" ”
"Ahh
Ping An was also very dissatisfied, and his two front paws were blocked to his eyes, and he shrank his head and drilled into the small quilt.
Hongchen: "...... Luo Niang, invite him to the living room. ”
Xia Shijie has always been thin-skinned, and when he came to look for her in the middle of the night, something must have happened, he changed his clothes and entered the living room, the other party really looked impatient, restless, and his hands wrinkled the hem of his clothes.
As soon as he saw Hongchen, his face turned red, and he gritted his teeth for a long time: "Come with me to Liu's house, how much does it cost...... It's all for you! ”
Hongchen was stunned and frowned: "The Liu family? I told the people in their family......" She saw that Xia Shijie's face and neck were red, and swallowed back the second half of the words, she didn't have to think about it to know, this guy must have stopped the people of the Liu family from looking for him, yes, now Mr. Liu Wu is about to work in the Xia family.
With that old man's ability, not to mention Xia Shijie, Patriarch Xia An can't be despised either, his personality is not good, but as the heir of the family, he still has a vision, and he will let himself sell the favor of the Liu family to have a ghost.
"What happened to the little young master of the Liu family? How's the style of the teacher? ”
Hongchen sighed and asked.
Xia Shijie hesitated: "The little master of the Liu family is fine, but he is very weak and needs to recuperate, and he is not very willing to see people, so he has been staying in the house, but he can learn from ...... When I saw him, he seemed to have lost his soul, and the whole person was stunned, and he didn't react. ”
That day, he asked Shi Feng to save people, but he didn't expect that not long after he entered Young Master Liu's room, his body was cold, groggy, and unconscious.
The elder of the Liu family, who had served the young master for more than ten years, cried and shouted that he had to come to find Hongchen......
Hey, if he had let that Chang Sui go out at that time, then he wouldn't have to be embarrassed, but his brain was very spindled at that time, and he didn't think it was a big deal, Shi Feng really lost his soul, and he couldn't solve it?
First found several famous doctors, famous doctors have diagnosed and treated, but it is useless, only saying that Shi Feng was frightened, let him drink some soothing tea, he believed that his senior brother was indeed inexplicably lost his soul.
As a member of the Xia family, he knew the steps even if he had never done something as simple as calling a soul, so he hurriedly saved people, but he failed once.
Immediately after that, I tried several times on the sly, but it was still useless.
The long-term followers went crazy. fainted on the spot, let the doctor prick two needles and fall asleep, the entire Liu family was left with an empty house, Xia Shijie had to come over in person, no matter how unwilling, he didn't dare to throw away Shi Feng's life.
After stumbling and talking for a long time, he finally made things a little clear, Hongchen didn't say a word of nonsense, packed up his things and asked Xiao Mo to drive, and changed to a pair of wear-resistant ones before leaving. Shoes that can walk long distances.
Xiao Mo also changed a pair silently.
The lights are dark. It's in the mountains again, and the road is not easy to walk, but fortunately, she is familiar with the road and has changed the road. Even the carriage couldn't get in. The teahouse guests. Almost every day. There are also a large number of people who only dare to walk into the mountains.
The journey was very hard and very bumpy, Xia Shijie glanced at Hongchen by the moonlight. She sat across from her steadily, refusing to complain, her demeanor was particularly dignified, not as graceful as Ah Chan, but it gave people a very atmospheric feeling.
His heart is becoming more and more complicated, what other shortcomings can this woman find out?
She must have very serious shortcomings, otherwise, Xia Shijie feels that with her weight in the Xia family, it will be difficult to ensure that Ah Chan's status will not waver.
Maybe there is a chance, after all, Dad is a little worried about damaging the family's reputation, and he doesn't want to have rumors in Beijing, so he hasn't come to a conclusion about this matter for a long time, probably Daddy is reluctant to give Ah Chan, that is a girl who has been pampered by their family for more than ten years.
Xia Shijie actually knows that his current ideas are unreliable, how can a person like his father not take his biological daughter home because of such details? He was in a hurry, for fear that he would not be able to catch up, because he was worried that his father would break the matter as soon as possible, so he immediately opened the ancestral hall, asked for the family tree, and added Xia Hongchen's name.
Things didn't get to that point, his father's movements became slow, and there was no longer the same vigorous and resolute behavior as before, which was always a good thing.
At such a tense moment, Xia Shijie had a bunch of messy things in his mind, and Hongchen didn't bother to care about what was hidden behind his colorful face.
Soon arrived at Liu's house, there was no need for Xia Shijie to guide the way, she found a strange aura all the way, and went straight to Shi Feng, and when she went in, Shi Feng's situation was really not very good, her face was pale, her body was cold, her eyes were dull, and she didn't have any look at all.
Hongchen opened his eyelids and looked at it, Xia Shijie said nervously in the back: "Look at it, have you lost your soul?" I called for him, and I tried many times to no avail. ”
He began to wonder if he had no talent at all, and when he saw his father call the soul of a child he met on the side of the road, it would work as soon as he called it.
Hongchen ignored him, took out a silver needle, pierced Shi Feng's middle finger, and squeezed out the blood on it to the bottom of a bowl.
The young master of the Liu family, hearing the movement, dragged the sick body over, and shed tears when he saw Hongchen.
"Miss, help, save my young master."
He regretted that he died, so he shouldn't have listened to this Young Master Xia, he had to find someone else's young lady earlier, and the young master might be able to suffer a few days less.
"Don't worry, find Shi Feng first." Hongchen smiled and soothed, "Is there anything to eat?" It's going to be a long walk in a while, so I'll get some food to fill my stomach with first. ”
Chang Sui hurriedly went to the kitchen to let people give a pot of noodles, he was still sick, except for a mother-in-law who left a cook, there was no one else, the mother-in-law was still dazzled and deaf, he had to go and order it himself.
Hongchen took a brush, dipped it in blood and began to smear it on the yellow paper, saying that it was a drawing talisman, and it looked like it was splashed casually.
Xia Shijie pretended not to care, poked aside, but the corner of his eyes kept chasing the brush left and right, obviously very curious, Ah Chan had a little bit of guidance from Lord Zhao in her early years, and Lord Zhao said that her life was precious, she could often be blessed by others, and she had enough aura on her body, so she could try to learn a talisman.
Naturally, the family specially invited a spiritual master from Qin Tianjian to teach her for two months, but unfortunately, people were only willing to teach for two months.
He knew very well now, and he had seen it with his own eyes, that Hongchen could indeed draw talismans...... Since she will have an unavoidable Xia family, maybe she can change her mind, Ah Chan and Hongchen are not absolutely mutually beneficial, if the two of them have a close relationship, it is not bad...... I'm afraid that Ah Chan has a pure mind and is not this woman's opponent, and she will be hurt again.
Hongchen smeared more than a dozen pieces of yellow paper before cleaning his hands, ate the noodles sent by others in one bite, grabbed the handful of yellow paper after eating, stood up and walked out.
Xia Shijie was taken aback: "Where are you going?" ”
"I'll go and bring Master Feng back, it's so dark, Young Master Xia is still waiting at the Liu family." Hongchen said politely.
"Bring it back?" Xia Shijie was confused, and saw Hongchen's expression relaxed and comfortable, only carrying a handful of yellow paper, saying it was the same as going out to play, obviously he had been tossing for so long, and he couldn't cure Shifeng by all means, could this woman treat him so easily? (To be continued......)