"Hunger strike?!" Xu Liang was so surprised that his eyes were about to bulge, and he glared at the maid who was waiting for Xu Ge Lao.

Yahuan tightened her neck in fear, and nodded innocently, "That's how Lord Xu explained to the servant." He said that the people of the Ming Dynasty were still suffering, and Lord Xu was powerless to save it, so he was ashamed of the emperor, so it was better to apologize for his crimes with death. ”

Xu Liang was stunned: "What is this old man doing?" ”

Xu Liang didn't know if what Yahuan said was true or false, so he decided to go to Xu Ge's old house to see the situation in person. When I arrived at Xu Ge's old house, I saw another outer maid standing outside the door with her head down, and saw Xu Liang coming over and saluting respectfully.

"What's going on?" Xu Liang asked in a deep voice.

Yahuan said: "Back to the adult's words, Lord Xu said that he didn't need the servant to serve, and he had already driven the servant out." Right now, Lord Yu and Lord Wang are inside. ”

Xu Liang waved his hand speechlessly, asked Yahuan to retreat first, and then strode into the room.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard Yu Dazhong, the governor of Shanxi, sitting in front of Xu Ge Lao's bed, and persuaded him bitterly: "Ge Lao, you are sick, it is the time to recuperate your body, how can you do it without eating?" ”

Xu Ge's old voice was still hoarse: "The old man is incompetent, he has lived up to His Majesty's trust, and he can't bring reinforcements to Shanxi!" Every time I think of this, the old man feels guilty, how can he eat. ”

"But, Elder Ge, if you don't eat, how can this illness be cured?" Yu Dazhong anxiously persuaded. "Besides, the pavilion is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, if you have any accidents, how should the lower officials explain to the emperor and the lords in the court?"

"Leave me alone!" Elder Xu Ge hummed and shouted: "Everything the old man does is the old man's personal idea, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Yu Dazhong was angry, and Wang Xian persuaded with a smile: "Elder Ge, you can not eat things for the time being, this bowl of medicine should be drunk, right?" This is a prescription specially prescribed by the famous doctor in Lord Xu's house, which is dedicated to treating your wind and cold. ”

"Hmph, Xu Liang's things, how can the old man enjoy them!"

"This is the ...... for your illness"

"The old man is sick and dead! In the eyes of some people, there is no such thing as an old man. Xu Ge shouted angrily.

Xu Liang heard it clearly outside, and after listening to it for a long time, he finally understood that the hunger strike made by Xu Ge Lao was actually aimed at him. Xu Liang sneered and strode in.

"Yo, what kind of trouble is Old Xu Ge going to make? Don't eat or drink medicine? ”

When Xu Ge Lao saw Xu Liang coming in, he snorted lightly in his nostrils, turned over suddenly, and turned around, leaving only a thin back facing Xu Liang.

Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian saw Xu Liang coming, so they gave up the position on the edge of the bed.

"What's going on?" Xu Liang stared at Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian, and asked in a deep voice.

Yu Dazhong sighed and explained with a sad face, "When I first woke up, I was fine, but just now I suddenly said that I was going on a hunger strike, and I didn't eat or drink medicine." Brother Wang and I persuaded for a long time, but Elder Xu Ge couldn't listen. ”

Xu Liang looked at Xu Ge Lao and saw him lying on his side, motionless, as if he hadn't heard Yu Dazhong's words. Xu Liang took the medicine bowl from Wang Xian's hand, sat lightly on the edge of the bed, poked his head down and patiently called to Xu Ge Lao, "Ge Lao...... It's time to take your medicine. ”

Xu Ge's shoulders shrugged, but he was still silent.

Xu Liang said again: "Elder Xu Ge, what kind of trouble are you going to make?" I know I was a little rude to you when you first entered the city, but I wasn't angry at the time. Elder Ge, you have a lot of them, so you don't have to worry about it. Get up and drink this medicine. ”

"Don't drink it!" Elder Xu Ge hummed out.

Xu Liang said: "But I think the hands of the subordinate officials are rough and the waiters are not thoughtful?" This is easy to do, that one, you come in and drink medicine! Xu Liang shouted to the maid ring outside the door, and the maid heard it, and hurriedly walked in, took the medicine bowl in Xu Liang's hand, squatted in front of the bed, and called softly: "Lord Xu, the maid will feed you medicine." ”

The old man did not move.

Yahuan held a spoon in her hand, and after a spoonful of medicinal juice, she carefully approached Xu Ge Lao, ready to send it to Xu Ge Lao's mouth.

"It's all said that the old man doesn't drink!" Elder Xu Ge suddenly shook his hand and was furious.

With a snap, accompanied by Yahuan's exclamation, Yahuan was shaken by Xu Ge's old hand, and her standing was unsteady, and the bowl of medicinal soup in her hand was not held for a while, so it fell to the ground, and the medicinal soup spilled on the ground. A spoon tumbled down to the edge of the table, dripping and spinning.

Xu Ge Lao couldn't help but turn over, looked at the medicine bowl on the ground, and was slightly stunned.

Xu Liang, Yu Dazhong, Wang Xian and others looked at Xu Ge Lao in amazement.

Yahuan looked like she had done something wrong, bowing her head and hanging her hands, waiting for her own adult to reprimand.

"The old man said that if you don't drink, you won't drink!" Elder Xu Ge shouted angrily, and glanced at Xu Liang with a meaningful look.

Xu Liang was stunned for a while, and then he was heartbroken: "Elder Xu Ge, what are you doing!" This medicine is not poison, it is for you to heal, look at it, sprinkle it all! As he spoke, Xu Liang pointed to the ring and instructed: "Who is that, don't clean it up yet, go to the kitchen quickly, and boil another bowl of medicine." ”

Yahuan listened and ran out of the house as if fleeing for her life.

Xu Ge snorted a few times, very disdainful, "Xu Liang, you just brought ten bowls and eight bowls, and the old man said that if you don't drink it, you won't drink it!" ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he laughed angrily, stepped forward, looked Xu Ge Lao up and down, and reached out to touch Xu Ge Lao's forehead, but Xu Ge Lao avoided it.

"My Lord Xu, you can't be stupidly sick, right? It's medicine! Cure for you! If you don't drink medicine, how can your condition get better? You are not well, how can you do your best for the Ming Dynasty?! ”

Xu Ge rolled his eyes and hummed: "Shanxi is gone!" The old man did his best and died of illness! ”

Yes, Xu Liang immediately understood. Xu Ge made such a fuss, and the crux of it still lies in Shanxi. Xu Liang did not agree to borrow troops, and Xu Ge Lao planned to go on a hunger strike.

Xu Liang seemed to have discovered a new continent, scratching his head, puzzled, and glared at Xu Ge Lao: "How old are you?" You're almost seventy! Boss! Are you ashamed to go on a hunger strike at such a young age? ”

When Xu Liang said this, Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian both turned their heads with strange expressions.

"Humph!" Xu Ge Lao shook his head firmly, his cheeks bulged, and the beard on his sharpened chin trembled.

Xu Liang trembled and pointed at Xu Ge Lao, so angry that he couldn't speak. Seeing this, Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian had another round of hard persuasion, but Xu Ge Lao seemed to have eaten the scales and made his heart, and a soft snort came out of his nostrils.

After a while, Yahuan came in with another bowl of soup and medicine, and looked at Xu Liang timidly.

Xu Liang pointed at Xu Ge Lao: "Give the elder Ge medicine." ”

Yahuan listened, looked at Xu Ge Lao timidly, and stepped forward cautiously.

Before he got closer, he saw that Xu Gelao, who was originally half-lying on the bed, suddenly reached out and snatched the bowl of soup and medicine, and with a flick of his hand, the bowl drew a beautiful arc, fell to the ground again, shattered into pieces, and spilled the soup and medicine residue on the ground again. Yahuan looked at Xu Ge Lao in horror.

Elder Xu Ge glanced at Xu Liang proudly, as if he was demonstrating.

Xu Liang's face was pale, he glared at Xu Ge Lao, and scolded angrily: "****, old man, are you really playing?!" ”

Elder Xu Ge snorted lightly and said in a deep voice: "The old man has always done what he says!" ”

Xu Liang pointed at him and shouted angrily: "Okay! You wait. After saying that, he said to the girl who was standing aside with a cower: "Go and bring another bowl." ”

Xu Ge Lao waved his thin fist at Yahuan's departing figure, and shouted, "It's useless how many bowls you bring!" ”

Seeing this, Xu Liang glared at him hatefully, then threw off his sleeves and walked out, he was afraid that he couldn't help it and would slap him. Xu Ge has old arms and legs, and he is sick again, Xu Liang is afraid that he will be slapped and hit again.

Xu Liang came out of Xu Ge's old ward, and was sulking in the corridor, when he saw Zhang Yan, the queen of Yi'an, Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of Xufu, Lou Xian'er, the third lady, and Wang Qinian, the political counselor of Shaanxi, hurriedly walked over.

The three of them looked at Xu Liang with inquiring eyes. Xu Liang waved his hand irritably and pointed to Xu Ge's old house, "I can't persuade you, you go and have a look." ”

Xu Liang was spinning in circles outside, and he was amused for Xu Ge Lao to make such a childish move, and he was angry for a while. If it weren't for the fact that this old man was very angry with himself, and how kind he was in the Jingshi, Xu Liang should really repair him. Anyway, it's not the first time that Xu Liang has repaired the old pavilion. For example, Cao Yibian and Wen Tiren, these two people were once repaired by Xu Liang very badly.

Irritably, they walked back and forth for a while, and then saw Zhang Yan and the others walking back, facing Xu Liang, and the three of them looked disappointed and worried.

Xu Liang exclaimed: "Why, this old guy doesn't even listen to his mother's words?" ”

Originally, when he saw Zhang Yan coming out, Xu Liang once had a glimmer of hope, but he didn't think that Xu Ge Lao really had a personality, and he did such a backbone on a hunger strike, and he didn't even listen to the persuasion of Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan glanced back at Xu Ge Lao's residence worriedly, then looked at Xu Liang, shook his head slightly, and said bitterly: "Xu Ge Lao said that this is a matter between him and Lord Xu, and this palace cannot interfere. ”

Xu Liang jumped to his feet and scolded: "What kind of bullshit logic, he thinks his life is too long, he wants to go on a hunger strike, and he has something to do with me?!" can't listen to this old guy's nonsense. ”

Zhang Yan pondered for a while, and said to Xu Liang Zhengse: "Lord Xu, although this palace doesn't know what went wrong between Xu Ge Lao and you. However, Xu Ge is always an important minister of the country, and there is no room for mistakes. How to deal with it properly, Lord Xu still has to be thoughtful. ”

Xu Liang nodded, "Niangniang is right." "Don't say anything else, just rush to Xu Liang and need Xu Ge Lao to support him in the cabinet, and Xu Liang will definitely not let Xu Ge Lao make a mistake.

When Zhang Yan finished speaking, she nodded to Xu Liang and went back to the inner courtyard with Feng Suqin.

Shaanxi political Wang Qinian stayed, and he also had a crying and laughing expression, holding back his laughter.

Seeing this, Xu Liang was angry, raised his foot and kicked at Wang Qinian, scolding: "Laugh! I make you laugh! ”

"Ouch!" Wang Qinian was in pain, so he retreated to the side and rubbed his feet.

"How do you think I could be such a scoundrel!" Xu Liang was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched.

Wang Qinian put away his smile and leaned closer to Xu Liang with frowns.

"Calm down, sir. The subordinates have a plan, and they may be able to resolve Xu Gelao's hunger strike. Wang Qinian smiled.

When Xu Liang heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "What method?" Say it. ”

Wang Qinian laughed a few more times, leaned into Xu Liang's ear, and whispered: "My lord, we all know that Xu Ge has been sleeping for a day and a night, and now he is planning to go on a hunger strike, hehe......"

In Xu Ge Lao's room, Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian saw that the maids were gone, so they leaned on Xu Ge Lao's side, Yu Dazhong said with a bitter face: "Ge Lao, does your method work?" You haven't eaten for two days, according to the opinion of the lower officials, let's not toss, the lower officials and Wang Xian will go back to Taiyuan and recruit soldiers to fight against the rebels! What's important about your old body, don't go on with this play, right? ”

Wang Xian also hurriedly agreed: "Yes, Elder Ge, your body is important." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he immediately blew his beard at Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian and glared: "What do you two know!" If you don't borrow soldiers from Xu Liang, what can you do by relying on you two weak scholars to rush back to Taiyuan?! This time, the old man has to pluck the hair from Xu Liang's iron rooster no matter what! You two can't say anything about this! ”

Xu Ge used official authority to suppress it, and Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian could only do it with a bitter face.

"Shhhh Someone's coming. ”

Sure enough, a maid came over with a bowl of medicinal soup again, looked at Xu Ge Lao, gave a blessing, and said crisply: "Ge Lao, the medicine is boiled again, the maid will serve you to drink the medicine!" ”

Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian put their eyes aside. Xu Ge Lao still looked like a stubborn old man who would never give in, and shouted in a deep voice: "Take it out and pour it down!" The old man has said it 800 times! Don't drink! If you don't drink, you don't drink! ”

Yahuan listened, but there was no impatience, calmly put the medicine bowl down, and then beckoned to the door: "Bring things in!" ”

Xu Ge Lao was stunned for a moment, then looked at his neck, and saw the four little maids each carrying two boxes of food boxes in, and the two maids put dishes on the table one by one from the food boxes.

As Yahuan brought out the dishes from the food box in the same way, Xu Guangqi, Yu Dazhong, and Wang Xian couldn't help but straighten their eyes when they looked at them.

After a while, there were eight exquisite dishes on the table, all of which were full of color, flavor, and even better, they were still steaming outside.

Yahuan put things in place, but only a pair of dishes and chopsticks, she saluted Xu Ge Lao, and then said: "Xu Ge Lao, we adults said, since Ge Lao doesn't want to drink medicine, it's not bad to eat some dinner specially prepared by the Chang'an Governor Yamen." ”

Steaming dishes fill the table, and the tantalizing aroma keeps drilling into the nostrils of the people in the room. Xu Ge Lao snorted lightly, forcibly forced himself to withdraw his gaze, still glared at Yahuan angrily, shook his head and said, "Take it, take it all, the old man won't eat it!" ”

Yahuan gave a tepid salute again, and then said: "Pavilion Elder, our adults have spoken, even if these food Pavilion elders don't eat, they have to be put to the next meal before they can be withdrawn." ”

"For ...... Why? Xu Ge asked in surprise.

"Well, my lord said, what if the elder wants to eat it again? Put it here, it's also prepared. Yahuan raised her head slightly and said with a serious face.

"......" (To be continued.) )