Chapter 285: The eldest brother is embarrassed
The quiet room is quiet, and the candlelight is dim.
Xiao Ze stared at the handsome-looking young eunuch in front of him with burning eyes, and hesitated for a while before asking, "Lu Shou!" If you want to be worthy of a potion, you can make people talk and act as usual and forget the past...... No, to be precise, it is necessary to forget some of the old memories and no longer remember the medicine, can it be done? ”
Lu Shou's brows were furrowed and pondered, and after thinking for a long time, he still shook his head with difficulty, and said in a low voice: "Return to the world!" There is a kind of poison called laughter and forgetfulness in the secret poison scripture of Weizhong, which has similar deeds, but there is no prescription left. The predecessors who originally prepared the medicine should have only tried out the finished product by mistake. If you want to test the prescription, it is extremely difficult to rely on people to pick up the amount of medicine, and if it is not good, it will directly kill or make people become idiots without memory...... If you don't have a spiritual creature that is naturally good at picking medicine and poison, I'm afraid that even if you try it on thousands of people, you won't be able to try it. ”
Even a spirit beast like Amethyst can't do it, it can only recognize the poison but doesn't know what the poison is. The so-called spiritual creatures are best people, people who can taste all kinds of poisons and carefully discern the root and refine the prescription. But if there is such a master in the world, it will be almost like the legendary immortal who cultivates the Tao.
"I don't know what the prince wants this medicine to do? If it is a drug used for torture to induce confessions that make people faint and forget what happened, Xiao Shou'er can also give it a try. Lu Shou boldly glanced at Xiao Ze, who was dark and iron-faced, and carefully made a request to share his worries.
After returning to Luojing from Jiangnan, Lu Shou defected to Xiao Hong according to his grandfather Lu Zheng's explanation. But soon, Xiao Hong coerced his wife to return to Yunzhou, and Lu Shou sneaked back to Xiakou for burial, but he didn't go to Yunzhou to look for people again, but stayed in Luojing.
On the surface, he persuaded himself to guard the foundation of the sixth room in Beijing with the woman named Lou Xianying for Xiao Hong. But in fact, Lu Shou has been busy doing things for Xiao Ze for nearly a year.
Putting aside his grandfather's entrustment and carrying out one task after another nervously, Lu Shou felt that his current life was gradually becoming fuller. That day, Lu Zheng asked him to find Jian Huai's entrustment, which he had deliberately forgotten.
Xiao Ze is Xiao Hong's eldest brother. Doing this by myself should not go against Grandpa's original intention. At this time, Lu Shou was always comforting himself, and on the other hand, he felt faintly uneasy about the imminent return of the six-room couple from the Northland.
"What's the use of medicine?" , Xiao Ze sighed lightly in his mouth, and his face was cold and solemn when he closed his eyes slightly. He didn't know at all, his father Xiao Rui suddenly asked him to ask Lu Shou if there was such a drug in the world. The so-called Sacred Heart is unfathomable. It has been fully embodied in His Royal Highness King Jing, who has not yet officially ascended the throne.
"Can the people of Nanzhao make this medicine?" , Xiao Ze, who suddenly opened his eyes, stared at Lu Shou and asked aggressively.
"Nanzhao has been dead for a long time. On that day, Grandpa sighed with regret that the lineage of the Nanzhao Mang clan and the Holy Star Hall had been broken. If it's a folk poisoner, it's up to you to see if there are any hidden masters. Lu Shou didn't dare to be sure, and only carefully replied to what he knew.
If the people from the south are available, there is a ready-made one in the court. It's just that father and son are also monarchs and ministers, and there are boundaries to be abided by, just like Xiao Rui, who is a father, did not directly find Lu Shou, who is actually under the control of Xiao Ze. If my father really asked for medicine, he would have gone to the man. And he, as a minister and a son, should not interfere at will.
Xiao Ze, who had figured it out a little, sighed lightly, leaned back in his chair, and said to Lu Shou: "You go back and clean up the things at hand!" Wait a few days, and the sixth prince will arrive......"
The lazy leaning body suddenly bounced up again, and Xiao Ze sat stiffly and started to start. He suddenly remembered that when he was in Puzhen, Zhou Manyun had sworn that she had given Xiaoliu a drug that would make him forget his past.
"Shizi!" , Lu Shou asked at a loss.
"Let's go down!" , Xiao Ze waved his hand. Feeling even more tired, he slammed his body back into the back of his chair. As it turned out, the woman was full of firewood that day. If it really makes Xiaoliu forget her feelings, how can she let Xiao Hong marry her willingly after the last day.
"However, Xiao Xiaoliu pretended to forget that she was really pretending to be true that day, and actually deceived me! Alas, it should have been the woman's private ......", remembering the past when his younger brother deceived him for Zhou Manyun since he was a child. Xiao Ze instinctively panicked with a tightness in his chest, and a heavier sigh involuntarily came out of his lips again.
Grow up! Marrying a wife, starting a family, and making achievements, no one is no longer an innocent teenager back then, and maybe there will be more deceptions in the future.
The candles on the table crackled and flashed, and the corners of Xiao Ze's mouth hooked up a thick sarcastic smile. I don't know if it's against his younger brother who annoys him, or against himself.
Asking for medicine from Lu Shou failed, Xiao Ze reported the truth to his father. Xiao Rui, who mentioned this matter vaguely with a worried face that day, didn't seem to take this matter to heart, just hummed casually and put it into laughter.
But in the next month or so, Xiao Ze, who was extremely busy, was dealing with state affairs and family affairs that seemed to be forever inexhaustible, and occasionally inadvertently thought of the kind of miracle medicine that could make people forget the past, and sighed helplessly.
If there is really such a miracle medicine in the world, he directly sent the dead soldiers to find the enemy leader, and poured a bottle of medicine for each person, so that they could forget the past and be their own son, who was originally the Xiao family's internal work, and opened the city gate and surrendered. Those who are still thinking about the benefits of the Chen Dynasty, and Diao Min, who love to follow the trend, had better enjoy a scoop by themselves......
As the son of the Xiao family, Xiao Ze, the eldest brother of the younger brothers, only dared to hide in the dark in private and indulge his irresponsible whimsy, and when the day dawned, he had to clean up a bunch of messes mixed with his family and country.
First, in mid-April, Jeju surrendered to the general Ko Hongda and rebelled. Although the momentum of the comeback was only arrogant for four days before it was suppressed, the head of the thief was cut off and sent into the capital, but the bullets in the city were still floating like snowflakes.
If it weren't for Xiao Yuan's repeated slaughter of the city in the violent and rough expedition, I am afraid that the people of the eastern states would not be afraid of trouble, and they would have thought about uncovering the rod because of the details. Many of the same accusations are directly aimed at Xiao Yuan, the third elder of the Xiao family who was called back from the front line in February and thought about it behind closed doors.
Xiao Laosan was so arrogant that he actually rushed to the street and beat up Yu Shi Fat, who was said to be the most ruthless scolding him. After his fist was happy, he closed the door again and continued to squat and confine, and the one who stayed in embarrassment was the eldest brother.
Xiao Rui, who is about to ascend to the throne of the Son of Heaven, can only pretend to be an iron-faced and selfless black face to show the world fairness. Otherwise, the old debts that were turned up according to the style of the literati were the arrogance of the young Jing Guogong in the capital decades ago.
Xiao Ze, who sang white-faced, had no choice but to go into battle in person, groveling to the officials who were begging for explanations, and spit on himself. He confirmed with the public that the father and son of the Xiao family actually have the elegance to accept advice, and he privately wanted to invite everyone to raise their mouths and let go of the third brother and a horse.
Then, press the gourd and float the scoop again.
At the end of April, Xiao Zhan, the fourth elder of the Xiao family, returned to the capital from Chu with his soldiers and horses.
Xiao Zhan has been good at hiding needles since he was a child, and the kung fu of his subordinates is naturally much stronger than Xiao Laosan. But he was also virtuous because of his courtesy, and when he returned to Luojing, he was aggrieved and followed his subordinates to squeeze in the simple camp outside Dongbian Gate. Xiao Ze, the son of the world, had to rush to invite him three times and twice, and directly played a touching play of brothers, friends and brothers, so that Xiao Zhan had to temporarily bid farewell to his "confidants and siblings".
Xiao Zhan sent people into the city to ask for rewards from the soldiers, and immediately made the officials who had already drawn up the reward list after the ceremony run to Xiao Ze to complain......
The three and four elders of the Xiao family made a bunch of inconsistencies, which made Xiao Ze tired and physically and mentally exhausted, but fortunately, in May, the long-awaited Yunzhou dependents finally arrived in Luojing under the leadership of Mrs. Xu.
No matter how old a child is, having a mother is a treasure. Xiao Ze was happy that in the future, he would have a place to go where he could occasionally complain about being tired.
The Jingguo Mansion in the city was already like chicken ribs when the Xiao family was about to move into the palace, and Mrs. Xu and others lived in the Golden Harvest Garden in the western suburbs. The garden, which was given by the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty and has been repaired for several generations, is not only large in size but also beautiful in scenery, and it is also cheap to be used as a private garden for the royal family in the future, so it was opened and rearranged last year, and it can be used as a transition at this time.
The cadres and others who came from afar were extremely satisfied with the temporary new home, except for the eldest sister Xiao Wan. As soon as she arrived outside Luojing City, she invited herself to live in Meiwu, Luoxia Mountain, where she was recuperating in Beijing when she was in the fifteenth year of Yongde.
Children who travel thousands of miles cannot always be filial under their mother's knees. But the daughter should be the mother's intimate little padded jacket. The eldest sister's rude and lazy blatant provocation, and the mother's laissez-faire arrogant disregard. With just one face, Xiao Ze reflected that there was an insoluble knot between mother and daughter.
Heavy five Duanyang, Xiao Ze visited his mother in Jinsui Garden, and hurriedly went up to Luoxia Mountain to coax the eldest sister again.
Unexpectedly, after just a few words, Xiao Wan poured a basin of snow water on him. It's cold to the bone.
"My mother drugged me and my six siblings! She knew that Lu Dao Xiaoliu was stubborn and dedicated, and if she did this, she would destroy Xiaoliu's heirs, but she still had to do this! Xiao Jimin, it's all for you...... Since she was a child, she was unhappy when she saw her father favoring Xiaoliu, as if she would lose you...... And me! She's not afraid that I'll take my tired father. I'm afraid that my misconduct will ruin your reputation...... We really owe you in the last life, and we have been sisters and brothers for you, so we deserve to be a foothold for your thousand-year-old hegemony of helping the world and the people, isn't it ......"
The eldest sister's angry scolding was still in her ears, and she rushed to verify it, and heard her mother, Mrs. Xu's sarcastic laughter, even more piercing.
"Xiao Jimin! If you treat him as a brother, what will he do to you? How could he have had a mother like me in his eyes, and the wolf cub who can't raise an immature son will miss his eldest brother if he doesn't miss his mother? …… He has been favored by your father since he was a child, when is it not when he is not in trouble with you...... If he truly respects you, he will not marry that woman against your will. Let Yanzhou take Youzhou, what about ambitions...... I don't know, I'm going to snatch you clean that day......"
Xiao Ze, who had been far away from the people, turned around and circled alone, and after the most lush, he still returned to the Meiwu Gate in Luoxia Mountain.
The closed courtyard door was as black as a toothless mouth, mocking his incompetence in not even handling household affairs.
Xiao Ze didn't knock on the door again, but sat directly on the doorstep, and the brocade clothes were instantly stained with a layer of dark floating ash.
It's been a long time since I've sat on the floor in such an undignified manner. The last time I sat in front of the gate of Meiwu Courtyard was in Yongde for fifteen years, when the eldest sister Xiao Wan was treating her injured leg inside, and it was the divine doctor Qi Shibao and his grandson Qi Yan. I also sat straight on the stone steps outside the door, next to ......
"Little liar!" , The fifteen-year-old brocade-clothed boy wore a golden crown crookedly, smiled evilly, and pinched his younger brother's tender snow-white cheeks. The big eyes that looked up at him sifted through his laughing accusations innocently, and they were as transparent as glass.
The floating light floated past the bare plum branches that had no flowers and no fruits, and Xiao Ze, who was lonely and alone, lowered his head, only to see the mottled hideous shadows of the trees sparsely reflected in his hands.
The innocence of my youth can't be recovered! Just as he hoped that his sister could escape from the deep palace and be happy in his life, and now his reason, which is always naturally concerned, will take the initiative to remind her to cut off her feathers according to her mother's practice and put her back in the cage is the best choice.
It's the same for Little Liu! Xiao Ze looked at the hands spread on his lap in a daze, and pondered for a long time.
Perhaps the mother, Mrs. Xu, realized the danger of having two brothers from one mother earlier, so she thought about raising Xiaoliu in her childhood. But unfortunately, at that time, he didn't understand that it was actually a good thing to have a younger brother who did not grow up to indulge in doting. With his younger brother to practice martial arts, whenever outsiders praise that child, they will feel happier than praising themselves, the stronger Xiao Hong is, the more difficult it is for him to suppress the pride of having a brother in his heart.
"Let him be the crown prince!" , Jian Huai's roar, Xiao Ze heard it. And the red eyes of the man who was carrying him like an iron tower when he spotted him from a distance, Xiao Ze also saw it. After the white clothes in front of the Huangji Gate were transformed, Jian Huai paid attention to the distant Xiaoliu bit by bit in Beijing, and Xiao Ze also knew the Tao. Therefore, even if his father Chrysostom pointed the finger at the doll in the palace, Xiao Ze also understood who Jian Huaiti's "he" was.
Just like Yongde was here for fifteen years, Xiao Hong inexplicably got Lu Zhengqing's eyes. Lu Zheng, Jian Huai, and even his father...... There is always a group of people who prefer Xiao Xiaoliu.
The younger brother who was brought up by himself may have become the biggest threat, which he realized long before he guarded against the other younger brothers. It's just that this time my mother made a decisive move, did she want to force herself to make up her mind?
Xiao Ze stood up and patted the floating ash on his body, as if he was patting away the memories that were about to be buried in the past. If there was a miracle medicine that had forgotten his previous life, he would like to drink it and completely forget that Xiao Xiaoliu was his most distressed brother in the world.
Xiao Shizi, who returned to Luojing City, immediately re-found Lu Shou, who was sent back to the Sixth Brother's Hospital.
"Thoughts, take me to see Jian Huai! As soon as possible! ”。
Xiao Ze, who had been silently following his father's wishes and didn't want to find out the truth, suddenly had the urge to break the jar and boldly cross the line. He sensitively knew early on that the so-called truth might be a rope that tightened his neck. It's just that I don't know if the person who will be strangled to death in the rope sleeve will be Xiao Xiaoliu or himself.
But now that the rope is tied to the beam, it is better to give it a try. (To be continued......)