There is a kind of human flesh business in Yangzhou, which is called "raising thin horses". When the poor family raised a good daughter, when they were seven or eight years old, they were adopted by a rich family and taught them skills such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and cooking, and all the education they received was how to maintain the peace of the family after becoming an adult concubine.

When scholars marry concubines, they are most worried about their wives' jealousy and concubines competing for favor, but if they take Yangzhou Thin Horse as a concubine, they can avoid this trouble.

And these "thin horses" are divided into three categories with handsome characters and smart and foolish. Anyone who is smart and handsome and has a romantic character, the family will teach her to play the piano, blow the flute, recite poetry, write, paint, go, play double-land, and wipe dominoes. In terms of skills, not only teach the style of dressing up, standing and sitting and lying, but also learn the style of the pillow according to the spring palace map of "The Legend of Ruyi Jun".

The Zhai Lanye in Zhou Fei's mouth is a "thin horse", and he is still the best in it. A few months ago, she was acquainted with Zhou Xian on the lake, and Zhou Xian was already fascinated by a piece of piano music, two cups of weak tea, and a few words.

"Since your young master is very obsessed with her, why don't you just marry her back, it's not a big deal for him to take a concubine outside." This summer asked.

Zhou Fei sighed: "Why don't you want to marry her, but if you want to marry her, you have to give 1,500 taels of silver to support your family, where can the young master get so many taels of silver." ”

"Fifteen hundred taels!" This summer, I smacked my tongue again and again.

"Seeing that the young master couldn't get the silver taels, the adoptive family began to look for another family for Miss Zhai, and Miss Zhai was also very fond of the young master, and wept several times, and the young master was very anxious about this, so he had to write home to sell land and raise money."

"Your young master has a full 100,000 taels of money to repair the river, but he would rather sell the land to raise money?" This summer pinched his eyebrows, "Is he really honest like this?" ”

“…… The young master said," Zhou Fei recalled, "You can't touch a penny of that money, and if you do, you won't even have the foundation to stand up." Zhou Xian's appearance when he said this was still shaking in front of his eyes, it was a pain he had never seen before, like a person tying himself to death and breaking free at the same time, trying to toss himself to death.

"The foundation of life?" This summer thought about it quite hard, and wondered, "Isn't silver the foundation of life?" ”

Zhou Fei shook his head, he didn't understand.

Out of the prison, according to the address Zhou Fei said, this summer went around to the east of Yangzhou City, and found a mansion with green eaves and white walls. The red lacquer door was closed, and the bronze tiger title ring was closed, and she stepped forward to buckle it for a long time, but no one answered the door.

In the middle of the day, it seemed a little reckless to go directly over the wall to enter, and she walked slowly around the outer wall of the house. This house occupies a large area, and even the outside is quite neatly tied, the bluestone path winds around the wall, and the green willows are lined up along the road, and it is mid-spring, and the catkins are flying all over the sky, making the nose itch this summer.

When she found the corner door of the house, it was also tightly closed, and she frowned this summer, except for an old beggar who was tickling under the willow tree not far away, and there was no neighbor who could ask her questions.

There was no way, this summer with the attitude of trying it out, I stepped forward and knocked on the corner door.

After only a few knocks, she heard movement inside, and it seemed that it was someone, so she knocked several more times.

The bolt creaked inside, and on top of that, there was a strange sound, which sounded like some kind of heavy snort, and it made people's hairs stand on end involuntarily through the door.

Out of the instinct of martial arts practitioners for danger, this summer took two steps back.

The door was pulled open from the inside, and two blackened behemoths pounced out, baring Bai Sensen's teeth, and they were so frightened that they retreated a few steps this summer, and almost ran straight to the tree.

Such a dog as big as a bear is the only time she has seen it in her life, but she really has no time to sigh at the moment. The two monsters roared low, so close that there was no doubt that they would be torn alive in the next moment.

This summer, I subconsciously wanted to pull out the knife, but I found that I didn't bring it at all, and I wanted to find an object that could defend myself, and after I was in a hurry, I found that I had pulled a wicker and a hand full of broken willow leaves. Naturally, her kung fu has not yet been practiced to the point where flying leaves are like knives, and this leaf is of no use to her at all.

The vicious dog mourned, staring at her like meat in a bowl, and approached her steadily.

"You dodge." Someone said behind him.

At the same time, a stubborn jujube branch stretched out to the front of the big dog, and nodded twice to the ground, and the two big dogs whimpered lowly, and actually lowered their heads and retreated.

When I looked back this summer, I saw the old beggar, to be exact, he was not old, and his skin was only thirty or forty years old, but his hair was half gray, and even his beard was half black and half white.

"Uncle, your trick is too clever! Teach me......"

The old beggar glanced at her with a smile: "Don't worry, solve the matter in front of you first." ”

As he spoke, he held the jujube branch and pointed it diagonally towards the big dog, only to hear the big dog whimpering, his limbs were limp, and after a moment he was slumped on the ground.

was staying on the other dog to do the same, when he suddenly heard a loud shout from inside the door: "Stop! Dare to disrupt the people, dare to hurt my lord's dog, live impatiently! ”

Looking at it this summer, there was a person in the door, looking like a domestic servant, with three teeth covering his mouth and beard, and fierce eyebrows, staring at them. The remaining dog, still able to move, was called back to the door by him.

"Raise this vicious dog in the city, who is your master's surname, you report it! Even the officials dare to bite, against you, don't you want to go against the court! This summer showed the cards, and as soon as he opened his voice, he was a few tones higher than him, and almost shouted, "I'm impatient!" ”

Seeing the card making, the servant of the family looked at her and the old beggar from head to toe, and said suspiciously: "You guys, are you officials?" ”

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I'm just passing by." The old beggar said busily.

This summer, the servant of the Chao family said loudly: "In the six gates of the lower capital, I was ordered to investigate the case, please ask your master and Zhai Lanye to assist in the investigation." She put on a businesslike face, raised her feet and prepared to go inside, with the old beggar by her side, and there was no fear of any vicious dogs inside.

The servant's eyes were quick, and he quickly covered the door so that there was only a crack left, and said to Jinxia: "The official knows, the master and the young lady have gone far away, and please come back another day." As soon as he said that, he closed the door tightly.

"Hey! Feed! When will they be back? Open the door and make it clear! What a bold man, dare to shut the master out! ”

This summer rushed forward, but she heard the sound of the bolt inside the door, and she was so angry that she slammed the door with a hammer.

"Girl, don't waste your efforts, Zhai Yuanwai, who lives here, is the brother-in-law of the Yangzhou prefect, you are just a little catcher, how can you move him." The old beggar said behind her.

When I turned back this summer, I saw that the old beggar was touching the big black dog that was paralyzed on the ground without a ride, and I didn't see him make any powerful moves, and the dog was submissive by him. She turned around and came back, squatted down to look at the dog, and wondered, "Is this a dog?" Looks like a bear? ”

"This dog is from the Western Regions, Cangyi, and some people call them Snow Mountain Lion. This dog is fierce, powerful, fierce and fierce, and it is said that even when fighting with lions and tigers, it is not to be outdone. The old beggar sighed, "I don't know where Zhai Yuanwai bought it, and he injured several of my brothers a few days ago. ”

"I injured several people in a row, why didn't I sue the official?" This Xia Qi said, and after a moment, he understood, "...... The prefect's brother-in-law...... Teach me, how do you subdue this dog? ”

"Will you be a beggar?" The old beggar asked her.

"Of course not."

"Then I can't teach you."

The old beggar shook the jujube branch and was ready to leave. Jinxia looked down at the cangyi on the ground twice, stared at the closed door again, turned around and quickly caught up with him.

"I'm going to invite you to dinner...... No, no, eat tea. ”

"What, you want to slap me on the back?"

"You are so capable, how can you be a beggar?"

"There is a kind of person in this world, and it is precisely because of his ability that he becomes a beggar."

“…… Haven't asked your name yet? ”

The old beggar wanted to twist his beard to make a high-ranking figure, but found that he was full of J □ J hair, so he had to give up: "I am clothy, but I have no choice but to meet my fate, the cycle is not to be found, and I have been displaced so far, and no one has to ask what my surname is." ”

This Xia Gan glared at him: "Uncle, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the displaced people need to be sent back to their hometowns, and those like you who have no roots and no bottom can be directly sent to the border to build a customs defense." ”

"Ahem, you girl looks very kind, don't talk about it, women always talk like this, they will scare people away." The old beggar rubbed off the dog hair on his hand and said with a smile, "I'm not rootless, Lu Bing, the supreme commander of Jinyiwei, you know the way, if you really talk about seniority, he is still my cousin." ”

"......" stayed for a long time this summer, and then smiled and said, "Coincidentally, your cousin is here, or I will take you to meet you." ”

“……”

Inside the medical hall.

Under the guidance of the medical boy, Yang Yue helped Yang Chengwan sit down on the recliner, and then stood respectfully on the side and waited. On the opposite side of the ice bloom bib rose chair, Lu Yi leaned back, his eyes were faint, looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

If it is his courtesy to find a famous doctor for his father, then accompanying him to the clinic in person shows that he cares about this matter extraordinarily. Lu Yi cared so much about his father, what was the reason behind it, Yang Yue couldn't help but be a little surprised.

After waiting for a long time, I saw Dr. Shen come in with his hands in his hands.

Shen Mi hurriedly cleaned his hands in the copper basin, and then sat down next to Yang Chengwan, not in a hurry to look at his injured leg, but carefully looked at his complexion first, and then stretched out his hand to call for him......

There is no need for Yang Yue to remind him, after passing the pulse, he naturally knew which leg Yang Chengwan was injured, rolled up his middle coat, carefully inspected the old trouble, and only carefully pinched it with his hand, then frowned and said: "This bone was not connected back then, and now if it is to be treated, it has to be broken and reconnected, which is also a trivial matter." It's just that you are old, and after you reconnect, you can't go down to the ground for at least three months to keep your qi and blood unimpeded and clear the cold and silt, can you do it? ”

Yang Yue's heart tightened: breaking the bone and reconnecting it is already a huge pain, if this layer of father can grit his teeth and survive, he will not go to the ground for three months...... After all, they are out of tolerance, how can they do it.

At this time, Yang Chengwan had already spoken: "Thank you, doctor, I'm old now, and I don't want to suffer any more crimes, I think it's still ......."

"Senpai!" Lu Yi got up and interrupted him, "Three months of recuperation is not a problem, I will say hello to Lord Liu and ask him to give you half a year off." ”

Yang Chengwan was about to speak, but Lu Yi already knew what he was going to say: "If the seniors think this move is inappropriate, I can also ask for an order to transfer you to the Beizhen Fusi, so that the seniors don't have to worry about anything." ”

"No, no, don't ......," Yang Chengwan said busily.

Lu Yi smiled slightly: "If the seniors are unwilling, then treat the disease with peace of mind." It's not a secret, my father has explained this matter, but it's just a cure, and the seniors should think about it for the sake of Yan Yuan, don't make it difficult for me to explain to my father. ”