Shen Ruoyu walked to the door and saw who it was. Yao Biao's three young masters, Yao Jizhu, Yao Jiyu and Yao Jizhen, as well as Yao Gui, the chief housekeeper of Yao Mansion.

"If you don't see you for a long time! Why haven't you practiced today? Yao Jizhu saw him and greeted him affectionately.

Shen Ruoliao looked at the other three people, all of whom were glancing at him coldly, with disdain on their faces.

"Young Master Zhu, there is no good seat, only the table next to the counter, you see-"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's different where you sit," Yao Jizhu said with a smile, looking around the hotel and looking at everyone.

"Big brother," Yao Jiyu frowned in disgust, "Let's change the family, who wants to squeeze together with these rough people?" ”

He spoke out, and the customers in the store were a little indignant, but no one dared to say anything.

Yao Gui said: "Young Master Yu, just have a lunch, you can make do with it." We still have important things to do, and we don't have time to find a place to eat. Good thing the food is clean here. ”

Boss Yao Jiyu followed Yao Jizhu and Yao Gui unhappily to the table by the counter and sat down. Yao Gui ordered the food, and Shen Ruoyu was just about to leave, when Yao Jiyu suddenly shouted: "Uncle Gui, I want to drink sweet wine!" ”

Yao Jizhu said: "Yu'er, my grandfather said that you are not allowed to drink outside, have you forgotten?" ”

"I've been gone all morning, my mouth is dry, and I can't drink anything?"

"You can drink tea, but you can't drink alcohol." Yao Jizhu said coldly.

"Who wants to drink this inferior tea?" Yao Jiyu said: "What's wrong with me drinking some sweet wine? What do you say, Brother Jane? ”

Yao Jizhen was silent, and when he saw him at this time, he replied noncommittally: "Ah? I do not know. ”

Yao Jizhu said: "Yu'er, do you want your grandfather to be angry?" ”

"Big brother, if you don't tell him, he won't know." Yao Jiyu said willfully, "Anyway, Uncle Gui won't say it." ”

Yao Gui looked at Yao Jizhu with some embarrassment, and said, "Young Master Zhu, or we will have some sweet wine; Give Young Master Yu a drink, and the rest of Young Master Zhu and the little one will drink. Anyway, the sweet wine is small, it's fine. ”

Yao Jizhu thought for a while and said coldly: "Okay; But only one drink can be given to you. Today is that we are in a hurry to do things, and we don't have time to worry about you; When you come out in the future, don't say a glass of wine, you can't take a sip. ”

Yao Jiyu said: "Who will come out with you in the future." He saw that Shen Ruoliao was still on the side, looking depressed, and shouted at him:

"What are you doing? Why don't you want to eat and drink? Delay our work. ”

Yao Jizhen smiled coldly on the side and whispered: "I haven't tasted a stick for a long time, and everyone has become stupid." ”

Shen Ruoyu served four cold dishes; Yao Jizhu finally couldn't help it and asked:

"Ruo Xiao, why is it only you, Miss Ye?"

The voice of the outside world sounded distant and vague to Shen Ruoyu. He replied with difficulty, "She didn't come." ”

"What's wrong? Is she sick? ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "No-I don't know. ”

"Ruo Few? What's wrong with you, you're not feeling well? Why is your face so ugly? Yao Jizhu asked suspiciously.

Shen Ruoyu shook his head. Yao Jiyu said angrily: "Pretend." I saw it when he was in our house, and he was determined to oppose us in everything he did. ”

"Not really;" Yao Jizhen smiled casually: "You still can't see it? Second brother, he is obviously unresponsive and mentally retarded. ”

"Shut up," Yao Jizhu couldn't hold back the anger and said coldly. "If you two are not hungry, go out."

The two young masters stopped talking. Shen Ruoyu returned to the room and lay on the wall for a long time before finding a pot of sweet wine from a row of wine jugs. He stood up with the flask in his hand, and the world spun around. Instinctively, he reached out and held on to the wall so that he didn't fall. By the stove, Lu Jiang was busy stir-frying and didn't notice him. He breathed a sigh of relief, touched the four wine bowls, fastened them to the flasks, and brought them to the store.

The smell of wine rushed up to him, and he felt a strong wave of nausea. Holding back his discomfort, he walked over to the table, placed the bowl in front of the four men, and unplugged the flask.

Yao Jizhu frowned: "Ruo Xiao, Zhen'er doesn't drink; In addition, Yu'er can't ask for such a big bowl, you can change a teacup for him. ”

"What's wrong with me just drinking a bowl?" Yao Jiyu resisted aggrievedly.

Shen Ruoyu poured wine for Yao Jizhu and Yao Gui, walked around to Yao Jiyu, and reached out to take the wine bowl in front of him. Yao Jiyu protected the bowl and shouted at him:

"Who made you move? Dog minion. ”

Shen Ruoyu listened without feeling; He no longer had the energy to be distracted by the insults of the guests, and he tried his best to suppress the intense pain in his body. His face was pale, cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, he gritted his teeth, and poured wine for Yao Jiyu. Yao Jizhu saw that there must be something wrong with him, and looked at him in surprise and nervousness.

The flask is so heavy; Trembling all over; Suddenly, his hand slipped, and he could no longer grasp the flask, and slammed it on the table, and in an instant the wine spilled on the table.

Yao Jiyu was furious and slapped the table: "It's against you!" He stood up suddenly, picked up the wine bowl in front of him, and threw it at Shen Ruoxiao, splashing a bowl full of wine on his face.

Suddenly, a convulsive pain surged through his abdomen; Shen Ruoyu covered his abdomen, spurted out a mouthful of blood, fell backwards softly, and hit the alcove, suddenly knocking over a fine porcelain statue of Nanhai Guanyin in the alcove, falling from above, smashing to the ground, and smashing it to pieces.

The store was full of customers who were dumbfounded. Yao Jiyu was drenched in blood and stood in place, unable to react for a long time. Yao Jizhen's clothes were also splashed with a few drops of red, which scared him out of breath. Shen Ruoyu had already lost consciousness, lying on the ground in a broken porcelain without moving.

Yao Jizhu jumped up from the chair, jumped to the wall, pounced on Shen Ruoliao, and shouted:

"Ruo Liao?! What happened to you?! - Uncle Gui, you can help!! ”

Lu Jiang heard the sound of the ground shaking outside in the room, and was stunned for a long time; Hearing Yao Jizhu's panicked shout, he immediately rushed into the store, saw everything in front of him, and when his legs were weak, he knelt down by the wall and fainted. Yao Gui hurriedly helped her. Seeing this, the customers got up one by one, left the wine money on the table, and left the hotel.

Yao Jizhu saw Lu Jiang fainting, and shouted anxiously: "What can I do about this?" Uncle Gui, hurry up and go home and call grandpa over! ”

Yao Jiyu suddenly began to cry loudly. He is only a fourteen-year-old boy, and he doesn't have any bad intentions, but he is spoiled at home, and he has developed a young master's temper and is willful in everything. However, after all, he hadn't experienced anything, and suddenly he was sprayed with blood on his head and face, and he was already frightened, and he saw Shen Ruoliao and Lu Jiang lying on the ground motionless, not knowing whether they were dead or alive, and they cried in horror at the moment. Yao Jizhen was quieter than his brother, he didn't cry or make trouble, he sat on the chair without saying a word, looking at all this with a pale face, and the blood spots on his clothes, his whole body was paralyzed, and he couldn't move.

The younger brother cried loudly, Yao Jizhu calmed down suddenly, and said to Yao Gui: "Uncle Gui, without further ado, you go home immediately, and ask your grandfather to come over quickly." If he's not there, just ask my dad to come over, he'll be there. Yu'er and Zhen'er don't care about them for now, it's important that you go back quickly. I'll leave it to me. ”

Yao Gui stood up and said, "Young Master Zhu is thorough; Now it's all about this, I'm afraid that except for the master, no one knows how to save the two of them. ”

"Also," Yao Jizhu said, "You go from Wanliuer Hutong, go to Huiying Building, and invite a girl surnamed Ye to come over, and you will say that something happened to the Hongjia Hotel, and she will know." The distance is the same, not far away. ”

"This?? - "The great housekeeper of the Yao Mansion was dumbfounded.

"Hurry up, what are you delaying?"

"Yes," Yao Gui hurriedly rushed out of the store.

Yao Jizhu put Lu Jiang and Shen Ruoyu back in their respective rooms and lay down, looked at the broken porcelain helplessly, sighed, and began to clean up his younger brother, scooped two bowls of water from the room, took a hand towel, dipped it in water, wiped the blood on Yao Jiyu's head and face, stopped his crying, and then pressed him to the chair to sit, sat down himself, looked at the two frightened younger brothers without saying a word, and waited for Yao Biao to come over.

I don't know how long it took; From the very beginning, he lost the concept of time, and only felt that it was a long, long time. Finally, the sound of galloping horses' hooves reached my ears. He rushed out of the store; Two fast horses galloped far away and stopped at the door. Yao Gui jumped off the horse; Yao Biao also jumped off the horse and reached out to take Nightshade off his horse.

"Where's the man?" Yao Biao asked in the first sentence.

"Ruo Xiao and Aunt Hong are both lying in their own rooms. Aunt Hong has woken up. ”

"Yao Gui, you take the two muddy boys back and lock them up. Go back and settle accounts with them. ”

After Yao Biao finished speaking, he rushed into the store, didn't look at Yao Jiyu and Yao Jizhen, who were trembling on the side, lifted the curtain and walked to the back, and entered Lu Jiang's room first. Yao Jizhu and Ye Laixiang watched Yao Gui take the two little young masters and leave on horseback, walked to the door of Lu Jiang's house, and were just about to go in, but Yao Biao suddenly walked out again, saw the two of them, and said:

"She's fine, she's just scared. Zhu'er, you stay in this house to take care of Aunt Hong; Xiang'er, you come with me," he led Nightshade into Shen Ruoliao's room, sat down on the edge of the bed, looked at Shen Ruoyao's face carefully, touched his body, and said to Nightshade: "You go and see if there is hot water; Pour a basin and bring it over, and pour a bowl of cold boiled water. Get another handkerchief. ”

Nightshade was familiar with everything in the Hongjia Hotel, and soon walked in with hot water. Yao Biao was checking Shen Ruoliao's pulse, and his expression was very serious. Then, he let go of his hand, stared at the unconscious young man on the bed, pondered for a long time, shook his head, and put his hand back on Shen Ruoxiao's pulse. Nightshade saw a look of surprise on his face, and she was very anxious.

"Master, what's wrong with him?" She asked softly.

Yao Biao didn't answer, reached out and massaged a few acupoints on Shen Ruoliao's head and neck, then took the hand towel in Ye Laixiang's hand, soaked hot water from the basin next to the bed, twisted it, and wiped Shen Ruoliao's face and neck.

When he was done, he put back his handkerchief and stood up.

"Xiang'er, can you stay in the store for the past two days? I don't think he'll wake up for a while. And wipe his face every hour, as I did. You can feed him some warm water. Anything else......" he sighed, "there's nothing more to do." I'm going to tell your aunt that the store won't be open for the next two days. ”

"Master, if only he ...... What the hell is it? Nightshade asked worriedly.

Yao Biao looked at her and didn't smile. "Xiang'er, you don't have to be afraid; He'll wake up. But...... I'm afraid it's not a disease; I'm not sure now, I'll wait until he wakes up and ask him about it. At that time, let's see what can be done. ”

Nightshade stood there dumbfounded, pondering Yao Biao's words. Master Yao's medical skills are brilliant and famous all over the world; There doesn't seem to be a disease that he can't cure. However, he said that Ruo Xiao was not sick...... What does that mean? It's not a disease, is it that Lord Yao is helpless?

Yao Biao left Yao Jizhu behind in case something happened. Then, he left the Hong Hotel.

Lu Jiang lay down for an afternoon and was able to get up. She insisted on making dinner for Yao Jizhu and Nightshade; Then, watching the two of them eating in the store, she sat on the side of Shen Ruoxiao's bed and guarded, she couldn't eat anything, only drank a little gruel.

Yao Jizhu told Ye Laixiang the details of what happened. Nightshade didn't make much noise, just was silent and in a daze. Yao Jizhu looked at her carefully for a while and said:

"Miss Ye, I heard my grandfather say that you and Ruoyu are going to get married?"

Ye Laixiang glanced at him and said, "No, there is no such thing at all." ”

Yao Jizhu said: "No; Grandfather wouldn't have joked about that. Don't be embarrassed, Miss Ye, don't you want to invite me to your wedding? ”

"Young Master Yao, let's not be so polite in the future," Ye Laixiang smiled: "Just call me Xiang'er." ”

Yao Jizhu said happily: "Okay, you don't want to be a son, just call me Zhu'er." Ruo Xiao is the same, he is always a young master, and he is not too numb. ”

"That's how it should be," Nightshade blushed, "We don't have the same status as you, where can we be nonsense." Sometimes it's not big or small, it's excessive. ”

Yao Jizhu said: "Miss Xiang'er, everyone is a good friend, doesn't you make me embarrassed like this?" ”

He asked again: "You haven't answered me yet, is it true that you and Ruo Xiao want to get married?" ”

Ye Laixiang said with a smile: "Young Master Zhu, if I can really marry a wishful man like Ruo Liao, I will definitely be so beautiful that I will shout all over the street, where can I say that there is no such thing." ”

"That means you'd love to marry him?" Yao Jizhu asked in a low voice.

Nightshade denied: "No; We're just good friends. I don't care what other people think; If everyone in Peking is unwilling to marry me because of my best friend, then it is not uncommon for me to marry them. ”

Yao Jizhu said: "You are such a good girl, the whole city must be fighting for it." ”

Ye Laixiang blushed and said, "Young Master Zhu, your mouth is so sweet." ”

The two of them continued to talk. After eating, Yao Jizhu accompanied Lu Jiang for a while, and then said goodbye and returned to Yao's mansion. Nightshade helped Lu Jiang clean the dishes and chopsticks, persuaded Lu Jiang to lie down and rest, and returned to Shen Ruoxiao's room by herself.

She walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, picked up the hand towel, carefully wiped his face and neck, folded the quilt, sat aside, and watched him quietly. Shen Ruoyu was unconscious, lying there like a dead man, and he didn't even seem to be breathing.

She still has the lilac hairpin pinned to her hair.

Shen Ruoyu was not in a coma for too long. When he woke up, it was the next morning. Lu Jiang was guarding the bedside, wiping his face for him, and when he saw him open his eyes, he leaned down lovingly and asked:

"Xiao'er, are you awake? How does it feel? ”

He looked around blankly and took a deep breath; The pain all over my body disappeared without a trace. He sat up. Lu Jiang stopped:

"Don't get up; You're just too tired to make yourself sick. Get some rest. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "It's okay, aunt; I think I'm completely fine. How long did I sleep? ”

"Not long after, less than a day. Xiang'er fell asleep in my bed. ”

"She's coming?"

Lu Jiang nodded. "And the master, I'll come over later. He saw you yesterday but didn't tell me what was going on. ”

Seeing Lu Jiang pick up the basin, Shen Ruoyu jumped out of bed and snatched the basin from her hand.

"Auntie, I'll come. I'm really totally fine. I don't get sick until I'm lying down. ”

He went out into the yard and poured water into the tank. Then, come into the store.

"Auntie, I'm not going to practice today, I'll help you open a shop. Xiang'er let her sleep. She was probably exhausted. ”

Shen Ruoyu said, his eyes suddenly fell on the alcove; The entire niche was empty, and the statue of Guanyin was missing. Staring at the blank space in the alcove in confusion, he asked:

"Auntie, where is the Guanyin statue?"

Lu Jiang turned around and said with a smile: "I'll put it away." ”

"Put it away?"

"yes; Staying in the store, getting in the way of back and forth, I was afraid that there would be a mistake, so I put it away. ”

"But—" Shen Ruo looked at Lu Jiang in confusion. "You've been in the store for so many years, why did you suddenly think to put it away?"

Lu Jiang thought for a while and said with a smile: "Why don't you say it, my mind is like this, it's often like this, one thing can't turn around after many years, I just feel awkward, and suddenly one day, I think of where awkward it is." ”

Shen Ruoyu looked at Lu Jiang strangely, and then at the bare alcove. Suddenly, he trembled, his face changed suddenly, he looked at Lu Jiang, and asked in a low voice:

"Auntie, the Guanyin statue was shattered by me, right?"

Lu Jiang turned around in a panic and looked at him: "Silly boy, what do you say?" ”

Shen Ruoyu stopped talking and walked into his room. Lu Jiang followed him to the door, but he came out, holding the autumn wind in his hand, looked at her, and said with a smile:

"Auntie, I'm out to practice."

Then, without waiting for her to answer, he went straight into the courtyard, led the second-rate son out, opened the back door, turned on his horse, whipped his whip, and walked away without looking back.

Lu Jiang stared blankly at the horseshoe prints he left, and stood at the gate of the courtyard for a long time.

Then, she turned around, and Nightshade was standing behind her, and asked:

"Auntie, if you don't have him...... Let's go? ”

Lu Jiang nodded.

"Why did he just wake up and run around, he's going to die," Nightshade muttered dissatisfied.

Lu Jiang sighed: "Xiang'er, he knows about the Guanyin statue." What should I do? He won't be coming back this time. ”