Chapter 1 Fate hangs by a thread
The arena was dusty. I saw two sturdy young men fighting each other, equal to each other. A group of people surrounded them in a circle, watching the game, and there was a burst of applause, and their eyes were reluctant to blink, for fear of missing any detail.
There were several referees sitting in the high stands.
I saw the leader in a blue brocade robe, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and a white folding fan in his hand, with an extraordinary bearing. A pair of peach blossom eyes make people fall, this is the current three princes, the canonized King Zhao, Su Dong.
Sitting next to him was Lin Mao Lin Shangshu, a member of the Southern Song Dynasty. In accordance with the usual practice, they came to inspect the competition. The rest of the people were also ordered to come to the town.
The game on the field has reached a white-hot stage, and as time goes by, the side that is physically exhausted is full of flaws, and finally the winner is decided.
A small servant of Shangshu Mansion appeared in the stands at some point, looked panicked, and whispered a few words in front of Lin Shangshu, Lin Shangshu's face was shocked, and he got up and said to King Zhao, "His Royal Highness King Zhao, there is a word from the old minister's family, and the little girl in the family is hanging by a thread, and the old man has the courage to retire first." ”
"Oh? Do you need the king's help? "He Su Dong is a notoriously idle prince, and he came to the training ground today when he had nothing to do, who knew that this competition was really boring.
"The old minister is flattered, and the prince can go back to the house with the old minister."
In the Qinglan courtyard, several doctors walked out of the room with medicine boxes and shook their heads.
Lin Shangshu's main room, Lou Shi, with the support of his beloved daughter Lin Rong'er, pretended to wipe his tears, "Qing'er, how could you be so uncaring for yourself and do such a stupid thing..."
"The master is back!"
Lin Shangshu came to the courtyard and looked at the oncoming doctor: "Doctor, what's the situation with the little girl." ”
"Lin Shangshu, forgive the villain and other medical skills are not refined, and the eldest lady regards death as home, and now she is still relying on medicine to hang her breath, as for whether she can survive it, everything depends on the creation of the eldest lady..."
Miss... Su Dong looked around, no matter how he looked at this courtyard, it didn't look like the place where the eldest daughter of Shangshu Mansion lived, it was a little shabby, but looking at Lin Shangshu, it didn't look like he hated this eldest daughter, his narrow eyes skipped the Lou mother and daughter, graceful and luxurious, and the clothes were elegant, which was incompatible with this dilapidated courtyard... There is only one explanation.
"Steward Lin, send someone to invite the imperial doctor," Su Dong said, throwing his waist card to the butler.
"Yes!"
"Thank you, Your Highness," Lin Shangshu arched his hand.
"In this case, Lin Shangshu doesn't have to be so polite, it's important to solve family matters."
Lin Rong'er noticed the slender and upright blue figure, and was secretly happy in her heart, but His Royal Highness King Zhao actually came for her weak and incompetent eldest sister Lin Qing...
"Madam, what happened, how could Qing'er suddenly not think about it!" Lin Shangshu's tone couldn't help but have a sense of blame.
"Master, the concubine is just disciplining her daughter, and I don't know that she will do stupid things!"
Lin Qing is the eldest daughter of this Shangshu Mansion, and Lin Rong'er next to Lou's family is Lou's biological daughter, the second miss of the Lin family.
Lin Qing's mother was the main lady of this Shangshu Mansion when she was alive, and the Lou family was still a concubine at that time, and she was later corrected. She wanted to teach Lin Qing a lesson today, and ordered someone to slap her thirty times, thinking about prevaricating a few words to get away with it like before, who knew that this little slut was so vulnerable that he committed suicide, and the matter was big.
But don't worry, you still have chips in hand anyway. Lou cried like this, and he believed it when he acted, and it was this way that he deceived Lin Shangshu's eyes for many years.
"Dare to ask Mrs. Lin, what did Miss Lin do, and how did you discipline it?" Su Dong had already seen everything clearly, his slender fingers played with the folding fan, and asked casually.
Lou saw that the person who came was King Zhao, so he was more cautious, and saluted: "His Royal Highness King Zhao, they are all people's women who have no way to discipline them, Qing'er, she not only fornicated with Liu Sangongzi, the prime minister's house, to propose marriage, but also secretly exchanged letters, the content was unsightly, and was intercepted by the people's women halfway!" The girl in the boudoir is so absurd that the folk woman only fulfills her responsibilities as a mother and punishes her slightly. ”
The maid presented an envelope in due course.
Su Dong's slender fingers twisted the envelope, turned out the letter paper inside, and the corners of his mouth raised a playful arc. "When did Mrs. Lin find out about this letter?"
"Before... A few days ago. Lou didn't expect King Zhao to ask this.
"Why did you only think of disciplining your daughter today when you found the letter a few days ago?" Su Dong continued to ask.
"It's... The woman wants to give Qing'er a chance, as the saying goes, knowing your mistakes can improve a lot, but Qing'er not only did not repent, but she also spoke disrespectfully to me as a mother today! The people are talented..."Lou said without confidence, and began to cry again, to cover up his weak heart, in the eyes of outsiders, she is really a kind-hearted and well-disciplined mother.
In a few words, the imperial doctor rushed to Qinglan Courtyard, Su Dong exempted him from being polite, and the group stepped into the boudoir, all gasping.
Imperial Physician Li checked the pulse, and Su Dong saw clearly the person lying on the bed, but there was no eye on his face, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the facial features were difficult to distinguish. There was clearly a treated impact wound on the forehead, and a piece of green silk was stained with blood and adhered together. His hands were also wrapped in gauze.
Even after a long time on the battlefield, Su Dong was still shocked, and a trace of severity flashed on his playful face.
On the battlefield, it was nothing more than a knife wound and a sword wound, and it was only a scar when it healed. Even if the military stick is punished, it will be a thicker buttocks. is so cruel to a woman in the boudoir, isn't it just to force her to death.
The daughter has always been well-behaved and sensible, not fighting or grabbing, but now she has become like this: "This is what you said about a little punishment?" Lin Shangshu pointed to the person on the bed and was furious, and his eyes pointed to the trembling Lou family.
"Master, it's hard to correct the atmosphere of my Shangshu Mansion without punishing her, you have to understand my hard work, master..." Lou changed his previous demeanor and began to plead.
"Then what if the king says that this letter is not from the eldest lady." Su Dong looked at Lou Shi, who was still acting, and had a headache.
"How did Your Highness find out?" Lin Shangshu had questions.
"As far as this king knows, Lin Shangshu's calligraphy is superb, which naturally comes from hard practice on weekdays." Su Dong took out the letter and said: "As long as those who often practice calligraphy can distinguish carefully, they can see that the ink is still moist, and it is not written a few days ago, at most it is not more than a day, which is very different from what Mrs. Lin said." In addition, Miss Lin's hands are injured, and there is a gauze she changed on the stone table, which is covered with blood, I am afraid that her hand has been injured a day ago, who can write so smoothly without a pause? This is clearly someone imitating her handwriting! ”
"Your Highness is wise, the injury on Qing'er's hand was thorned by a rose in the backyard a few days ago, and it has not healed yet." Lin Shangshu took the letterhead, "This is exactly Qing'er's handwriting on weekdays, the ink is not all dry, it is indeed not written a few days ago, if this is not from Qing'er's hand, then... Madame, whose do you think this is from? ”
When Lou Shi heard King Zhao's analysis, he had already lost seven souls and six souls, and at this time he was paralyzed to the ground, crying, where was there still half a noble lady, "Master, this is none of my business..."
"In this back house, only your ink-grinding girl Miaochun knows how to imitate notes, what else do you have to say? On weekdays, Qing'er will inevitably be snubbed, but I will give you a few thin noodles, who knows that you are so rampant now! So vicious! Lin Shangshu was angry, he was upright and upright, and he worked hard for the court, resulting in very little concern about the affairs of the back house, and it was completely handed over to the Lou family, and he didn't see her true face until today!