Chapter 25: Poisoning
However, a few days, Chun Tao smiled and came to look for Wu Yuan, Wu Yuan has been busy reading the account books recently, and he has to take time to read the medical books left by the old man Sun every night, although the account books are getting faster and faster day by day, the medical books have not been studied, but they have learned a few more herbs.
"Miss, Madame has a letter, look at it." Chun Tao entered the house with the wind on the soles of her feet and handed the letter to Wu Yuan.
Wu Yuan happily accepted the letter and opened the fire paint, which was his mother's handwritten letter.
The Zhuang family said in the letter that they had arrived in Qiongzhou, although the local conditions in Qiongzhou were a little simpler, fortunately, Xiaohuzi took good care of the Guangling business, and after hearing the news that the Zhuang family was coming to Qiongzhou, he set up a house early. Now Wu Yuan's father has been taken to the house for recuperation, but his condition is good and bad, and the cause of the disease cannot be diagnosed. Old man Sun is now carefully diagnosing Wu Yuan's father and relying on dietary therapy.
At the end of the letter, Zhuang deliberately wrote a line of small characters in plum blossom letters, which could not be distinguished if he did not recognize them carefully.
Wu Yuan hurriedly pointed the letter to the light outside the window and carefully discerned, it turned out that Zhuang was reminding Wu Yuan to be careful, according to Old Man Sun, Wu Yuan's father's illness was more like chronic poisoning!
Wu Yuan was horrified, who would want his father to die of chronic poisoning? Is it a second room? Wu Yuan remembered what Chun Tao reminded him some time ago, but the second uncle was not like that, otherwise he wouldn't be as busy as he was for his father's affairs.
Who could it be? Wu Yuan couldn't figure out what good it would be to kill her father, or chronic poisoning, which showed that the person didn't want her father to die immediately, and the eldest master of the Wu family, who was very likely to die immediately, was of little use to him.
Wu Yuan fell into deep thought, and Chun Tao saw that Wu Yuan didn't say anything for a long time, and said softly: "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Could it be that the grandmother said something bad in the letter? ”
"Oh, it's fine." Wu Yuan put away the letter, put the letter on the candle and lit it into ashes, and asked Chun Tao, "Did grandmother receive the letter?" ”
"I received the letter, earlier than the time when our Intermediate Court received it. The old lady also specially sent someone to the uncle of the dealer to deliver the news. Chun Tao was a little puzzled, and she didn't know why Wu Yuan wanted to burn the letter, but she knew that these were not what one of her subordinates should ask.
"That's right, Miss, a few days ago you asked me to go outside the dart bureau to inquire about Lilac's brother-in-law, and sure enough, I found it, her brother-in-law is on the way back to Yangzhou, and the people in the dart bureau said that when he comes back after this dart, he will be the dart master of the dart bureau, and I have left a message to the dart bureau, and when he comes back, he will go to our Wu Mansion to find cloves. I don't know if Lilac will be redeemed by her brother-in-law at that time. Shall we find another maid to make up for the lack of cloves? ”
Chun Tao was a little worried, a few days ago when I went to inquire about Lilac's brother-in-law, I heard from the people in the Dart Bureau that Lilac's brother-in-law was very capable, but in a few years, he followed the Dart Bureau to the north and south, and now it is a signboard of the Dart Bureau, and many businesses have indicated that he wants to escort him. I don't know if Lilac's brother-in-law will redeem her when he learns that Lilac is a slave in the Wu family, after all, girls will marry sooner or later when they grow up, and their brother-sister friendship is so deep, he may not be willing to let Lilac be a slave and a maid.
"Let's talk about it then, Lilac has been very diligent in her work these days, and she has grown a lot, and if she is really let out, I am still a little reluctant. If her brother-in-law really wants to redeem her from the house, we will give her some silver taels, which can be regarded as the love of our master and servant. This is also a good thing, who wants their own sister to be a slave. Wu Yuan took a sip of tea and said lightly, "What are the two maids sent by the second aunt doing recently?"
"The two maids sent by the second grandmother have recently been inquiring about our middle courtyard with the maids in the courtyard, and they were heard by Yuzhu, and Yuzhu came to talk to me in the morning, Miss, look, what should I do?" Chun Tao asked respectfully.
"Let them inquire, we just need to take care of the affairs in our own house, the things in the house can't be spread outside, and the things in the courtyard are nothing to inquire about, let them go." Be polite to them on weekdays, let them be pampered in the middle courtyard, and we can still afford to raise two superior maids. Wu Yuan smiled and spoke, but his voice became a little cold.
Chun Tao promised to make a promise, and withdrew.
Wu Yuan couldn't figure out how to think about his father's poisoning, who benefited the most from this matter? The one who benefited the most must be the second room, but just to get the title of Wu family, it doesn't seem very reasonable. How do you look at the second uncle is not that kind of person, in order to save Wu Boyong from prison, the Wu family paid a lot of silver, which is too cost-effective, with Cui's so shrewd person, how could she be willing to spend millions of taels of silver to exchange for the position of the grandmother of the Wu family who is seriously injured, it is inevitably too worthless.
Wu Yuan couldn't figure it out, so he just put this matter aside and investigate it slowly, there will always be a time when they show their feet.
In the evening, Wu Yuan was studying medical books.
Yuzhu whispered outside the house, and Mama Zhu of Sanfutang came to the middle courtyard to spread the word, saying that the golden body of the old lady in the temple had been made, and asked Wu Yuan to go to the temple with the old lady tomorrow to pay homage, and just stay in the temple for a few days, and give the girls and young masters at home a holiday and rest for a few days.
Wu Yuan hurriedly asked Yuzhu to serve tea and invited Mama Zhu into the back room.
"Will the two cousins of Yongan and Yongfu go tomorrow, and will Sister Yijin also go? I haven't taken leave with Mr. Li Qing yet. When Wu Yuan heard that he was going to live in the temple for a few days, he couldn't help but be happy, since his mother set off for Qiongzhou, he hadn't been out for a long time.
"Miss, you should be dignified when you go to the temple." Mama Zhu looked at Wu Yuan's childish appearance, and said with a smile: "Go, go, the second grandmother has already sent someone to take leave for Mr. Li for the two young ladies, and the two young masters will also go." By the way, the second grandmother's maiden nephew, Young Master Zhou Biao Zhou will be in Yangzhou in a few days, and he will stay in our Wu family to wait for the exam. The old lady specially asked the old slave to come and talk to the young lady, so as not to suddenly come to the house and bump into the young lady. The young lady is also getting older, and men and women should also avoid it. When I came back from the temple, I guess the nephew of the second grandmother would also go to Yangzhou. ”
"Why does my grandmother still treat me as a child, I am so old, I naturally understand these truths. also asked Mama Zhu to tell her grandmother, her granddaughter has written it down, there must be a beautiful look of everyone, and she will not let the cousin of the Zhou family see the jokes. Wu Yuan said with a grin.
"Isn't Miss still a child in the eyes of the old lady, the old slave still remembers the playful appearance of the young lady when she was in Sanfutang, but the old lady treats the young lady as a pimple!"
Mama Zhu smiled, as if she remembered Wu Yuan's petite appearance when she first moved into Sanfutang, "By the way, the mountains are always colder than in the city, and the young lady can bring more clothes, this is the cloak that the old lady asked the old slave to send." The maids in the middle courtyard are all newly selected, and the old lady is worried that these people are not dedicated enough, so she specially asked the outside to do a good job and send them, all of which are the latest patterns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the best embroidery girl was invited to sew. ”
Yuzhu hurriedly took it, and Wu Yuan said to Mama Zhu with a smile: "It's still my grandmother who loves me the most, and I worry about my grandmother." ”
After that, Wu Yuan personally sent Mama Zhu out of the house.
"Ruxin, Ruyi, it's a little dark, you two personally send Mama Zhu back to Sanfutang. Mama Zhu is old, be careful. Wu Yuan commanded Ruxin Ruyi who was standing in the courtyard.
Ruyi should claim to be yes, carrying a lantern, and sending Mama Zhu out of the middle courtyard.