Chapter 56: The Rain on the Way Home
Rao Tu smiled lightly, "The fifth prince likes to watch dramas so much? ”
"Rao, you are too unkind, you sent a lady to me, are you embarrassed?"
Rao Di also lifted the curtain and got out of the car, and when she saw Shen Zhu walking straight towards the Murong clan, she couldn't help frowning slightly.
Murong said slowly: "Mrs. Rao doesn't have to worry, Xiaosheng respects Lord Shen's personality and will not hurt Lord Shen in the slightest." ”
The tone was calm and gentle, as if it had the power to move people's hearts, Rao Tu wanted to justify, but suddenly felt that in front of this ghost-like person, all the justifications were very pale. Because this person seems to have a kind of magic that can see through people's hearts.
Shen Zhu turned his head slightly, and when he saw that Rao Di lowered his eyes and was silent, his heart softened, and he turned to Murong and said, "Do you have any advice?" ”
"Send a son, come and break the situation for Lord Shen."
"If you say that child, it will be difficult for Shen to obey. Prince Yu's ascension to the throne is already a certainty, and there is no room for anyone to fish in troubled waters. ”
Murong smiled and said, "Xiao Yanlie has no talent for governing the world, he can't sit on that dragon chair steadily, Lord Shen's heart is like a mirror, otherwise he won't secretly lay it out." ”
"I'm looking for Shen Zhu, just for the people of Daliang to seek stability for five years." He stood in front of the man in purple, without any fear or cowardice, and said it categorically.
"Five years from now, what?" Murong looked at him with empty eyes.
Shen Zhu shook his head slightly, "I don't know what happened behind me." ”
Rao Di read the words "things behind him" in her heart, only to feel empty, and she was a little dizzy for a while, and hurriedly held on to the wall of the car.
Murong raised his finger and pointed at Rao, "Have you ever thought about her?" ”
"Mr. Don't worry about it, she is just a woman, she can't afford this chess game, and I, Shen, will never let her fall into it."
Murong nodded, "Since that's the case, I'll leave first." He glanced at Xiao Yanning, who seemed to be smiling on the horse, and arched his hand, "When will the fifth prince leave for the north?" ”
Xiao Yanning also arched his hand, "It's also not bothering." ”
Murong patted his hands lightly on the armrests of the bamboo chair, and the bamboo chair was like an arrow from the string, and suddenly floated out dozens of feet away.
Rao Tu stepped forward and saw the unconscious May in the wild grass.
Shen Zhu was indifferent, but Xiao Yanning turned over and dismounted and walked to him, and tried it on May's neck, "The pulse is very stable, but I just fell asleep." ”
Rao Tu picked up the child and wanted to send it back to the carriage, Shen Zhu shook his head and said, "He can't go with us." ”
Rao Tu was stunned for a moment, "Do you have a conscience?" ”
Xiao Yanning said: "Lord Shen will naturally not care about the life or death of this child for you. ”
Shen Zhu said softly: "Xiao Yanning, this child, you take it." ”
Xiao Yanning said "um", "That's what I mean." ”
Rao Di hugged May tightly, she didn't think Xiao Yanning would take care of May.
Xiao Yanning smiled and said, "It's not your own son, why are you nervous?" Give it to me, and I will send him to Hanzhong, and if you miss him in the future, you can come and visit him. ”
Rao Di looked at Shen Zhu again, his face was cold and non-negotiable. She sneered, "Naturally, it's not my own son, my own son has long been ...... Long dead. ”
She hugged May to Xiao Yanning, "Fifth Prince, I don't care what happens to you in the future, this child can't threaten you, please be kind." ”
Xiao Yanning didn't nod, just hugged the child and stepped on the horse.
Seeing that the people were far away, Rao Tu turned around and walked into the car, never looking at Shen Zhu.
Shen Zhu didn't get on the car again to find unhappiness, but rode a horse and walked with Yang Qian outside.
The car drove to a small town, and it began to drizzle.
Lu Zhiming was seriously injured and was helped out of the car by the purple-clothed chess attendant. Rao Tu got out of the car and saw Shen Zhu walking in the front, his clothes were wet, and there were water droplets in his hair.
When the shopkeeper saw this group of people, he greeted him with a smile, and Shen Zhu simply ordered: "Three guest houses, the brocade is renewed." He didn't talk nonsense, took out an ingot of about ten taels of gold from his bosom and threw it over.
The shopkeeper took the gold and immediately smiled, "Yes, yes, a few distinguished guests come with me." ”
Rao Di originally had a total of three guest houses, which should be one for her and Shen Zhu, one for several maids, and one for Yang Qian and Lu Zhiming. But I didn't expect Lord Shen to go directly to Lu Zhiming, leaving two rooms, she and a few maids and Yang Qian, but it was very difficult to distribute.
Yang Qian said embarrassedly: "My subordinates keep vigil." ”
Rao Di asked for another room for the shopkeeper, and said to Yang Qian: "You don't have to keep vigil, I don't believe that I am so unlucky, and I am always remembered." ”
After speaking, she told Ziyi Zhenlong to rest, and she and Liu Xingshan Ghost lived in the remaining room.
After the medicinal bath that night, sitting on the bed with a pillow in a daze, the mountain ghost walked in and said in shock: "I found a very remarkable thing, I don't know whether to tell the girl." ”
Rao Di glanced at her, "Say." ”
"I told you not to be angry. In my opinion, Lord Shen is angry with you. ”
Rao Tu twisted her eyebrows and said: "When he is angry, he is angry, what does it have to do with me, where did I provoke him?" ”
"Lord Shen has been keeping a straight face for several hours."
"Whatever you call him, it'll be fine in a while. This person will only make a cold and stinky face. ”
The mountain ghost shook his head and said, "No, Lord Shen has also taken practical actions to express resistance to you, girl." ”
Rao Tu sniffled and said nonchalantly, "What did he do?" ”
The mountain ghost stepped forward and whispered: "He went to the purple-clothed girl's room, he hasn't come out for a long time, it seems that he won't come out tonight." ”
Rao Tu raised her eyebrows, gritted her teeth and did not speak.
The mountain ghost asked, "What should I do?" ”
Rao Di didn't speak, turned over and fell on the bed and closed her eyes and said: "He is Lord Shen, and he wants to recruit a girl to sleep, that is his freedom, and he can't control it." ”
The mountain ghost sighed, "If it weren't for the girl, you insisted on bringing that purple-clothed maid, and you wouldn't be so bad now." ”
Rao Di stopped talking, but her heart was empty, she suddenly felt that she was very cheap, at this time, would she still be jealous?
She reached out and slammed the bed hard, hating it so hard that she suddenly propped up and poked her head out of the edge of the bed, retching.
The mountain ghost hurriedly patted her on the back, "Girl, are you okay?" It's a little disgusting, but it's not disgusting, right? ”
Rao Tu vomited for a long time, but didn't vomit anything, she clutched her chest and said angrily: "It's so disgusting!" ”
Although the mountain ghost said so, he was still worried that there was something else, "Why do you vomit for no reason, do you want to tell Mr. Lu to take a look." ”
Rao Tu shook her head, "Let him rest well, it's not a big deal, it may be that after a day's journey, it's a little unpleasant to take the car." ”
The mountain ghost said angrily: "I hope that Lord Shen has to go back to Qingzhou, and he doesn't care about the girl's body." ”
Rao Tu sneered, "How can he take care of me?" He is Lord Shen, and he has the people of the world in his chest, but he is the only one who has me. ”
The mountain ghost helped her lie down, hugging the quilt, her knuckles clenched white.
Sleepless nights. At dawn, she got up alone, trying to go out to breathe. As soon as he pushed the door out, he saw the room opposite the courtyard, and Zhenlong sent Shen Zhu, who looked tired, out of the house.
Rao's footsteps paused, and her eyes drifted over them, landing on a red lantern in the corridor.
Shen Zhu walked over, "Early in the morning, what are you doing standing in this cold weather?" ”
Rao Tu smelled the faint fragrance on his body, as if it was contaminated on Zhenlong's body, and couldn't help but feel depressed, and said coldly: "I can stand wherever I like, you don't care." ”
Shen Zhu clenched his fists and leaned over to pick her up, "You see I can't control it!" Raising his feet and sending her back to the house, the mountain ghost and Liu Xing'er were awakened, and Shen Zhu shouted: "Your master is outside alone, no one knows?" Get me out! ”
"Mountain ghost Liu Xing, you stay!" The whole body trembled with anger, and kept twisting and rolling in Shen Zhu's arms.
Shen Zhu's eyes swept a glance at the mountain ghost Liu Xing, and the two girls immediately stopped hesitating, ignored Rao's orders, and retreated in a gloomy manner.
Shen Zhu pressed Rao Tu back into the quilt and said coldly: "Before my life is handed over to you, you are honest and obedient to me, you are my woman, if you don't listen to me, do you want to listen to Xiao Yanning or the purple-clothed Murong clan?" ”
"Why should I listen to others, I am also a human being, can't I be my own master?" ”
"The path you want to take is going to kill you sooner or later!"
"I've died a long time ago, am I still afraid of death? You just didn't take me seriously. ”
"I don't allow you to die, you don't want to die!"
Rao Tu was stunned for a moment, looking at his angry appearance, and suddenly felt that such a quarrel had not been over for a long time, it seemed that it had spanned many years, she no longer pretended this time, and he no longer accommodated her temper.
Shen Zhu saw that she was calm down and stunned, his heart softened a little, and he said slowly: "You remember, you don't have any friends, and everyone here is not your friends." Nangong Yiwu was trapped in the family, Xiao Yanning was trapped in the old hatred, and Lu Zhiming was trapped in the Heavenly Dao. Everyone has their own way, and you don't have to have compassion for others, because you don't have that qualification. ”
Rao Tu sneered: "I naturally don't have the qualifications to do great things in the world, I just want to save that child, I don't want him to die innocently, what's wrong?" ”
"That kid will be better to follow Xiao Yanning than to follow us. He seems to be burdened with Mo Qi's luck, which can be sensed by Huang Fangweng of Qin Tianjian. Xiao Yanning sent him far away to Hanzhong, not necessarily for the good of that child, maybe he wanted to steal his luck, but it would not hurt his life after all. ”
Hearing this, Rao Di meditated that if he took the child with him and was noticed by Huang Fangweng, even if there was a dead soldier guarding him in secret, he might not be able to protect him thoroughly, so it was better to send him away and stay away from this place.
She was unwilling to admit defeat, and she knew that Shen Zhu was reasonable, so she couldn't say anything, so she changed her words and asked: "What did you discuss with the girl in purple, it is worth discussing overnight?" ”
He heard the deliberate indifference in her words, and said softly: "Zhenlong explained to me about the chess moves, and I benefited a little. Nothing else. ”
Rao Tu snorted: "Even if you have him in your heart, it's not because you Lord Shen is happy." ”
"She is a woman sent by the Murong clan, even if I have other thoughts, I won't touch her, at most I will come back to you to vent my anger."
Rao Tu was stunned for a moment, looked at Shen Zhu, who was expressionless, and pushed him: "In your heart, what am I?" ”
Shen Zhu didn't answer her question, hugged her and lay down, kissed her on the lips, "What is it?" She is the most difficult woman in the world. ”
Rao Di was held in his arms, twisted several times before finding a comfortable position, Shen Zhu closed his eyes and said, "Go back to Qingzhou and take a look at the peach tree in the plum forest." ”
She was speechless.
At noon, the carriage drove out of the town. Rao Di still has a car with Shen Zhu, but there is a woman in purple in the car. In fact, Rao Tu didn't think that Zhenlong would have anything with Shen Zhu at all, but had some cordiality with Zhenlong.
Because Zhenlong is from the Demon Sect Liuli Mountain, he used to be the servant of the Devil Murong Clan, blind with a pair of eyes but with good chess skills, he must have had an unbearable past, for such a woman, Rao Tu is disgusted.
Shen Zhu didn't speak or read on the side, sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his fingers tapping his knees regularly, and making deductions in his mind.
On the temple, the capital will change hands, Prince Yu will ascend the throne, and the remaining four princes will go to the domain. There will be chaos in the north, and the five kings Xiao Yanning will go to Hanzhong.
In the middle of the rivers and lakes, there is a Liuli Mountain Lord who wants to meddle in the temple. There are also Taoist Lu Zhiming and Qin Tianjian Huang Fangweng and others mixed in.
It's a bit of a mess!
In fact, it doesn't matter how chaotic it is, he can always think of countermeasures little by little, but now that someone has moved his mind to Ah Yu, he can't allow it. Even if Ah Yu's fate is really different, he has to break this game, and he can't let her get involved.
Rao Di was bored with his tricks, and when she looked up and saw that his thick eyebrows were constricted, as if she was in a nightmare, she couldn't help but reach out and push on his knee.
Shen Zhu opened his eyes and held her hand, "What?" ”
Rao Tu frowned, and pulled out her hand to rub the joints, "Why don't you have a light weight, the person who holds it hurts!" ”
Shen Zhu looked down at his hand, only to realize that it was indeed heavy just now, "Where is it now?" ”
"I don't know, it's raining lightly outside, the road is muddy, and I'm walking very slowly."
Shen Zhu lifted the curtains, and a few cold raindrops floated in, falling on the back of his hand cold.
Zhenlong, who was sitting next to the window, tilted his head slightly, as if rain had fallen on his neck. Rao Di looked at the side, and saw that Zhenlong did not move a single inch except for the small movements just now, and his expression was very calm.
It's too quiet.
Rao said: "Put down the curtain, it's cold." ”
Shen Zhu heard the words and lowered the curtain, and looked at the hand stove placed next to Rao Di, "What kind of tricks do you describe in the cold, hold the hand stove." ”
Rao Tu put down the pattern in her hand, picked up the small stove and sent it to Zhenlong's hand, touching her cold fingers, Rao Tu frowned and said, "You are wearing a little less." ”
Shen Zhu didn't pay attention to it before, but now that Rao Tu reminded him, he found that Zhenlong was only wearing a purple shirt. He spoke: "Since you have left the Murong clan, you don't have to wear purple clothes in the future. ”
Zhenlong answered.
Rao Tu glared at Shen Zhu. Purple, this woman is blind, and whatever color she wears, it is actually the same for her.
She pulled out a cotton cloak of coarse cloth and flowers from the box and draped it over Zhenlong. This is what she often wears, and although it is a little old, it can keep warm.
Zhenlong was not flattered, but said, "Thank you, madam." ”
Rao asked, "How did your eyes become blind?" ”
"When I was young, I was sick and blind."
"Why is the chess game so good?"
"I was once taught by Mr. Huan Xun."
Although Rao Tu is not good at chess, she also knows that Huan Xun is a famous Go master, and he is the first person in the world to talk about it. Shen Zhu nodded when he heard this: "The piece of chess you arranged, it does have Huan Xun's chess style, it turned out to be a teacher of everyone, but I don't know where Mr. Huan Xun is now?" ”
"Mr. Huan travels all over the world, and the servant doesn't know where Mr. is now. And the maid and Mr. Huan only have three days of teaching, and there is no master-apprentice status, and the word "teacher" is not counted. ”
Rao Tu was slightly surprised, and after studying for three days, she was able to have this attainment, and she was deeply surprised.
Shen Zhu asked Zhenlong again: "How did you get to Liuli Mountain?" ”
"It's because I followed Mr. Murong that I stayed in Liuli Mountain for a few days."
Rao asked, "You call him sir?" ”
"The servant is now a son-in-law, so he can't call the Murong family the master, and the Murong family is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he can be called a gentleman."
When Rao Di heard the phrase "childe's person", she glanced at Shen Zhu, but Shen Zhu didn't feel anything, and seemed to be thinking about something else.
Rao Di said to Zhenlong: "You don't have to call yourself a servant, Lord Shen and I don't treat you as a subordinate." ”
Soon it was dark again, and the carriage was delayed because of the rain, and it was supposed to arrive at the post house at the same time, but it was more than an hour late. When she finally arrived at the place, Rao Tu lifted the curtain and saw two small men holding oil-paper umbrellas in front of the post house, and their faces were sparkling with the rain falling obliquely, and they didn't know how long they had been waiting.
When the little guy saw Shen Zhu and his party, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold an umbrella, and Shen Zhu took an umbrella and escorted Rao Di out of the carriage. Walking on the muddy ground to the post house, Raodi's dress and shoes were covered with mud.
This post house obviously got the news a long time ago, and waited for Shen Zhu here, and only after bathing did he know that he had arrived in Qingzhou. I don't know if it's because of the cowardice of the hometown or the heavy rain in the middle of the night, she is a little bored, and she wants to vomit but can't vomit.
The mountain ghost patted her on the back and said, "The girl's body is weak, and it is uncomfortable to be like this after sitting in the car for a long time." ”
Rao Di had some doubts in her heart, she slowly shook her head, and said to the mountain ghost: "Don't tell others about this matter." ”
The mountain ghost has one eyebrow high and the other low, "Don't really ask Mr. Lu?" Could it be because of the medicinal bath? ”
"No, don't worry about it."
The mountain ghost listened to Rao's tone a little harshly, and he sighed in confusion, and then stopped asking.
Lu Zhiming was a little better, and chatted with Shen Zhu in the room for a while, propping up his body to probe Rao's pulse.
Rao Tu smiled and said, "What does Mr. think about me? There's no need to probe the pulse. ”
Under the light, her face was very beautiful. Shen Zhu couldn't see that she was smiling brightly at other men, and coughed: "No matter how good your face is, let Mr. Lu take a look and see how to arrange a medicinal bath in the future." ”
Lu Zhiming said gently: "Lord Shen is right. ”
Rao Di let out a "hmm" and glanced at Shen Zhu resentfully, "I'm afraid that if Mr. Lu says that my body is better, some people will start to be unscrupulous again." ”
Lu Zhiming didn't understand what he meant for a while, and when he turned his head, he saw Shen Zhu's face was pale, and when he came back to his senses, he blushed a little. It seems that other husbands and wives flirt and scold, and it is really inconvenient for him to be a Taoist here. After seeing that Rao's face was indeed good, he left a sentence to see the pulse tomorrow, and fled in a hurry.
Shen Zhu stepped forward and pulled Rao's mouth, "How thick-skinned are you?" Is it a joke in front of the landing knower? ”
Rao Tu said aggrievedly: "I'm telling the truth. ”
Shen Zhu said angrily: "Unscrupulous? Believe it or not, I'm really unscrupulous to show you once and you will know what this means. ”
Rao Tu shrank at the foot of the bed like a kitten, and said sullenly: "I believe in Lord Shen's ability." ”
The more docile she was, the more annoyed Shen Zhu became, as if she was deliberately doing this, so that he couldn't beat and scold, and felt pity.
Shen Zhu sighed and leveled her. Rao's eyes suddenly turned a little red, and she snuggled into his arms and said sullenly: "Lord Shen regards death as home, I don't know what to do with me?" ”
"Disposition?"
"What are you going to do when you take me back to Qingzhou this time?"
Shen Zhu didn't answer, he didn't know how to answer this question.
Rao Tu sighed, listening to the sound of rain outside the window, she said slowly: "I used to be most afraid of rain, and I was also afraid of thunder. ”
Shen Zhu patted her on the back, "I'm here." ”
"In the past, my husband was out studying, and I was alone at home. Whenever there was thunder and rain, I shrank in the house and didn't dare to come out, and at that time I was worried, worried about whether he would also encounter heavy rain, and whether he had an umbrella to cover the rain? ”
Shen Zhu's body stiffened.
Rao Di laughed at herself, "The two little guys who stood outside the post house just now, the old heavy oil paper umbrellas they were holding in their hands, I used to have them at home. ”
Shen Zhu hugged her a little tighter, and Rao Di continued: "When he went out to study that year, I put the umbrella in his bookcase, but he took it off when he left at the end. ”
Shen Zhu remembered that year, he left the umbrella to her, because he knew that if he took the umbrella, she would definitely not be willing to buy a new umbrella, and then when it rained in the future, she would be drenched.
Rao sighed softly, "I didn't wait for him to come back. ”
She was talking about Shen Yanbing, not Shen Zhu.
On the sixth day of the first month, the rain stopped, and it was cold.
Rao Tu looked at the gray sky outside the thin window paper, and knew that it was a gloomy weather.
This is within Qingzhou.
The mountain ghost and Liu Xing boiled hot water, Rao Di washed her face, and looked at the person in the mirror in front of the dressing mirror, she was in a trance, and her fingers brushed the mirror, "Mountain ghost, is this me?" ”
The mountain ghost turned his head and stared at Rao Di for a while, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, my complexion is much better than last year, my cheeks are a little red, Mr. Lu's poison treatment method is really effective, and after a while, the poison will be exhausted, it should be better." ”
Rao sighed, "No matter how good it is, it's not me." I don't know if the old boatman at the ferry port is still alive? Even if they were, they wouldn't know me. ”
The mountain ghost stopped talking.
Rao Di smiled, "Let's go, let's see if Mr. Lu is awake." ”
"Girl, let's comb your hair and put on makeup before you go out."
"The Tao is natural, didn't you listen to Mr. Lu?"
"Oh."
The mountain ghost helped Rao Di to Lu Zhiming's door, but it was Shen Zhu who opened the door. Rao Di was a little surprised, and reluctantly smiled: "Shen Lang, didn't you go out early in the morning?" How is it in Mr. Lu's room? ”
"Something?" Shen Zhu didn't explain, and asked her directly.
Rao Di glanced into the room and saw Lu Zhiming sitting on the edge of the fire in a green shirt and robe, clear and weak, looking haggard. She coughed, "That...... It's nothing, I'll come and see Mr. Lu, since you have something to do, I won't bother for now. ”
Shen Zhu twisted his eyebrows, "What kind of expression do you have?" ”
"No expression, I'll go first." Rao Tu said and retreated. Shen Zhu subconsciously pulled her, but she didn't expect that under the pull, her whole body suddenly softened, and she actually fainted in his arms.