Chapter 2 The Day of Sacrifice
The scorching clouds raised the porcelain cup, and drank all the medicine in the cup in one gulp, without frowning. Cheng Jinsi saw it, and exclaimed distress, and hurriedly asked Mo Ju to pick up the pickled plum to give Lieyun the bitter taste of the antidote.
Mo Ju held a small dish with pickled plums, and Lieyun reached out and picked one up, put it in his mouth, and held it. Here, Cheng Jinsi had already wiped his eyes with the Jinpa in his hand, "You kid, it's always like this." This medicine is so bitter, but you are never squeamish, and you drink it all without frowning, unlike your sister, who asked her to drink a bowl of soup medicine when she was sick, and she had to make the whole house noisy, and she couldn't be at peace. But good boy, it is precisely because of you that my aunt feels even more distressed and unbearable! ”
Lie Yun got up, sat beside Cheng Jinsi, and shook his aunt's hand, "Auntie, you and your uncle have always felt sorry for me and spoiled me, but I have grown up and am no longer the willful little girl I used to be. This disease is strange and incurable, I can't help my aunt and uncle with anything else, but I can't make any more trouble for you. ”
It turned out that in the past, it was not Cheng Jinsi who personally sent medicine to the Purple Courtyard every night, but ordered the first-class girl Qiu Ye to the henchman around him, and ordered Qiu Ye to stare at the big kitchen every day to decoct Lieyun, and then Qiu Ye personally sent the Purple Courtyard to Lie Yun, personally waited for Lieyun to drink, and then returned to Rende Courtyard to return to Cheng Jinsi.
But in the autumn of a year ago, Autumn Leaves was busy preparing for the third day of the eighth month to go to Tanji Temple to make incense, and neglected the bowl of medicine that day, and Lieyun waited for the medicine to come that day, and he was happy to avoid the day.
Who would have thought that this bowl of medicine would be missing that day, and it almost caused a catastrophe. Since the fire three years ago, Lieyun has needed to drink this medicine every night to sleep peacefully. And there was no medicine that night, and at the beginning Lieyun was still sleeping peacefully, but just after the second watch, Lieyun suddenly sat up from his sleep and ran into the hospital barefoot, shouting "There is a fire, put out the fire!" He ran towards the outside of the hospital. The maid on duty at night and the others immediately woke up from their dreams, chasing people, holding clothes, checking where the fire started, stumbling in the courtyard, and making a mess.
A few maids stepped forward to stop Lieyun, but Lieyun seemed to have changed that night, not at all as delicate as usual, and several maids were all knocked down before they got close, and they couldn't see it, so they hurriedly went to report to Rendeyuan. And this Lieyun still shouted that there was fire in his mouth, and occasionally mixed with vague words such as "there are many people, don't sleep", and he didn't know the direction at night, and finally ran straight to the Songhe Hall where Old Lady Cui and Old Lady Cui lived.
A few maids chasing behind him instantly broke out in a cold sweat. And at this moment, Mrs. Zhou, the housekeeper mother of Rende Academy, arrived, and regardless of humility, she stepped forward and knocked Lieyun unconscious. Mrs. Zhou is Cheng Jinsi's nurse, and she married Cheng Jinsi to the Cui family, and she is Cheng Jinsi's most trusted person, very skillful, and finally became the housekeeper mother of Rende Academy.
And the Cheng family is also Lieyun's foreign family. The ancestors of the Cheng family followed the founding emperor of Daxuan to conquer the world, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was named the Marquis of Chaopin - the hereditary prince of Zhenguo. Although the emperors of recent generations have increasingly attached importance to the imperial examination and vigorously reused civil officials, the things that have been carved into the bones will not change easily. And the Cheng family, as a noble family, has always been heavy on martial arts, and even with the people in the family, they will make a move and a half. And Mrs. Zhou, as the nurse of the second lady of the Zhenguo Mansion, is naturally not comparable to ordinary women, not only has kung fu in her hands, but also is not weak, so she can subdue the fierce clouds who are like dementia.
The maid saw that Mrs. Zhou had subdued Lieyun, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly wrapped the Lieyun with the big puff in her hand, and at this time, Cui Jing and Cheng Jinsi also arrived together, looking at Lieyun in Mrs. Zhou's arms, her hair was scattered, her breathing was short, her face was burning, even if she was in a coma, her body was convulsing involuntarily, Cheng Jinsi's face changed, and a strong heart ache flashed in Cui Jing's eyes.
After returning to the purple courtyard, after placing Lieyun on the bed in the wing, Cheng Jinsi ordered the maid to bring hot water to clean Lieyun's hands and face in person, and ordered Mrs. Zhou to stay in front of the bed, and the husband and wife made time to come to the outside room to ask the maid what happened.
At first, everyone looked at each other, but nothing unusual happened today, and the county lord was fine all day, but somehow he suddenly woke up from his dream. Later, the gatekeeper remembered that the autumn leaf girl did not send medicine today, and the county lord slept without drinking the medicine.
After hearing this, Cheng Jinsi's face turned pale, a touch of fear flashed in her eyes, the teacup in her hand also fell to the ground, and there was a loud cracking sound in the quiet night. After a quarter of an hour, the medicine was delivered, Cheng Jinsi personally fed Lieyun a spoonful by spoonful, seeing that Lieyun finished drinking the medicine, gradually quieted down, and finally fell into a deep sleep, Cheng Jinsi realized that his back was already soaked.
When he returned to Nintoku-in, Akiba was already kneeling in the courtyard. And everyone tossed for a night, and it had been four days, and they were all tired. Cui Jingmao was about to go to court, so in order not to disturb his wife's rest, he went directly to the front yard and closed his eyes slightly. And Mrs. Zhou felt sorry for Cheng Jinsi, and personally gave Cheng Jinsi a night watch. Only the light in the main wing of the temple was turned on for two more quarters of an hour before it went out. And the next day, Autumn Leaves was sold to the mansion for the crime of ignoring the county lord's body, and the maids in the Purple Courtyard were all sent to Zhuangzi in the outskirts of Tong County because of their inability to serve the county lord. All the current manpower in the Purple Courtyard was repurchased a year ago. And Cui Jing, who has always been generous to his subordinates, not only did not object to Cheng Jinsi's disposal of these maids this time, but also ordered that the county lord was afraid of fire, and in the future, except for Songhe Hall and Purple Courtyard, the rest of the house would be at night, and the lights would not need to be too bright.
"Because Yun'er was willful for a while, she hurt so many people, Yun'er really felt guilty. Especially Sister Qiuye, she treats Yun'er very well on weekdays, delivers medicine every night, and is her aunt's right-hand man, but in the end she is burdened by Yun'er, Yun'er is really ........." pulled out her thoughts from her memories, and Lieyun's voice was a little calm.
"Okay, my good boy, don't think about that anymore, nothing is more important than your body, they didn't take good care of you, and they should be punished." Cheng Jinsi shook Lieyun's hand and patted it gently, "By the way, Yun'er, in half a month, it will be the sacrifice day of your mother and your father on the third day of the eighth month, you should prepare well, and when the time comes, we will go to Tanji Temple to incense your mother and your father." ”
Lieyun nodded, and Cheng Jinsi hugged Lieyun into his arms: "Yun'er, you live well, and your mother and your father's spirits in the sky will also be at ease." Well, it's not too early, let's rest early. After that, he took Lieyun's hand, waited for Lieyun to go to bed and lay down, personally covered Lieyun with a quilt, and told him again before he instructed Hanlu to collect the medicine cup and prepare to return to Rende Courtyard with Siyu.
Only at the moment when he was about to step out of the door, Cheng Jinsi turned his head and asked casually, "Yun'er, have you been dreaming lately?" Listening to Lieyun's answer of "no", Cheng Jinsi's eyes quickly flashed a streamer, and he told "It's cool at night, cover the quilt", and then took the two maids out of the purple courtyard.
In the thick of the night, a few lanterns swayed away as if they had come.