When you can see the grimace clearly, it means that you are getting closer to death.

As he left the inn, he saw a grimace, which was imprinted behind the gate of the inn. He took a closer look, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt like Li Yan who had just died.

Li Yan's matter has been directly reported by local officials to the empress in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and the cause of death is written "died of illness" in the clear fold, but the secret compromise to the empress is written "suicide". Whether it is death due to illness or suicide due to illness, there is no difference in the eyes of the empress, because the truth of Li Yan's death is the clearest in this world.

Thinking of this, Chang Tai turned around and glanced at the bedroom where Li Yan lived before his death.

After Li Yan's death, all the objects used to cover the courtyard were removed, and the furnishings and layout of the post house have been restored to their original appearance.

A gust of wind rose, and the mourning flags hanging around also floated. Just as Chang Tai was about to turn around and go out, he met the eyes of the general's wife, Mu Xi.

Chang Tai nodded at Mu Xi and didn't speak, Mu Xi replied, he didn't speak either, but Chang Tai saw a hint of murder in her eyes.

He knew that the general's wife Mu Xi was also very human, and the cause of Li Yan's death may be hidden from the world, but he may not be able to hide from the general's wife. It's just that what Mu Xi wants to do, and what will she do?

Chang Tai's eyebrows frowned slightly, held an umbrella, carried a lantern, and left the post house.

Heavy snow for two days suddenly turned this already lively town into a deserted place. In addition, the general Li Yan just lived in the post house with his front foot, and died of illness on his back foot, which also made the Yun family gather a lot of discussions.

It doesn't take a long way to go from the post house to the Ruyi Rouge Shop, and it doesn't take too much time, so Changtai is not in a hurry to go this way. When he walked to the door of the rouge shop, he saw a young woman of about twenty-five or sixteen standing under the eaves in front of the door, with a lot of snow on her body and a lot of mud on the corners of her skirt and shoes. Looking up, I saw her half-covered right arm and her messy hair.

Hearing the footsteps, the young woman turned around and glanced at Chang Tai, and in those big eyes, in addition to obvious exhaustion, there was also a trace of panic. When her eyes met Chang Tai's, she subconsciously bit her lip.

Chang Tai walked closer, and he could see that the young woman's lips were not much blood, but now she was bitten like this, and she looked more and more pale.

"Did Madame pass by, or did she make a special trip to Ruyi Rouge Shop?"

As he spoke, Chang Tai closed his umbrella and hung the lantern in his hand in front of the door, then pushed the door open with his hand.

"If you are passing by, you might as well go in and drink hot water, and look at the appearance of the lady, thinking that she slipped on the road and fell. If you come to the Ruyi Rouge Shop, please come in, and the torture shopkeeper lives here. Although the shop has closed, the shopkeeper is enthusiastic and will not turn his wife away. ”

"Childe is also the person in the Ruyi Rouge Shop?"

"Sort of!" Chang Tai responded and made a gesture of invitation: "The torture shopkeeper of the Ruyi Rouge Shop called me Brother Chang." ”

The woman stared at Chang Tai's face for a while, hesitated for a moment, and then bowed her head and followed him into the courtyard.

At this time, Xing Ruyi was playing chess with the fox in the shop, Yin Yuan was still the same, gnawing on the chicken legs, while constantly interrupting Xing Ruyi, he was completely a naughty child. Li Mao is teaching Ah Niu to recognize those rouge gouaches and the usual Chinese herbal medicines, and when he is depressed, he will say a few words about Ah Niu in annoyance.

Xing Ruyi sometimes heard it, but when he didn't hear it, sometimes, he would protect Ah Niu and choke Li Mao back, saying that when Li Mao entered the rouge shop, he was not as good as Ah Niu. At least, Ah Niu's attitude is correct.

The seemingly casual liveliness in the house is in obvious contrast to the coldness in the post house. Chang Tai looked at it, a little in a trance, and even the woman who followed behind him forgot to introduce him. It was still Xing Ruyi who heard his footsteps, and when he looked back, he saw the woman who had been standing behind Chang Tai with her head down.

"Brother Chang is back! How's the matter at the inn? Do you want to go over tomorrow morning? ”

"God has already sent men, and if he hastily travels all the way, these two days will come. At the post house, someone has taken over to take care of it, so I don't need to go over tomorrow to get in the way. Chang Tai said, letting go of the side, "I met this lady outside the door, and I want to trouble Ruyi for you to help take care of it." ”

Chang Tai said, his eyes sweeping towards the hem of the woman's skirt. Xing Ruyi followed his gaze and understood the meaning of Chang Tai's words.

"If Madame doesn't mind, Ruyi still has two old clothes there, and depending on your and me, I guess I can wear them." Xing Ruyi said and walked over to the woman. The woman is slightly taller and fatter than her, but Sheng Tang's clothes are not as good as those of later generations, and they are not so strict about size cards, whether it is tops or bottoms, they are more than enough.

When the woman heard this, her eyes were slightly moved, but the man stood still. Xing Ruyi took two steps, and when he saw that the woman did not follow, he turned around and looked at her.

"What are your concerns, ma'am?"

"Hui Niang, thank you, girl! May I ask the girl, but the shopkeeper of this rouge shop? ”

Xing Ruyi nodded.

"Hui Niang, I ......"

Na Hui Niang was only halfway through her words, and suddenly clutched her chest and coughed vigorously. She coughed as she tried to suppress her cough, and at the same time reluctantly opened her mouth, trying to continue with the sentence she had just not finished. But the more this happened, the more her cough left, and the more difficult her face became under the light of the lantern in front of the door.

Xing Ru agreed, hurriedly walked to her side, observed it carefully, and asked, "Madame, but she has an old disease?" ”

Hui Niang nodded.

"Ruyi knows a little about medicine, if Mrs. doesn't mind, please go back to the room and let Ruyi help Mrs. take your pulse."

Madame clutched her chest and nodded, her face turning white again. It's just that this red is choked by coughing.

After a simple pulse check, Xing Ruyi carefully observed the situation of Huiniang when she was ill and listened carefully to her cough: "Madam, you have an old disease, and this old disease is still a stubborn disease." This disease is called asthma, which belongs to the respiratory system, because most patients will be accompanied by strong symptoms such as shortness of breath and asthma at the time of onset, so it is also called asthma. ”

Hui Niang nodded again and again, "The girl is right, I do suffer from wheezing, and I have it since I was very young. My father didn't miss my mother because of my illness, and he always said that my illness was because of her bad life. ”

"Ridiculous! Are all this men so unreasonable? Why is the child sick, and the mother is to blame. To put it mildly, why didn't your father say that he didn't accumulate virtue himself, so that you suffered from this stubborn disease. ”

These words, Xing Ruyi said in a hurry, and when they fell into the ears of others, even if there was some truth, it would inevitably make people feel uncomfortable, especially the men who were still in the room and Hui Niang, who suffered from asthma.

The fox touched his nose and lowered his head to study the chess game.

Chang Tai, Li Mao and Ah Niu looked at each other.

Chang Tai: "Ruyi, you are too one-sided, and all men in the world are not like this." ”

Li Mao: "That's right! Yes! The shopkeeper, you can't say that we men are scum just because of a scumbag. This lady's father is unreasonable, he is not sensible, but it has nothing to do with the word "man". ”

Ah Niu: "Ah Niu has not yet married a wife, but he also knows that the illness is in the son's body, and the pain is in the mother's heart." This lady's father, saying this about her mother, is indeed a little inappropriate, and it is easy to make people sad. ”

Hui Niang: "Girl's words, Hui Niang feels that it has come to Hui Niang's heart." Don't hide it from the girl, when Huiniang was young, she thought so in her heart. Although my mother is not a virtuous and virtuous woman, she is thoughtful in everything, and she has not said anything to me and my father. On the contrary, my father was always drinking and making trouble, which caused the whole family to live in peace. Before Hui Niang became an adult, she lost all the ancestral property in the family, if you have to blame Hui Niang's illness on a person, Hui Niang will also think that it is because of her father. ”

"Ruyi is good at everything, it's just this mouth, sometimes he talks a little too much. Please don't take those words to heart, madam. ”

Chang Tai said, glancing at Xing Ruyi.

Xing Ruyi grimaced at him and whispered: "Although the words are ugly, this is the truth." Why do we women have to bear the blame? ”

Chang Tai shook his head helplessly, looked at the fox and said, "Fortunately, he is the one who wants to marry you as a lady." ”

"I think it's very good, anyway, I won't blame Ruyi for my children's affairs." The fox picked up a chess piece, placed it in a square in the chessboard, and then glanced at Yin Yuan from the corner of his eye: "What do you think?" ”

Yin Yuan nodded busily: "Daddy Fox is right for everything!" Anyway, in the eyes of my father, no matter what my mother does, she is right. As for the child, in the eyes of his father, he belongs to the kind of person who will only make trouble for his mother. If the child is sick in the future, the father will only complain about the child, and he will not take good care of himself, but he will make the mother feel distressed. ”

"If only you knew!" The fox said, and another son fell.

"Oh, I just forgot to introduce Madame. The one who is studying the chess game over there is my future husband, as for this one who can only eat children, he is my adopted son, but it is no different from his own child. As for the words just now, they are just wishful words, with some personal emotions, and I hope that Mrs. will not take them seriously. There are many different causes of this asthma, but one of them is related to parents. Is there a similar patient in Madame's family? ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)