Today is the death day of Ruyue's mother Pang Zi, who remembers that her mother has left her for a year: "...... Mother, I have a good life here, the girl treats me very well, I can learn a good hand, and I can embroider a very beautiful handkerchief. Mother, if you don't gamble, we will live a good life, you will draw such a rare and lovely pattern, you will make beautiful clothes for me to wear, mother...... I miss you. I also saw that the girl was also drawing those patterns, mother, the girl is really smart, and her hands are very skillful, and the painting is as delicate as you......" Ruyue chattered endlessly to the starfire floating in the air, like a child eager to get his mother's praise, showing off what he had learned.

A quarter of an hour later, the yellow paper burned out, and the fire gradually disappeared in the night, Ruyue had already told her mother about this year's life, wiped away the tears on her face and said: "Mother, I will come to see you again next year, you have to be well." He stood up with some difficulty, his legs were already a little numb, and he limped back to his small room, and as soon as he opened the small door of his room, he heard the shouts of Aunt Tang in the courtyard next door, the sound of broken porcelain, and the sound of the maid begging for mercy.

Ruyue was startled and was in a daze, Yang reached out and dragged her in, made a gesture of booing, and listened to the sound next door. The sound in Qingfeng Garden became more and more noisy, and Yang went directly to the next door without changing his clothes, and when he came back, Zhang Erzhen had already woken up, and Yang replied: "The second girl suddenly started to heat up, and her body was hot and scary, and Aunt Tang was in a hurry to beat the girl who fed her." Now that someone has been sent outside to invite Langzhong, the lord and the lady have already passed. ”

Zhang Erzhen heard that her sister Er Shu was sick, and she had to go over after a simple cleanup, Yang persuaded: "The master and the lady have passed, the girl is a child, and it is easy to get sick, what if she is infected?"

"I'll take a look outside, I won't go in, I'm worried about staying here, and I can feel more at ease when I go. Zhang Erzhen put on her shoes and ordered her to stay for two months, and only brought Yang over. Er Shu is Tang's only child, usually not careless, recently it is hot, Tang does not take Er Shu out, this sudden high fever, Tang's anxiety and heartache can be imagined.

Zhang Luan and Jin were sitting in the main hall of Qingfeng Garden, and Jin frowned when he saw Zhang Erzhen, and said the same thing as Yang with a calm face. Zhang Luan frowned deeply, raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Erzhen without speaking, waved his hand to signal Zhang Erzhen to sit down, and waited quietly for Lang Zhong to come. Lang Zhong soon came, it was a white-bearded old man Lang Zhong, carrying a dark medicine box, hurriedly entered the inner room, and heard Tang's pleading: "Save my daughter, save my daughter." ”

Zhang Luan also entered the inner room, pulling away the depressed Tang, Lang Zhong stepped forward and gently opened Er Shu's eyes to see, and then probed her pulse, and asked about the situation in recent days, especially what was eaten and used today, but there was an abnormality, Tang answered anxiously, Lang Zhong ordered them all to go out, there were too many people here, and the diagnosis was not very clear. Tang was naturally unwilling, and was dragged to the main hall by Zhang Luan, sitting on the edge of Zhang Erzhen and begging at Zhang Luan, Zhang Luan sighed: "If you don't want Ershu to be good, let you toss." Lang Zhong will not harm the child, we will wait outside, if Er Shu calls you, we will come in. ”

Lang Zhong and Tang's maid Baizhu guarded Zhang Ershu's side. Lang Zhong came out after a long time, his face was puzzled, he shook his head and stroked his long beard and said: "The little girl's body is fine, her breath is stable and her breathing is smooth, but the fever of her body is really weird. As he spoke, he opened the medicine box, took out pen and ink, wrote out a prescription and handed it to Bai Zhu. Zhang Luan ordered Bai Zhu to go down to cook the medicine, and Tang had already returned to the inner room to guard Er Shu. Zhang Erzhen has a heavy heart, Er Shu is only one year old, in this ancient era with a very high mortality rate, it is really unknown whether she can survive this hurdle. Lang Zhong didn't know the cause of the disease, how could he take the medicine at will, Zhang Erzhen looked at the old Lang Zhong's eyes full of doubts, and Jin also had questions, and said: "What kind of medicine is Lang Zhong prescribing, is it okay to drink it, Er Shu is still young, if it is ......?"

Zhang Luan glanced at the Jin family with some displeasure, but Lao Langzhong didn't mind, and continued to shake his head and said: "The old man has not seen such a condition for decades, whether it is residual fever or relaxation fever, or intermittent fever needs to be observed for an hour to determine, and the girl is still young and cannot easily make a conclusion. ”

Zhang Erzhen was chased back by the Jin family, and she really couldn't help there, so she stepped on the moonlight and went back to the Butterfly Courtyard. Yang wanted to speak and stopped, Zhang Erzhen didn't notice at first, continued to walk with small steps, and when he turned back to look for the nurse, he found that the nurse did not follow, and the gray-white clothes were hidden in the moonlight with loneliness. Zhang Erzhen had never seen such a nurse, and asked with concern: "Is the nurse unwell, I'll go find that Lang Zhong to diagnose your pulse." ”

Yang hesitated and said: "Girl, Ruyue is a poor child, thinking that her own mother only burned some paper money to fulfill her filial piety. But this thing is very coincidental, Ruyue just finished burning the paper, and the second girl got a high fever, and the slave was afraid of it......"

Zhang Erzhen couldn't believe it when she heard this, stared at Yang with big eyes and asked, "You mean Ruyue paid tribute to her mother tonight?"

Yang nodded, and said with a look of trepidation: "Yes, it's in the small forest of the flower garden adjacent to Qingfeng Garden." The slave didn't think anything about it when she saw Ruyue sacrificing her mother, but here Ruyue came back, and the second girl was in high fever, and the slave and maid heard that burning paper would attract ghosts in the early years, and the slave and maid were afraid...... Isn't that unclean thing......"

Zhang Erzhen's face was solemn and asked the Yang family not to mention this matter first. She thought that Ruyue was still young when Pang Zi died, and she would not have much memory of Pang Zi, but she didn't expect Ruyue to be a filial child with a long affection, and she remembered that her mother had gone for one anniversary. The Jin family believes in Buddhism and does not allow the servants in the house to burn paper to worship, so those who pay tribute to their ancestors will go to the temple. But Ruyue has always been quiet, and she didn't tell Zhang Erzhen about this, and she secretly burned the paper. If it was said that Er Shu's high fever had something to do with Ruyue, Zhang Erzhen would be hard to believe, but Yang's panicked and frightened expression made her think of herself and Ponzi.

When the two returned to the Butterfly Courtyard, Mingyue and Ruyue were staying in the courtyard. Zhang Erzhen only ordered them to rest, but did not say anything. Yang sighed softly, waited for Zhang Erzhen to lie on the bed, and prepared to go back to the ear room.

"Don't tell Ruyue about this first, maybe Ershu's illness will be cured tomorrow. ”

Yang answered yes, gently closed the door and went out.