Chapter 57: Gu Shooting Continent
"Ahh Shen Zhu was slightly startled, hugged Rao Di and carried her into the house.
Lu Zhiming pressed Rao's left and right veins and probed, and his expression was momentarily surprised.
Shen Zhu asked urgently: "What's going on with her?" ”
Lu Zhiming shook his head, "The residual poison on my body has almost been cleared, but it has always been weak and caused by the fatigue of the boat." I'll open some warm houses, and the medicated baths can stop. ”
Shen Zhu waited for him to write a prescription and went outside to grab the medicine in person.
Lu Zhifang asked the mountain ghost to push the palace for Rao, and she soon woke up, "Mr. Lu......"
"You're pregnant." Lu Zhiming said calmly.
Rao Tu covered her lower abdomen, although she already had some suspicions, but she heard it with her own ears like five thunderbolts, "I...... Doesn't that mean I can't have any more children? ”
"There are no absolutes, you have taken the prescription prescribed by the old lady doctor in the palace for a while, and you have taken a lot of rare and expensive tonic medicines, so ...... With this child. ”
Rao's thoughts were in a mess, and she was suddenly startled: "Shen Zhu, you...... Did you tell him? ”
"I think you might have your own plans."
"I want this child, Mr. Lu, please ...... Help me keep my baby. Rao Di grabbed Lu Zhiming's sleeve and begged with tears in her eyes.
Lu Zhiming nodded and said, "Don't worry." ”
"Don't tell him it's ...... This is my child, I have already lost once, and this time must not be lost again! ”
"Okay."
Rao Di was a little incoherent, "Will the poison in my body hurt the child?" Isn't the medicated bath bad for the child, I ...... I won't be able to take a dip in the future. ”
Lu Zhiming comforted me gently: "I will do my best, but you have to listen to my words, don't get emotional." ”
Rao Tu nodded again and again, "Okay, I'll listen to you, all listen to you." Mr. Lu, I'm glad you're here. ”
Lu Zhiming smiled slightly, "Don't get emotional. ”
"Uh-huh...... I'm not excited......"
"Get a good night's sleep first, drink some medicinal food when you wake up, and eat a little more, you eat too little all day."
Rao Di was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, she gently pressed her hand on her lower abdomen, she was laughing, she was crying.
Falling asleep in a daze, as if she had only squinted for a moment, she heard Shen Zhu's deliberately suppressed voice, she suddenly opened her eyes, and turned her head to see him standing by the bed.
"Ah, how are you feeling now?" When he saw that she was awake, he reached out and touched her forehead.
Rao Tu turned her head, "I'm a little tired." ”
"Mr. Lu said that your body is too weak, eat more."
As he spoke, he lifted Rang Rao up and leaned into his arms, while picking up the wild mountain chicken soup porridge on the table and feeding her. Rao Tu doesn't eat such things on weekdays, but now she picks up a spoon and eats it bite by bite.
Shen Zhu was a little surprised, "Why are you so well-behaved today?" It's hard to coax you to eat a piece of meat on weekdays. ”
"I'm not in good health, I have to take care of it." Rao Tu said as she ate.
Shen Zhu lowered his eyes and saw her seriously drinking porridge, a little relieved, but also a little inexplicable.
Rao Di asked, "Are you still going today?" ”
"I've been in a hurry these days, rest first, and leave tomorrow."
"Where are we going, Qingzhou Mansion Yin?"
"Go to Gu Shooting Continent."
Rao Di frowned, "Gu Shuzhou? ”
Gu Shooting Continent is a farm formed by the Qingzhou River, has always been a beauty, Zhuangzi "Getaway" in the clouds: the mountain of Gu Shooting, there are gods and people living in Yan, the skin is like ice and snow, and the Nao is about to be like a virgin. Therefore, it is a metaphor for beauty. There are about 100 families on the continent, and it is where Rao Tu lived with her grandmother before she was ten years old.
"Go to Gushazhou, is there a place to stay?" Since she got married at the age of fifteen, she has never heard from her grandmother, and even her father threatened to never have her as a daughter again because of her stubbornness.
When she married Shen Zhu, she gave up everything.
She turned her head, her cheek touching the green stubble on his chin, a little prickly.
Shen Zhu didn't look at her eyes, but touched her smooth forehead with his chin, and said softly: "Gu Shuzhou, Old Lady Xie is still alive. ”
Mrs. Xie is her maternal grandmother.
Rao Di shook her head and said, "I'm not going." ”
"You don't miss her?"
Rao Di's eyes flickered, how could she not want to, the best time of her life was spent with her grandmother, but ...... It's just that she is like this now, and she has no face to see the old man.
She shook her head stubbornly.
Shen Zhu said: "Mrs. Xie has two sons and a daughter, the daughter married the Xu family as a partial house, gave birth to a daughter, and died of depression within a few years. ”
Rao Tu pursed her lips and was silent, he was talking about her mother, because she was a concubine and a girl, she had never been valued by her father, since the death of her mother, her father sent her daughter to her grandmother's house in Gujuzhou. It's a pity that my father's main room and a few aunts and wives don't even have a daughter, not to mention having a son.
After she was ten years old, she was taken back as the only granddaughter of the Xu family, but within a few years of her return, the Xu family was quickly defeated. When she was fifteen years old, she was good-looking, and her father intended to give her to Fu Yin's son as a concubine, but she took a fancy to Shen Zhu and made a private agreement with him for life. The father was so angry that he removed her from the family tree.
Rao Tu couldn't help but feel sad, along the way, she was disliked, used, and deceived...... It seems that the only one who treats her sincerely is the kind old lady in Gushuzhou.
"Old Madam Xie, is she okay?"
"The lower body was paralyzed, and the two sons of the Xie family competed for the family property, ignored the seriously ill old lady, and sent her to a deserted yard, leaving only a lame family to take care of."
Rao Tu felt a pang in her heart, remembering that her two uncles were mercenary, and the two aunts were even more conscienceless than the other. When she was young, she followed her grandmother, and she was not less blinded by those two aunts. Now that grandma is inconvenient, the two sons must be even more prevaricating to each other, and there is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time, who wants to take care of it?
"If you don't want to go to Zigu Shooting Continent, then let's go to Qingzhou Mansion Yin to settle down."
Rao Di glanced at Shen Zhu, "What are you going to do in the miserable situation of the old man?" ”
Shen Zhu understated: "What can I do?" Go and visit. ”
"That's it?"
"What else?"
"You have to give money, and you have to find someone to support you."
"Where do I have any silver?"
Rao Tu snorted, took out a purse from his arms, shook it, and made a clanging sound, "You don't have silver, but you have gold." ”
Shen Zhu smiled, "This is all my family's money, and the golden silk nanmu carriage you took along the way cost me three thousand taels of silver." You spend a total of 13,000 taels on one blood cleansing pill a day. If this continues, I'll have to ask for food. ”
Rao couldn't help but smile and glanced at him, "When Her Royal Highness the princess marries into the mansion, you will have a rich dowry." ”
Shen Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then followed her words: "Isn't this far from water quenching your thirst?" ”
Rao twisted his arm angrily, "Are you really thinking about that dowry?" Shameless. ”
Shen Zhu held her little face and kissed her on the red lips, and said in a dumb voice, "What face do you want?" It's all for you. ”
Rao Diming knew what he meant, but he didn't pick up the stubble, and came up with an idea: "If the Yin of Qingzhou Mansion wants to know that you are coming, he will definitely slap you, and when you go to show your face to a banquet, you will definitely be able to knock a big deal." It's really not good, you can also buy words on the street. ”
Shen Zhu sighed: "Have you lost your money? ”
"I don't care, I want three thousand taels, you help me prepare."
"What do you want three thousand taels for?"
"When you don't want me anymore, I'm so good to settle down, I can't go to Goolan Washer anymore."
Although Rao Di said it in a joking tone, but it was sincere, now that she has the child in her belly, everything is different, she wants to live, she wants to live well.
Shen Zhu stared at her for a long time, but he stopped joking and let out a soft "um".
obviously agreed, but it made Rao Di a little uncomfortable listening, and she couldn't help asking, "Do you really want me?" ”
Shen Zhu didn't speak, and rubbed her twisted eyebrows.
Rao Di was a little angry and a little sad, "It's me who doesn't want you, it's not that you don't want me." ”
The sunset is very gorgeous, and the golden light spreads on the road that stretches to the sky outside the post house, making people wonder if this post road should not lead to the Jinling City.
It should be further away.
Shen Zhu accompanied Rao Tu to wander around the market, and people couldn't see what Rao Tu looked like wearing a veil hat, but they really looked at the white-haired boy next to her.
In the cloth village, Rao Di carefully looked at the fabrics one by one, and Shen Zhu accompanied him, and the shopkeeper looked at Shen Zhu's face vigorously, with a very strange expression.
In the end, Shen Zhu had to ask: "Boss, do you think there is anything wrong with me?" ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly shook his head, "No problem, no problem, it's just that it looks familiar, the son is good-looking, and I always feel that I have seen it somewhere." ”
Shen Zhu smiled slightly, and didn't say much. Rao Tu pointed to a white feather forging, and a crimson yarn for the boss to wrap. When the two of them went out of the gate of Buzhuang, it took a long time for the boss to pat his thigh, "Tanhualang?" ”
For the Tanhualang who came out of Qingzhou more than ten years ago, he had seen it, although he didn't remember who the Tanhualang's surname was, but he remembered that day the gongs and drums were noisy, and people came to the capital to report the good news, he saw Shen Zhu riding on a horse from a distance, and he felt that the young man was not only good at learning, but also handsome, which family's daughter married him, but it was really lucky.
Rao Tu and Shen Zhu walked to the post house, and on the way, Rao Tu said: "If you wander around this street for a few more days, I'm afraid that someone will recognize you." ”
Shen Zhu nodded, he didn't approve the official document when he returned to Qingzhou this time, it was considered a micro-service, and it was a little troublesome for people to recognize him, it seems that it is better to show up less in the future.
Rao Tu suddenly stopped and looked at a man standing in front of a crude medicine shop.
Shen Zhu looked over and saw that it was a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, simple and clean, tall and thin, dressed in a blue-gray cloth shirt, shivering in the cold wind, and a load of firewood beside him.
Shen Zhu asked, "Do you know this person?" ”
Without saying a word, I saw a guy poking out of the crude medicine shop, leaning against the door and discussing something with the young man, it looked like a bargain, but obviously the guy in the medicine shop was more imposing.
Later, when the young man saw that the guy was impatient to close the door, he dragged the guy and nodded with a painful face. The guy waved his hand, stepped forward and carried the load of firewood into the house, and when he came out to return the burden, he threw a bag of medicine to the man.
The young man carried the medicine bag in his hand, carried the empty burden and walked away, limping, and he was a lame.
Passing by Shen Zhu's side, he walked around without raising his head, and Shen Zhu suddenly stretched out his arm to stop him, "Dare to ask the little brother, but there is still firewood to sell?" ”
The young man looked up and saw Shen Zhu with a warm smile, and was a little surprised, and then smiled: "Childe, I'm sorry, today's sale is over." ”
"I'll settle down in this inn, and I can send it tomorrow."
The young man looked at the tall post house next to him and said ashamedly: "This post house supplies all the best firewood and charcoal, and the villain has a lot of firewood and smoke, I'm afraid I can't do it." ”
Shen Zhu took out a piece of silver from his arms and put it into the young man's empty burden, and said, "This is a fixed money, you can send a load, I just want a lot of firewood, and I can use it for myself." ”
The young man was a little frightened, and hurriedly picked up the silver thread and sent it to Shen Zhu, "The son wants firewood, and the villain will send it tomorrow, and a load only costs twenty wen." ”
"This post house often needs firewood, if you have it, you will send it in the future, one day the firewood you send will be worth this ingot, I will tell the steward of the post house."
Rao Di lifted the veil and looked at the young man who was a little stunned, and she smiled, "You just have to do it." ”
When the young man saw Rao, he was stunned for a moment, and then he was even more surprised.
"What, I'm weird?" Rao Tu asked with a smile.
The young man shook his head blankly, why did the eyes of this beautiful lady resemble the girl named Ah Yu many years ago?
It's all a pair of peach blossom eyes! It's the peach blossom eyes that have been haunted by his dreams for many years.
Rao Di looked at the medicine bag he was holding in his hand and asked curiously, "Whose medicine is this?" ”
"Oh...... Yes, it's the villain's lady. ”
"Your lady is sick, is it serious?" It was originally a very abrupt question, but when she said it, it was like a spring breeze in March, warm and warm.
The young man was flattered, "Mrs. Hui, it's a stubborn disease, and it's always been like this." ”
Rao Di nodded, "Remember to send firewood in the future." ”
"Yes."
Shen Zhu and Rao Di returned to the post house, he saw her calm face, and asked, "Which old man is it?" ”
"I grew up together, in my grandmother's house, he was the son of the family, named Li Yu."
Shen Zhu said "um", "It's not easy to remember his name." ”
Rao Tu ignored his sour words and muttered, "He shouldn't be in the Xie family in Gushuzhou now." ”
"Not necessarily, his shoes are half wet, they should have crossed the river."
"There's a chance we'll see you again."
Shen Zhu hugged her and said, "You're looking forward to it?" ”
Rao Tu caught a glimpse of the sourness in his eyes, and let out a heavy "um", feeling that it was not strong enough, so he added another sentence, "It's the love of childhood sweethearts." ”
Shen Zhu said unhappily: "What a childhood sweetheart, he is the son of the family, you are a young lady." ”
Rao Tu smiled: "Childhood sweethearts have nothing to do with identity, Lang rode a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums, what do you mean...... Hmmm......"
Shen Zhu was impatient to listen to her explain the meaning of "childhood sweetheart", and two cool lips blocked her mouth domineeringly.
A kiss that is extremely gentle.
Rao Tu pushed him away, bowed his head and said, "I don't want it!" ”
"Don't want anything?" He asked.
Rao Tu pointed to the fabric of the white feather satin to change the topic, "This material is beautiful, white is suitable for making a jacket for Zhenlong, she is too thin." Don't you feel distressed when you're frozen? ”
"Well, it's really distressing. So what do you think is suitable for this crimson yarn? Shen Zhu likes to follow her words these days.
Rao Di was stunned for a moment, there was a feeling that her fist had smashed into the cotton, and she was too deep to pull it out, and she said angrily: "Zhenlong doesn't look good in red." ”
"I think this yarn can be made into a small belly pocket, you must look good in it."
"Shen Zhu!" The fist trapped in the cotton was pulled out, but it was stained with a hand of cotton wool, and it was depressed.
Shen Zhu smiled like a breeze and a bright moon, as if this person was not opening a yellow tongue just now, but reciting a song of nine songs.
On the second day, when Li Yu came to the post station with a load full of firewood, the post station manager paid him half a year's silver and asked him to supply half a year's firewood to the post house. Li Yu became more and more puzzled, and looked to thank his son and wife, but was told that the nobleman had left early in the morning.
Li Yu had no choice but to collect the money, walked back with suspicion, and spent two pennies on a ferry boat on the ferry to Gujuzhou. Crowded on the deck, I only listened to the group of people talking, saying that Tanhualang took his wife back to Qingzhou, saying that Tanhualang looked like a fairy, how elegant he was.
Li Yu couldn't help but inquire with the old boatman who was rocking, and the old boatman shook his head and said, "Not really, not really." ”
Li Yu was curious: "Why is it not real?" ”
"Isn't Tanhualang's wife a shy? I don't look like Ayu. The old boatman shook his head.
Li Yu sighed, "Ah Yu is pitiful, he has already died of illness." Today's lady is a continuation. ”
The old boatman looked at the shore, and the old man looked in a trance, as if he saw the woman who was squatting on the bank of the river many years ago, and his hoarse voice murmured, "Ah, a good girl." ”
Li Yu lowered his head, his eyes blurred, yes, Ah Yu is a good girl.
When he returned to the deserted courtyard of Gushuzhou, he was taken aback, only to see a few fairy-like figures standing in the courtyard.
A tall and mighty young man, a girl with a strong aura, a maid who resembles Ah Yu, and a blind girl in purple......
Li Yu rubbed his eyes and was in a trance, "You ......"
But seeing a green-shirted Taoist priest walking out of his mother's room, Li Yu was startled, stepped forward and said angrily: "What are you doing? ”
His lady Yuxiu came out of the room, "Brother Yu, this is Lu Zhenren, who is treating me." ”
Li Yu looked at his sickly lady, and then at Lu Zhiming, who was immortal and bone-in-law, although this Taoist priest was dressed ordinarily, there was an otherworldly atmosphere between his actions.
Li Yu knew that it was impossible for him to violate his mother-in-law, so he stepped forward to hold Yuxiu and asked, "What's going on?" ”
Yuxiu held Li Yu's hand, "Miss Ah Yu is back." At the old lady's. ”
Li Yu was startled, "Miss ......" turned his head and ran to the old lady's room in the backyard, and when he entered the house, he saw a lady dressed in blue brocade and pink butterflies sitting next to the old lady, and the handsome young man with silver hair was drinking tea.
Rao Di looked back and smiled slightly: "Li Yu, I was clumsy yesterday and didn't recognize you, don't be surprised." ”
Li Yu didn't know what to say, staring at Rao's face in a daze.
Old Madam Xie smiled and said, "This kid, why is he still stupid?" This is Ah Yu, it's Ah Yu! ”
Li Yu was shocked, and saw that the beautiful woman in front of her had eyes like Ah Yu, how could she still have the shadow of the past?
Old Madam Xie squinted and smiled: "The eighteenth year of the female college has changed, and Ah Yu has become more beautiful." Don't talk about you, I didn't even recognize you before. But she's really a. ”
Li Yu said: "But...... It's not that ...... Ah Yu has ......"
Rao Tu smiled: "Say I'm dead? Then you can bring me back from the dead. ”
Old Madam Xie patted Rao Tu on the head, "This girl! Cut loose! Child's words are unscrupulous, children's words are unscrupulous......"
The old lady chanted "Tong Yan Wuji" several times, and her eyes were slightly red, "Grandma, how old am I, and I am still Tong Yan Wuji?" ”
Mrs. Xie said: "Grandma, not a child yet? She turned her head to look at Shen Zhu, "Over the years, thanks to my uncle's care and thoughtfulness, this child has been a little pampered." ”
Shen Zhu thought of the old lady's words, but he was speechless for a while.
Rao said: "Grandma don't worry, I've had a good life over the years, he ...... It was also very good to me. ”
"What about my great-grandchildren? How many? Did you bring it back? ”
Rao Tu smiled and said: "Boy, stay in Jinling, if you are disobedient, I am afraid that you will bring back naughty trouble." ”
"Alas...... Children are not like that, they should be brought back so that I can see my great-grandchildren. ”
Rao Di looked at Li Yu, who was like a thunderbolt from the sky, "I'm going to stay here for a while, I have just told the maid to clean up a few rooms, Mr. Lu and the girl in purple outside are friends of my husband, and there are two maids and a guard with me." ”
Li Yu realized it and said, "Okay, good, I'...... I'm going to buy some tables, chairs and beds, I'm afraid it's not enough......"
Rao Di shook her head and said, "You don't have to prepare anything, what should be packed has already been cleaned up, so it's good." ”
Liu Xing and the mountain ghost bought rice, flour, oil and salt in the market, cut three catties of pork, and sold ten catties of fine wine. Bought chickens, ducks and fresh fat live fish. The two of them and Li Yu's wife, Yuxiu, were busy in the kitchen, and quickly cleaned up a few hot dishes.
The wine and food were all set on the table, Rao Di asked everyone to serve on the table, Liu Xing, Yang Qian and Li Yu didn't dare to do it, Rao Tu pushed Shen Zhu, Shen Zhu opened his mouth to let him sit down, and everyone sat down.
Rao Tu smiled: "This is like a big family eating together!" Isn't it, Xianggong? ”
Shen Zhu nodded very face-saving and said, "Yes." ”
Old Madam Xie is sophisticated, and she can see that Shen Zhu, the uncle, is really good to Ah Zhu, but there seems to be a gap between the two of them, and there is something vaguely strange.
After eating, Rao Di asked Lu Zhiming how Yuxiu's illness was, and Lu Zhiming did not hide it, "It seems that I have been severely punished, and I have been injured at the root, and now I am sick and injured." ”
Rao Di was puzzled in her heart, and called Li Yu to ask, Li Yu was still confused, and when she asked, she replied to 1510. It turned out that Yuxiu used to be the daughter of a woodcutter in the village, and was robbed by the second master, that is, the second son of Mrs. Xie, and took a concubine.
The second grandmother is a powerful character, how can she tolerate these, one crying, two troubles, three hangings, after a while, the second master saw that Yuxiu's stomach did not move, and the freshness had passed, so he left her aside and ignored her. The second grandmother changed the law to rectify Yuxiu, and scolded her if she didn't agree with her, and finally Yuxiu ran away, and the second master took someone to chase her back. Hang upside down on a beam for a day and a night, and whip it bloody.
At that time, Li Yu couldn't look at it, so he secretly let Yuxiu go, and he was severely beaten by the second master and was crippled.
After hearing this, Rao Di sneered and said nothing. Li Yu complained: "In the past few years, I have watched them bully the old lady and force her to come to this deserted courtyard, isn't it just for the old lady to fend for herself?" The Xie family used to be a big family in Zhuangzi, but now they are all about to be defeated by the two masters. ”
As he was talking, he heard a woman's voice outside the courtyard shouting, "I heard that the young lady and my aunt are back, why don't you come to see my uncle and aunt?" A few of us old things, come over to take a look at Miss with a thick face, we have been worried about it for the past few years......"