Chapter 137: The Lamp Is Out
At ten o'clock in the evening, Xiao Zhuzi came back from outside and went directly to Qionghua Courtyard to find Zhao Shu.
King Yong was not in the house, Duanwang's family had dinner in Xiaoxiang Courtyard, and Huo Danlan moved the meal to Qionghua Courtyard and joined Zhao Shu.
The palace sent a little eunuch to say that Huo Baichuan was dining with the emperor in the palace and did not have to wait for him to come back, so at ten o'clock in the evening, Zhao Shu and Huo Danlan began to eat.
Xing'er made a big table of dishes, which looked good and tasted fragrant, Zhao Shu took a bite of Baiwei chicken and said: "Well, it's delicious, it is worthy of Aunt Jin Xi's apprentice, Xing'er, have you learned all your master's skills?" ”
Xing'er stood aside shyly, twisting the corners of her clothes with both hands, and two crimson balls flew on her little face, and said softly: "Back to the county master, the slave and maid have not yet learned." ”
"It's nothing, you're still young, there's still time, I'll give you a task." Zhao Shu used to be silent in the past, I don't know if I have been thinking about Ah Jiu more and more recently, or for some reason, there are more and more rules when eating, at this time, I actually talked to Xing'er with a mouthful of meat, and her voice was vague.
Xing'er lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Shu, although the aunts in the palace were very good to her, and also taught her the rules, so that she should not be so timid, but she still couldn't help but be afraid, although the county lord was a little inconsistent with the rumors, but it was the county lord, and it was common for the slave to be treated as a sister when he was happy, and he could sell the so-called sisters in a blink of an eye if he was unhappy.
However, she is very grateful to the county lord, if there is no county lord, she will not be able to enter the palace, let alone learn the craft from Master Jin Xi, Master Jin Xi's craftsmanship is so good, she will definitely be a person like Aunt Jin Xi in the future.
"I don't know what task the county lord gives to the slave?" The apricots are still soft.
Zhao Shu was in a good mood today, and she ensured her father's safety very much, and Huo Danlan began to receive treatment according to the prescription she gave, and every step of the way was carried out according to her vision, and the day when the sky was high and the birds could fly was just around the corner.
swallowed the meat in his mouth, drank the soup again, and said, "In the future, you will study all kinds of delicacies for the county lord and me, and you have to learn everything from all over the world, do you know?" ”
Apricot looked up in surprise. Her eyes were red, and the county lord treated her so well, not only letting her enter the palace to learn the craft, but also letting her learn more eating practices. She nodded vigorously with emotion, "The slave knows it, and she will study hard to live up to the county lord's expectations." ”
Zhao Shu glanced at her strangely, "Go to the palace." It's easy to speak, yes, okay, let's go down. She waved her hand, and someone in Hodanlan couldn't eat normally.
Xing'er blessed her body, bowed and retreated, and suddenly only Zhao Shu and Huo Danlan were left around the table, and the rest of the people were called out by Zhao Shu to guard the door, including the magpie.
"Auntie, everyone is gone. Take off your face towel, or your meal will be cold. Zhao Shu personally removed the lid of the bowl for her.
This pork pancreatic mussel soup has the effect of nourishing the lungs and spleen, moisturizing dryness and quenching thirst, and has a slight effect on goiter.
In Dayong, everything is extremely backward, and the kelp seaweed, which is extremely cheap in modern times, is actually a relatively expensive medicinal material.
And it's not common. The Huo family searched all the medical centers in the capital, but they only got a small section, and it was not enough to make a soup.
I also have to find it in coastal towns, so that it is enough to **** to eat.
Ho Danlan took off his scarf. Sit up straight and start eating.
Zhao Shu looked at it, and did not show disgust or disgust, the lump of flesh on Huo Danlan's neck was very large, completely blocking her originally slender and white neck, and the whole person's temperament was much inferior.
seemed to feel Zhao Shu's gaze. Huo Danlan looked down at the soup in the bowl, but suddenly raised his eyes, and saw Zhao Shu looking at her with a light smile, there was no disgust, no disgust, no panic in his eyes, his heart warmed, and said, "Ajun doesn't eat?" ”
"Eating it." After she finished speaking, she ate another piece of meat, and suddenly an extremely rude voice came from behind her.
"Don't wait for me to eat, eldest sister ......" Huo Baichuan's coquettish voice sounded behind Zhao Shu, she was startled, and when she looked back, she saw that Huo Baichuan had walked to Huo Danlan and sat down, "Can this cure the disease?" ”
He asked Zhao Shu, and his gaze projected, as if he could read minds, so that Zhao Shu sat on pins and needles, she straightened her waist and looked at Huo Baichuan, "Naturally." ”
After getting Zhao Shu's reply, he turned his head and shouted: "Little fatty, serve food to the master." ”
Xiaopang, who was stopped by the magpie, hurriedly came in and happily served him rice, "Childe, do you want to eat half a bowl or a bowl?" ”
"What so much nonsense, half a bowl is fine." He had dinner in the palace, but he was worried that Huo Danlan in the palace hurriedly left the palace and went straight to Qionghua Courtyard.
She was afraid that Huo Danlan would be alone when she ate, and no one in the Huo family would be able to see the meat bag on the eldest sister's neck, let alone Zhao Shu, the lord of the noble county.
However, when he came to Qionghua Courtyard, he was relieved, Zhao Shu was not afraid, nor disgusted, and looked at his **** worried eldest sister very calmly.
For that alone, he would keep his promise to protect her father.
Xiaopang stood aside with a meal, Huo Baichuan glanced at him, "Don't go out yet?" ”
"Childe, it's not that the slave doesn't go out, but this is the courtyard of the county lord, you are a foreign man......" Xiaopang said with a bitter face, his eyes fell on Huo Danlan, Aunt Dan, you talk about Childe, so ignorant of the rules, it is really a shame for our Huo family, Childe is the elder......
Huo Baichuan raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Shu, "How old is she?" What nonsense are you talking about? Between the words, he didn't treat Zhao Shu as a woman at all, but Zhao Shu knew that he was afraid that Huo Danlan would be wronged, so he had to watch it.
However, Xiaopang still didn't want to go out, almost didn't cry, stared at Huo Baichuan's white eyes with a bitter face, and continued: "Childe, the slave is afraid of ......"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Huo Baichuan, "Don't you want to leave?" He raised the licorice in his hand and made a gesture to beat the little fat.
The little fat covered his face with his hands and turned sideways, as if he was extremely afraid that Huo Baichuan would hit him with licorice, "The slave is waiting for you outside, Childe, you will have to go to the front door later, and the slave is waiting for you at the front door." "Repeated explanations, extremely uneasy.
He retreated as he spoke, and soon withdrew from Qionghua Courtyard.
The three of them were silent, and they finished eating after a while, and after Huo Danlan finished eating, Zhao Shu helped her walk under the wisteria flowers, which was considered to be eating.
Huo Baichuan sat on the swing and watched the two of them talk and laugh as they walked, he had seen the recipe written by Zhao Shu last night, which stated that the disease was just a lack of iodine, and he didn't know what iodine was, but as long as there was this thing in the world, the Huo family would be able to find it.
After consumption. It was not early, Huo Danlan lived in Qionghua Courtyard, but Huo Baichuan lived in another courtyard, and night fell. He flicked his wide sleeves and prepared to leave.
However, he looked left and right, and felt that every road seemed to go out, and he looked up and sighed, wondering if he could cure the problem of not recognizing the road, and there was probably no medicine for him.
"Chubby. Chubby. I screamed twice and didn't listen to Chubby.
Zhao Shuhu asked suspiciously: "Mr. Huo, is there something wrong?" ”
Huo Danlan knew what was wrong with him, and wrapped the scarf around him, "I'll take you out." ”
"There's Sister Lao." Huo Baichuan gave Huo Danlan a big smile, jumped off the swing and followed behind Huo Danlan, and walked away without looking back.
As soon as the two left, Xiao Zhuzi came in, "County Lord, the minions have inquired clearly, the birthday of Princess Zirou." The noble daughters and sons in Beijing all got invitations, and the Lin girl in the Lin Mansion also got the posts, and the lord of Liuli County also received the posts. ”
Zhao Shu was contemplative, and smiled after a while, "Princess Zirou is my cousin, on her birthday, I am going to congratulate Yihe, you let Chu Chun prepare a generous gift, don't lose the courtesy of the palace." ”
Xiao Zhuzi lowered her eyebrows and responded. Zhao Shu explained again that he would keep an eye on the various mansions, but whenever there was the slightest hint of wind and grass, he would report it immediately, so he let him go down.
Xiao Guozi came in and happened to meet Xiao Zhuzi walking out. The two hurriedly looked at each other, and then staggered, "County Lord, Yang Quan wants to see you." ”
Before Mo Qin left Beijing, he handed over part of the affairs of the house to Xiao Guozi, including Yang Quan.
"It doesn't hurt to see each other." At the beginning, Yang Quan's life was spared. She regretted it a little now, it turned out that without Yang Quan, the leader of the dead soldiers, Yang Zhong did not panic at all, and he could not fundamentally disintegrate the dead soldiers of the Yang family, but she suddenly remembered that Yang Quan might be able to use it.
"Hey." Xiao Guo Zi should get down, and lead the way to bring Zhao Shu to the martial arts training ground, in addition to the houses around the martial arts training ground, there are also weapons rooms and utility rooms.
Leaving Tang Gang Wu Feng to let go of the wind, Xiao Guozi took Zhao Shu to the room dedicated to weapons, where there were dense knives, scimitars, and spears, and all the weapons in this room were abandoned weapons, which had not been used for a long time, and the weapons were covered with rust.
"People are placed here?" Looking at it, it was all weapons, and they were all placed horizontally and vertically all over the room, but Xiao Guozi moved a pile of discarded weapons away, revealing a large wooden barrel, and the wooden barrel was submerged in the pile of weapons.
After revealing the barrel, Zhao Shu walked over and saw Yang Quan, who was tightly tied up and still asleep.
"Get him out." Zhao Shudao.
Xiao Guozi knocked down the wooden barrel, and the violent impact woke up the unconscious Yang Quan, he lay in the wooden barrel, opened his eyes leisurely, and his eyes met Zhao Shu's gaze looking down at him.
These days, he is awake except when he eats, and the rest of the time is sleepy, and he has a feeling that he doesn't know what year it is.
"You killed me!" He yelled at Zhao Shu, which was an extremely terrifying word, but it was a little vague because he had a cloth tied in his mouth.
Zhao Shu kicked his tightly tied body and snorted coldly, "Kill you?" That's so boring, this county lord just likes to see you can't survive and can't die, what's the matter, very angry? When you went to the East Gate to kill people, why didn't you expect to have today? ”
Yang Quan didn't open his eyes to look at Zhao Shu, he wanted to grit his teeth and commit suicide, but a piece of cloth was tied to his mouth, and he couldn't stop biting his tongue at all.
"You'd better kill me now! Otherwise, I won't let you go! ”
Xiao Guozi kicked Yang Quan, "Talk to the county lord and be respectful, do you think this is the Yang Mansion?" Even the Yang Mansion will not allow you to speak like this. ”
"I heard you were looking for me." Zhao Shu said lazily, found a position where Yang Quan's expression could be seen in all directions, and Xiao Guozi hurriedly moved a low stool, spread a handkerchief and let Zhao Shu sit and say.
"To see you is to let you kill me!" Yang Quan's face was pale, and his muscles were rising, thinking that he had been begging for a living for decades, crawling out of the pile of dead people countless times, and the final outcome was actually in the hands of a child.
He was not angry, unwilling, and felt deeply humiliated!
Zhao Shu smiled lightly, stood up and walked to Yang Quan's side, and looked at him, Yang Quan didn't look over, she reached out and pinched Yang Quan's jaw, forcing him to look at herself.
"Yang Quan, I won't kill you, I want you to survive but not die, so I'm happy." It was as if she was talking about something very ordinary.
I don't care, the game-like attitude makes Yang Quan shudder, where is this little doll, this is clearly a ghost, it is Shura!
"Why! Why! "He was about to go mad, and these people didn't torture him to extract confessions, nor did they talk about him, but they locked him up, and they didn't lack three meals a day, and they poured him with food, and after eating him, they knocked him unconscious, or drugged him with food, so that he was drowsy and delirious all day long.
It's terrible, he's not afraid of coercing confessions, he's not afraid of torture, but he's really afraid that it will go on like this endlessly, and he doesn't know when it will be the end.
"Because I'm happy that way." After Zhao Shu finished speaking, she said to Xiao Guozi: "Send him back." ”
"You devil!" Yang Quan was in a hurry, and only found the word evil ghost to describe Zhao Shu's madness.
Xiao Guo Zi had to order Yang Quan to knock Yang Quan unconscious with one palm, put him back again, straighten the wooden barrel, move the waste weapon back, and cover it with a cloth.
Out of the armory room, Zhao Shu said: "Show me, torture him mentally, don't let him die, this person will be of great use in the future." ”
Xiao Guozi didn't understand, but he listened to the county lord, and many things were planned by the county lord, and the palace benefited a lot.
In recent days, he can feel that the families in Beijing have more respect for the palace, which is a little different from the previous ten thousand people.
When he came out of the martial arts training ground, when it was already his day, Xiao Guozi asked Tang Gang and Wu Feng to go down, he protected Zhao Shu, and walked to Qionghua Courtyard with a lamp.
"What has Yang Quan said these days?" Zhao Shu asked.
"No, Yang Quan has a very strict mouth and never says much."
The voices of the two of them were very low, and if they were far away, they could not hear the slightest thing, and as they were talking, the sound of someone calling in front of them came.
"Chubby, Chubby, Chubby......" sounded, and the tail note dragged on for a long time, as if it had been shouting for a long time.
"It's Mr. Huo." Xiao Guo Zi said, he looked at Zhao Shu.
Zhao Shu also heard that it was Huo Baichuan calling his little boy, "You go and see if Mr. Huo is in trouble." ”
Xiao Guozi only mentioned a lamp, if he went, Zhao Shu would have no lamp to illuminate, and the men and women were guarded, Miss Huo was not there, and the county lord was inconvenient to go over, he thought about it and handed the lamp to Zhao Shu, "County master, the slave will go back when he goes." ”
Zhao Shu took the lamp and nodded, "Go quickly." ”
Xiao Guozi nodded, hugged the dust and walked in the direction where the sound came, and after a while, the figure disappeared into the night.
This is Sendai-in, where the willow branches sway in the wind, and the shadowy black shadows shake people's hearts inexplicably.
Zhao Shu is not afraid, she is a dead person, so she is naturally not afraid of ghosts and gods.
However, after Xiao Guozi left, Huo Baichuan's voice also stopped, and a cool breeze blew, Zhao Shu only felt a cold back, and cold sweat broke out in her palms.
At this moment, a stone came from nowhere, and the wick in the lantern popped twice, and the fire was extinguished. (To be continued.) )
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