He Mansion, guest room.

Looking at He Pingsheng, who was pale and dying on the bed, He Wu's eyes widened. He wanted to ask a few questions, but he only felt bitterness in his mouth. From the beginning, He Pingsheng was "unaccustomed to the water and soil", he was the one who knew it, and now it is too fake to pretend not to know.

He Pingsheng opened his eyes, looked at He Wu standing in front of the bed, and said in a hoarse voice: "Fifth brother, ......"

Seeing He Pingsheng's chapped lips, He Wu turned around to get the teapot, but he was stunned, shook the empty teapot, He Wu glared at the maid next to him and said, "Where's the tea?" How did you serve the seventeenth master? Don't roll down and pour tea! ”

The servant didn't dare to tell the difference, and went away trembling.

He Wu suppressed the fire in his heart, turned around and walked to the bedside, squeezed out a little smile and said, "Seventeen, don't worry, I will definitely find you a good doctor to get you better soon." ”

He Pingsheng looked away: "It's all because I'm useless, so I won't adapt to the water and soil......"

He Wu only felt ashamed and embarrassed, and really wanted to slap himself twice. If he hadn't done his homework himself, he would have been completely uncertain about the township test, and he wouldn't have listened to his second brother's words, so he would have saved a thought, and he couldn't pull his face out to find someone else to make a gun, so he would pull He Pingsheng, who had the best relationship with him, into the whirlpool.

In front of the eldest brother, he was overjoyed, but when he saw He Pingsheng's appearance, his heart rose again. He has seen it if he is an old man, He Pingsheng's weak crown is a matter of physical strength, even if there is a small illness and disaster, three or two pairs of medicines will be almost the same, and He Pingsheng will look like this. If you want to say that there are no ghosts here, He Wu will never believe it.

One time later, the maid came in with tea.

He Wu took it, his eyes flashed, and he didn't hand it to He Pingsheng directly, but lowered his head and took a bite.

He Pingsheng's face showed consternation.

After another half of the tea, seeing that there was not much heat left in the tea, He Wucai poured the residual tea in his hand, poured another one for Shen Pingsheng, and explained: "The taste of this water is sweet, which is different from our Songjiang's, and I was distracted for a while." ”

He Pingsheng lowered his head, covering his face, and the hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.

He Wu only regretted it when he was weak and ruthless. If I had figured it out two days earlier, and had not deceived myself and drunk every day outside, I would not have let my brother suffer these sins.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, cases of fraud in the imperial examination have often occurred, and it is the chief examiner who really wants to uncover the main culprit. Even if he was sentenced heavily, he wouldn't be able to hurt his life, and if he watched his innocent brother die, he couldn't do it.

The eldest brother is used to being in charge, and he has always put the fame of the family first, and having a younger brother who has more than one sentence must be the most unbearable for him. Seventeen is his cousin who has not yet come out of five suits, and even if he has grown up, he can be ruthless; If one day, his younger brother gets in the way, will he be so ruthless?

He Wu's shame turned into sincere fear, and his gaze at He Pingsheng became more and more determined.

He didn't even go back to his guest room, so he asked someone to take the futon out and slept directly on the couch here.

When He Pingsheng woke up again, he heard He Wu tossing and turning over on the couch not far away. He Pingsheng looked at the curtain above his head, and his face was a little hideous.

*

The next day, not long after Mrs. He got up, a servant came back and said that He Wu had been placed in the guest room where He Pingsheng was. This seventeenth old man is sick, if he is too sick, who will take care of him, so he hurried over to tell him.

Mrs. He waved her hand and sent her servant down, and her face was astringent.

After knowing what her husband did to her cousin, Mrs. He was also struggling in her heart, wanting to ask for mercy but not daring, and not begging for mercy.

If it weren't for the big things involved, it wouldn't have been done in this way; But even if it's a big deal, it's not an outsider. It's all the He family, both glory and humiliation, and what can't be discussed.

He Dongsheng has finished freshening up, today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and it should have been a hundred years since his son-in-law went to his parents-in-law's house. Mrs. He's maiden home was in Songjiang, so He Dongsheng agreed to a small banquet for several Songjiang officials in Beijing, and he would go to the banquet in the afternoon. In the morning, he planned to call his younger brother and teach him well.

At this time, I saw my wife come over and told him about He Wu's stay in He Pingsheng's room.

He Dongsheng's face seemed to be frosty, and the back of his hand holding the teacup showed green tendons.

Mrs. He remembered another thing that the maid had told her, and said with emotion: "The fifth uncle is careful, for fear that someone will snub the seventeenth uncle, the maid said, whether it is rice water or decoction, the fifth uncle tastes it himself before giving it to the seventeenth uncle." Even if it's a brother, I haven't heard of a few people who serve the sick like this, but it's rare. ”

"Smack!" The cup fell to the ground hard.

He Dongsheng stood up and walked out like a gust of wind.

Mrs. He realized that she was frightened, and at the same time knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly followed.

*

Hejia Room.

He Wu held the medicine bowl and hesitated. This medicinal soup was drunk three times a day, and it was inseparable, but after a night of tossing and turning, He Wu didn't dare to let He Pingsheng take this medicine again.

This is the medicine that He Dongsheng asked people to catch.

Seeing that He Pingsheng was still waiting to take the medicine, He Wu put down the medicine bowl and said, "I haven't seen any improvement after taking this medicine, so it can be seen that the previous doctor was not very good." Stop for a long time, I'll go out and find a good doctor for you......"

He Pingsheng had no opinion, and said weakly: "Then it will be troublesome for the fifth brother." ”

"I'm an older brother, and I should take care of you." He Wu said with a little emptiness.

He Dongsheng stood at the door, looking coldly.

He Pingsheng happened to see it, but he only felt angry about the bullfight, and he wanted to jump out of bed to find He Dongsheng desperately, but he endured it, closed his eyes and said, "Fifth uncle, I'm tired, squint first." ”

"Oh, oh, then you sleep well." He Wu leaned over and tucked He Pingsheng's quilt, and couldn't help but be more worried. He Pingsheng's spirit became shorter and shorter, and he didn't even say a few serious words from yesterday to this morning.

He turned around worriedly, and happened to look at He Dongsheng.

He Dongsheng's face was cold, and He Wuben was timid, but when he looked back at He Pingsheng's appearance, his expression became resolute again.

He Dongsheng saw it in his eyes, and he only felt that his lungs were about to explode.

One of the two brothers wanted to teach the younger brother a lesson, and the other wanted to plead with the eldest brother, but neither of them spoke on the side of the guest house, and they both walked forward in a muffled voice. Mrs. He looked at the two brothers' identical stinky faces, slowed down, and did not continue to catch up.

When he arrived at the study in front, He Dongsheng scolded: "Bring water and feed medicine, isn't it the next thing to pour out feces and urine!?" Something with a wolf's heart and lungs, who am I for? If it weren't for your fame and the future of your three generations of descendants, I would have to worry about it! ”

He Wu knew that there was indeed a reason for his brother to defend himself, but he should not put all the reasons on his head.

He craned his neck and said, "For me? Isn't it for the relationship between the second brother, worried that the incident will happen to the He family and be used as a scapegoat? It's not for the sake of a lawsuit in the family that will affect the future of the eldest brother......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a slap from He Dongsheng: "Who are you neck with?" Yes? The He family, aren't you the He family? Do you think that you can bear this matter because you are righteous? The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, the He family has been peaceful for a long time, and no one in Su Song knows that the He family is rich. Do you know that Lu Dao, revealing a small mouth, the people outside smell the fishy smell, and they can rush to the He family and swallow the He family! For the sake of this big family, I am trembling with the old World War II, what have you done for your family? ”

He Wu is the youngest son, and he has always been favored by Mrs. He, and his brother is also raised as a son because of the age difference. He has never been wronged, this slap has already stunned him, where can he still listen to the words of the eldest brother?

He raised his head, looked at He Dongsheng coldly, and said: "My second brother and I are also insiders, if we really want to uncover this matter in the future, will the eldest brother also want to 'kill relatives with righteousness' to prevent future troubles?" ”

Hearing these words, He Donghe was about to vomit blood, staring at He Wu speechless.

He Wu was impatient to be preached, and said: "Anyway, seventeen is one day and I am one day, if he is really tired to death by me, I will accompany him to the Yellow Spring!" "Anyway, the head won't go away.

He Donghe sat down, rubbing his temples, only to feel a splitting headache. This younger brother is round on the outside and square on the inside, and he is stubborn, and now he is drilling the horns of the bull, and I am afraid that he will not be able to pull it out for a while. He was upset, and a little servant came in and said, "Master, the third master of the Shen family sent the big housekeeper to send something over." ”

When He Dongsheng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then said, "Call someone in." ”

One time later, the chief housekeeper of the Shen family came in with a bookcase in his hand.

The big housekeeper who came, He Dongsheng saw him when he went to the Shen family to hang his filial piety, and he had seen him operate inside and outside before, but he was called the "second housekeeper", and the big housekeeper was a white-haired old man. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, it seems that the Shen family's sky has also changed, and the third master, who has never shown up much, has come out.

He Dongsheng nodded reservedly, and the chief butler presented the gift.

If Shen Cang is there, the second-grade Shangshu Mansion, the big housekeeper will give a little face when he goes out to socialize; Now that Shen Cang has passed away, the highest grade of the Shen family is the second master, and he is not at home. The three old men are seven cute officials, what is the weight of sending housekeepers?

He Dongsheng just wanted to serve tea, but he reacted that something was wrong.

Even if it is a New Year's gift, there is no one to give on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and there is no one to give books for no reason. During the New Year's holidays, everyone loves to pay attention to auspiciousness, and the book "loses", which is not a good mouthpiece.

He Dongsheng didn't send off the guests for a while, and the chief housekeeper had already said goodbye.

He Dongsheng looked at the "New Interpretation of the Analects" in front of him, remembered the handmaid's reply yesterday, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

There is also a handwritten letter from Master Shen San on the book, mentioning that he unintentionally got an annotated version of the "New Interpretation of the Analects", and when he saw that he was happy, he sent back a new book to the original owner, He Pingsheng, and asked He Dongsheng to convey it on his behalf. He also mentioned that the book was quite profound, and he himself knew his own level, and he had already asked someone to copy a few points, and distributed them to his relatives and in-laws and brothers from several imperial examinations, and opened his eyes on his behalf.

It's all about learning, but He Dongsheng couldn't breathe when he watched it, and he only felt cold......