Chapter 45: The Case of Aging

Rao Tu was carried into the bath bucket by Shen Zhu, her whole body was cold, and after soaking in hot water, her skin was itchy and unbearable. Shen Zhu personally served her to bathe, and wrapped her in the quilt when she was done, and the zongzi generally only showed her head.

He wiped her hair with a cotton towel, and when he saw her closing her eyes tightly, biting her lip and not saying anything, he couldn't help but sneer: "Next time, if you dare to mention any fireworks in Willow Lane, you can go wherever you come from." ”

Rao Di still closed her eyes and said tiredly: "I'm just talking about it, but you don't mind it in your heart." ”

The movement on Shen Zhu's hand paused slightly, yes, he minded, how could he not mind? She's conceived children for other men! He wanted to cut that man with a thousand knives.

Rao Tu shrank back into the bed, "I'm tired, I need to rest." Adults, please. ”

Shen Zhu looked at her lying face in, unable to see her expression, but what appeared in her words was a deep tiredness. He couldn't help shrinking in his heart, secretly regretting that he shouldn't have splashed her with tea, hating it at the time, and regretting it at this time.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, trying to say something, but he didn't say a word, put the thick quilt on her, and turned and walked out of the room.

The mountain ghost and Liu Xing were still kneeling outside, and Shen Zhu waved his hand, "Go and cook a bowl of ginger water for Madame to drink." ”

The mountain ghost and Liu Xingru got amnesty and stood up with difficulty. From time to time, Liu Xing came in with a big bowl of ginger water, and Rao Di was lying on the bed and frowned when she smelled the ginger water, and said, "I don't drink this thing." ”

Liu Xing smiled: "If the girl doesn't drink, Lord Shen should blame us!" ”

Rao Tu snorted, "He's gone?" ”

"Yes, I went back to the library overnight."

"I don't think he's going back to the Academy, he's probably going to Fangcuiyuan to find comfort."

The mountain ghost limped in, "It's to go to the library, I heard Yang Qian say that the emperor handed over the matter of setting up a banquet to receive the northern delegation to Shen Zhu, and he has been busy recently." ”

Rao Di was a little puzzled when she heard this, "Receiving foreign envoys, this is something that the Ministry of Rites should worry about, how can he let Huang Menlang do it?" ”

The mountain ghost said: "Huang Menlang went out of the capital, I am afraid that he will be promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Rao Tu pondered after listening to it, and said slowly: "Huangmen Lang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and then the Zhongshu Order...... The emperor is paving the way for him? ”

"Anyone with a discerning eye in the court can see that the old emperor attaches great importance to Lord Shen." The mountain ghost didn't care.

Rao Tu narrowed her eyes, "Ordinary Tanhualang, how could he climb so fast in the middle of the court?" ”

The mountain ghost knew that Liu Xing was not an outsider, so he simply said bluntly: "When I heard about Shen Zhu's nineteen policies for governing the country, the emperor was shocked when he saw it, and he once said, 'The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and I can only tolerate Shen Zhu to be proud of his talents'." The girl thought, what an honor it is for Lord Shen to be treated like this by the Son of Heaven? ”

Rao Di was suspicious in her heart, and muttered: "He once traveled abroad to study, and he must have had a great opportunity, otherwise it would be impossible to have this situation." ”

When the mountain ghost heard her say this, he asked softly, "What does the girl think?" ”

"Let's make a break with the woman in the inner courtyard first."

On the second day, Rao Di lay in bed and didn't get up, only felt a headache, although there was no fever, but still had a cold. The mountain ghost was frightened: "Girl, didn't you drink ginger water?" ”

Rao Tu smiled: "It's because I drank ginger water that it's not so serious." You and Liu Xing'er, go to the pharmacy to grab some medicine. ”

"Do you want the doctor to come and take a look?"

"No need, you go and grab two medicines, one for uterine cold and one for cold."

The mountain ghost twisted his eyebrows: "Why do you want to cure the palace cold?" ”

"Yang Qian will definitely stay on the shore, after seeing it, you don't have to hide it, tell him the two medicines I want. Said that I am worried about the heir, I saw Mrs. Pei's warm tonic medicine in the pharmacy a few days ago, if you want to follow suit, is it effective. ”

The mountain ghost came over with some realization, and nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, girl, I will definitely tell him not to tell Shen Zhu." ”

Rao Tu smiled and nodded: "Smart." ”

The mountain ghost and Liu Xing went, and Rao Di read a book in the house for a long time, and by lunchtime she had no appetite.

When Shen Zhu pushed the door in, he saw her holding a bowl of porridge to drink. He stepped forward and touched her forehead, there was no fever, a little relieved, and frowned: "Didn't drink ginger water last night?" ”

"After drinking ginger water, I can't get rid of the cold that comes from kneeling all night." She drank porridge and said with a bleak expression.

Shen Zhu sat down and shook her hand, "Since you're not in good health, you don't know how to ask the doctor to take a look?" If you are in a hurry to go to the doctor, how can you just grab the medicine in the pharmacy? ”

"People say that a long-term illness becomes a self-healing doctor, how is Rao's body, I know, I don't want to invite those Lang Zhong to toss me." Rao Tu is still faint.

Shen Zhu rarely had a good temperament, and he was not angry, but said: "After a long illness, you can take the medicine for the cold, what is the matter with the treatment of the cold in the palace?" ”

Rao Di said: "It's just that I feel that the future is dark, and the concubine plans for herself, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

He stared at her angry appearance, but somewhere in his heart there was no reason, "Even if you are pregnant, it is my species, why has nothing to do with me?" ”

Rao Tu raised her eyes and glared at him, "Who said that I was going to conceive your seed, I just thought that I would be divorced by you one day in the future, just find a peddler and pawn to marry, and take advantage of the current conditions to take care of it, so that I won't even have a child in the future." ”

Shen Zhu lowered his face: "It's the woman I don't want Shen Zhu, which peddler pawn dares to ask for it?" ”

Rao Di slammed the bowl on the table, got up and was about to go back to the inner room, but was grabbed by Shen Zhu, "What are you running?" Sit down and let Mr. Lu see the pulse! ”

Rao Di found that there was a young man in a green shirt and a robe standing outside the door, she couldn't help frowning, the surprise in her eyes flashed, and then she asked casually: "Which Mr. Lu?" ”

The young Taoist priest with clear eyebrows turned around and walked into the house, a whisk of dust hanging on his arm and floating in the wind, holding a group of fairy wind bones, respectful and compatible.

He bowed his head and saluted, "I know my fate in Xialu, and I have seen my wife." ”

Rao Tu asked, "Where does Mr. Lu practice Taoism?" ”

"In the lower clouds, the world can be seen."

Rao Tu smiled and asked, "Why is Mr. called 'under the bottom' instead of 'poor road'?" ”

"A Taoist priest is a man who has attained the Tao. He did not attain enlightenment, so he did not dare to claim it. ”

Rao Tu smiled and looked at Shen Zhu, "Where did you find this master?" If it weren't for the monks, I would have regretted not knowing him sooner. If I had seen this Mr. Lu earlier, how could I still be blinded by lard and follow you? ”

Shen Zhu couldn't refute what he said, he sneered, got up and looked at Lu Zhiming, who was a little red-faced, and said, "My concubine is very frivolous, and the foul language has polluted Mr.'s ears, please don't blame me." When looking at the pulse, Mr. Lao Fu looked to see if there was anything wrong with her brain. ”

She smiled and didn't take Shen Zhu's words seriously, and a pair of eyes swirled on Lu Zhiming's body.

Lu Zhiming smiled gently, "Lord Shen, don't be joking, Madame is a person of temperament." ”

He made a gesture of invitation to Rao, "Mrs. Lao Fu stretched out her left wrist and asked for a pulse. ”

Rao Tu stretched out his hand, he knocked it carefully, and then looked at the vein in his right hand. Rao Tu smiled: "Mr. Lu's method of looking at the pulse is so simple, doesn't it mean that the miracle doctor can cut the pulse?" ”

Lu Zhiming said gently: "So I am not a miracle doctor. ”

Shen Zhu watched Rao Tu make fun of Lu Zhiming on the side, and suddenly felt a headache, it seems that this woman not only doesn't know what to do, but also is very shameless.

Lu Zhiming looked at the pulse, and Liu Xing'er held a prescription, "Please take a look, sir, is it feasible to take this medicine for our wife's illness?" ”

Lu Zhiming took it and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "This prescription is eaten by a woman who is cold and bloody, and the symptoms are not the same as that of Mrs. ”

"Oh? He asked casually: "This is Mrs. Pei's medicine, I heard that she often takes it, so I thought I would try it too." ”

Lu Zhiming shook his head: "Just looking at this prescription, it is all a method of warming and supplementing, and it is not that the person taking the medicine cannot be pregnant, but ......."

At this, he suddenly fell silent. Shen Zhu picked up the prescription and looked at it, and asked, "And what?" ”

"Even if you are pregnant, it is still a stillbirth, and the fetus will be bruised and bruised after birth, and it will not last long."

Shen Zhu's hand holding the prescription trembled slightly, and he raised his head and said, "Stillbirth? ”

Lu Zhiming nodded: "This is not the case for Mrs. Rao, but because she was injured in childbirth, she is not good at this way, but if you want to come to the palace, the imperial doctor is good at this way, or you can adjust it." ”

Shen Zhu slowly put down the prescription in his hand, "How is the poison on her body?" ”

"It's a poison with no cure, no cure. However, it can be resolved by cutting blood in the next place. ”

Shen Zhu said "um", "This matter will be discussed later, you come with me first and take a look for the other person." ”

Rao Di picked up half a bowl of porridge and continued to drink, and muttered quietly: "Anxious to see Mrs. Pei?" Adults are really good husbands! ”

Shen Zhu glanced at her obliquely, didn't answer, and said to Lu Zhi, "Please." ”

Lu Zhiming went with him, Rao Di got up and looked at the figures of the two, and said slowly: "Even you are here?" ”

The mountain ghost whispered on the side: "Mr. Lu once said that if he found a cure for poison, he would come to rescue the girl, and it seems that he really found it." ”

Rao Di's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he helped the door and said: "Let spring, summer, autumn and winter go to Fangcuiyuan to find out the news, it's been so long, it's time to give the princess some gifts." ”

The mountain ghost agreed, and then asked, "Can you kill with a stick?" ”

"I can't."

"Also, beaten to death with a stick, it's too cheap for that prostitute!"

In the afternoon, Rao Tu wrapped her cloak and took the mountain ghost and Liu Xing to swim in the lake, and the mountain ghost persuaded her to stay in the cabin and let Liu Xing go rowing. Rao Tu ordered the boat to row north, all the way to the north shore, and there was a white wall near the water.

Liu Xing sighed, pointed to the withered reeds and said, "There's a small raft in there!" ”

Rao Tu looked out of the cabin and said with a smile: "It turned out to be hidden here." Mountain ghost, you fly up the wall and see what's going on outside. ”

The mountain ghost cried and said with a sad face: "Girl, I just got thirty boards, and my butt still hurts!" ”

"Was it Yang Qian who beat him?"

"Yes."

"Then it's okay, go and see, you will be limited to a pillar of incense."

The mountain ghost sighed, pressed his hands on the cabin, and the whole person flipped in the air a few times, jumping out of the white wall.

This was the first time Liu Xing saw the mountain ghost show her kung fu, and she was so shocked that she covered her mouth.

Rao Tu waited for half an hour before the mountain ghost poked his head out from behind the white wall. Rao Tu lowered her face and said, "If I smell the smell of beef and soju on your body, you think about the consequences." ”

The mountain ghost jumped down from the white wall and landed on the bow of the ship. "Girl, you smell."

Rao Tu asked, "Then what are you rubbing?" ”

"I've made an amazing discovery!" The mountain ghost triumphantly said, "Guess what I saw?" ”

Rao Di raised her hand and patted her on the head, "Say it!" ”

"Outside this white wall is an unmanned narrow alley, the grass is overgrown, and the narrow alley is still a high wall, I turned over and looked, it was actually the mansion of the five kings, don't you say it's magical?"

Rao Di thought about it, it turned out that it was so convenient for Xiao Yanning to come to the lake, just jump over a narrow alley and two walls. She asked: "You said that there are people around the Five Kings' Mansion who use the Disgusting Victory Technique to arrange the ghost domain and wear down his luck, so is there anything special about this lake and clear water here?" ”

The mountain ghost shook his head: "I don't know much about witchcraft and witchcraft, but if I have a chance, I can ask Mr. Lu." ”

Rao said: "Lu Zhiming is an indifferent person, and it is difficult to pull him into this pool of sewage. ”

"Then I'll go back and ask the master?" The mountain ghost asked, tilting his head.

Rao Di was shocked and said decisively: "Not even better!" No one can mention this except the three of us. Mountain ghosts, life is at stake, you have to believe me. ”

Seeing her cautiousness, the mountain ghost nodded earnestly, "I see." ”

"Let's go back, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter should also come back from Fangcuiyuan."

A few people rowed back to the plum blossom dock, in the warm pavilion, spring, summer, autumn and winter were waiting early, and there was joy on the faces of both people.

Rao Tu smiled slightly, "What, what's the good news?" ”

"We went to Fangcui Garden, and saw that Pei was crying miserably, and he didn't want to let Mr. Lu take the pulse, Lord Shen said that if he didn't want to take a look, he would have a sense of proportion in the past. Pei Shi cried and said that what she is doing now is because of the slut named Ah Yu back then. ”

Rao Tu sneered, "Look, until now, I haven't given up." A mad dog that bites people and is addicted. ”

Chun Xia continued: "At that time, Mr. Lu spoke, saying that although he did not find Madame's pulse, he saw Madame's complexion and breath flowing, and knew that Madame's disease was born and had nothing to do with others. ”

The mountain ghost hurriedly asked, "How is Lord Shen after hearing this?" ”

He wasn't very excited, just laughed lightly and turned away. The slave and maid looked at him with no anger, but very desolate. ”

Rao Di looked at Merlin outside the door, "Where is he now?" ”

"I went to Merlin Qingwasher alone, and no one was allowed to follow."

"I know, let's talk about all this news with Her Royal Highness the Princess. You go back to the princess's mansion and ask the princess to send a few dead soldiers, Pei Qingwei may want to kill me. ”

Spring, summer, autumn and winter glanced at each other, and went back to the princess's mansion to report good news, maybe there will be a big prize, the two girls were quite happy, and they hurried to go.

The mountain ghost asked in a low voice, "Pei's really can jump off the wall in a hurry?" ”

"Falling with the momentum of a landslide, how can you allow her to jump? It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't ”

"What does that girl mean?"

"As soon as Pei's death, Princess Xunyang will definitely kill me. Instead of letting her dead man hide in the shadows, it is better to lead to the light to see clearly, and you and I can also be on guard. ”

"The girl is smart."

Rao Di looked at the green-shirted Taoist priest who was walking slowly outside the door, and a gentle smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth, "Mr. Lu, don't come unharmed?" ”

"Very good."

"Mr. is a person who is breezy and moony, why did he come to this pool of sewage? Rao Tu's heart is uneasy. ”

"It was Lord Shen who found me."

"Oh?"

"There was a great drought in Suzhou, and the epidemic was rampant, and when I was practicing medicine in Suzhou City, I was approached by Lord Shen."

Rao Tu smiled and said, "It turned out to be famous and provoked." ”

"In the suicide note of the family teacher, there is a method of cutting blood to cure poison, and I once used this method on a dying man with snake venom in his body, and it worked wonders. Or maybe you can give the girl a try. ”

"Thank you Mr. for your concern, please think about this matter."

Lu Zhiming said calmly: "If the girl delays any longer, time is running out." ”

"I know, I'm running out of time."

Rao's gaze drifted to the Merlin behind him, and he smiled slightly: "But it's enough after all." ”

"The meaning of your life is not revenge."

"Sir doesn't need to be persuaded, Rao Tu has made up his mind...... Can you know how to talk about luck? ”

"In the lower cultivation of the Lonely Hidden Heavenly Dao, I know a little bit about it."

"Please help me take a look at a place, mountain ghost, and show me the way."

Lu Zhiming looked at her, so he had to go with the mountain ghost first. Rao Di walked into the depths of the plum forest and stopped in front of the small house.

The wooden door was open, and in the dark room sat a faint man, who was half-leaning against the wall, as if all his strength had been withdrawn, and sat in a daze, not crying, not laughing, not speaking.

Air, oppressive to the extreme.

Rao Di walked into the room, he just looked at the withered plum on the table, did not turn his head, and said lightly: "Go out." ”

Rao Tu ignored it and sat straight beside him.

"I'll let you out."

"If your adult's heart isn't here, why bother if I'm not here?"

Shen Zhu slowly covered the position of his heart, and smiled bitterly, "Yes, not here." ”

When he said this, his tone was like that of a dull old man, without any strength.

"The concubine heard that "Red Luo" is not sung to Mrs. Pei, but a woman with the same name as the concubine, her name is Xu Yu, she has been waiting in a bamboo forest in Qingzhou for five years, waiting for your letter of resignation."

"Don't talk about it."

"Some people say that she is a femme fatale because she killed a child."

"I'll tell you to shut up!" Shen Zhu turned around suddenly, clamped her neck and said angrily, "I'll let you shut up!" ”

Rao Tu was clamped down on her throat, unable to breathe, and her face was flushed. The fist that fell on him became lighter and lighter, but his eyes became colder and colder, and he suddenly laughed.

Shen Zhu was taken aback, withdrew his hand, hugged her in his arms and said nervously: "Ah Zhu, I'm sorry!" ...... Ah"

Rao Tu relieved herself and sneered: "I'm Ah Yu, but I'm not your Ah Yu." Shen Zhu, you will never get her again for the rest of your life. ”

He was stunned for a moment, then began to laugh, "Get her? Why get her? From the beginning, I didn't expect her. ”

He laughed: "Not bad! What I want is destruction! Completely ruined Qingzhou Xu's family! ”

Rao Di stubbornly picked at the gap in the blue bricks on the ground, and trembled: "Why? Why? What exactly did she do wrong? ”

"Wrong! Of course she was wrong! Shen Zhu pushed her out suddenly, he got up and picked up the porcelain vase with thick ash on the table, and said with a smile: "Her birth is a mistake, her existence is a mistake!" ”

With a bang, the porcelain bottle slammed on the ground, and the splashed debris flew to the corner of Rao Di's eyebrows, sliding out a trace of blood, Rao Di trembled and picked up the withered plum on the ground, and sneered: "So Shen Zhu, what are you doing now, you have destroyed her." The concubine heard that she was dead. ”

Shen Zhu stared at Rao Di, "Who said she died?" Her skin and body are gone, but her soul is in yours, and you are her. ”

Rao Tuha laughed: "It turns out that the concubine is just a substitute. She nodded, "Isn't that what adults like this kind of?" I am like her, and I will relieve you of lovesickness; I'm not her, so I don't feel guilty. Adults are really good to Raodi! ”

Shen Zhu dragged her up from the ground, "You have to know that you are just a prostitute, just a substitute, I treat you well, you should know how to lift." ”

Rao Di said coldly: "I don't know how to lift, how are you doing?" ”

His eyes were hot, and he looked at her fiercely, but he couldn't find any timidity in those peach blossom eyes, and what he saw was cold sarcasm.

This made him very angry.

"Rao, you know my methods."

"Although my lord can use all means to deal with Rao, whatever you have done to Xu Yu, you can try it on me. But I want to tell you, I'm not Xu Yu, I'm not afraid of you. ”

Shen Zhu looked at her in a daze for a while, his expression suddenly became very lonely, he smiled lightly, and slowly squatted on the ground to pick up the broken porcelain pieces all over the ground. His slender fingers cut out blood marks, and he carefully picked up those porcelain pieces, his expression focused and desolate.

Rao Di continued to sneer: "What did she do wrong, you hate her like that?" Now because he hates her, he tortures Rao Tu in every way. Hehe, the dignified Son of Heaven is close to Huang Menlang, and he is not as good as the meanest woman in the world! ”

Shen Zhu ignored her taunts, picked up the porcelain bottles, and then gently placed them on the table, gently pushing them up one by one.

The snow outside the window reflected him, and it was very dazzling.

Rao Di felt a heart-rending pain, and held on to the door frame before she could barely stand still.

Shen Zhu suddenly looked up at her, "Rao, let's go." ”

Rao Tu was stunned for a moment, he smiled slightly, and said softly: "I will give you freedom, the child named May you saved, I sent it to Wuji Island in the East China Sea." Go ahead. ”

Rao Tu held the door frame tightly and said with a smile: "Since Lord Shen is enlightened, Rao Tu will not bother." That's it. She turned to leave, Shen Zhu only saw her resolute back, but he didn't see the tears rolling out of her eyes the moment she turned around.

It's cold outside the window.

Shen Zhu sat casually on the threshold, looking at the plum blossoms in his eyes, he gently closed his eyes.

In the plum forest in Qingzhou, there is a peach tree, every year, when the spring breeze blows down the plum blossoms, the peach tree gradually rises suddenly, and the branches are crowded with flower bones. After the spring breeze three times, the peach blossoms are full of branches.

In the twenty-ninth year of Zhaoxing, the woman was under the peach blossom tree, dressed in red, as bright as a peach blossom.

Peach blossoms, he smelled a faint fragrance of peach blossoms, and the green silk on his head turned gray.

Shen Zhu stood up abruptly and hurried back to the Warm Pavilion, which was empty. Only Lu Zhiming stood at the door, and when he saw that he was gray, he was only slightly startled, and then said to Shen Zhuzuo: "Mrs. Rao is gone, and she is waiting here like an adult." ”

Shen Zhu turned around and walked to the water's edge, but saw that there was no boat on the shore, and on the opposite shore, the woman was dressed in green clothes and riding on a white horse, and her blue cloak moved with the wind, like a churning green mist.

Shen Zhu jumped into the water with a puff and swam towards the opposite shore with all his might.

The mountain ghost tugged at the corner of Rao's clothes: "Girl, look." ”

Rao Tu smiled coldly: "Jackal diet, tiger and leopard chanting Buddha, me and Shen Zhu, do you have anything to say?" ”