Chapter 15: The Depths of the Court (I)
When her sister Zhuo Yiyue left her hometown and entered the palace, she often chanted Wei Zhuang's sentence: "The people on the border are like the moon, and the frost and snow are condensed on the wrists." If you are not old, you must return to your hometown, and you must break your intestines when you return to your hometown", or: "Ruthless is the most Taicheng willow, and it is still a ten-mile embankment".
The feelings and scenery are different, but the mood is the same.
Now, there is more sadness, and sadness is gone. Zhuo Yiting was "pinched" by the people of Zhuang Mansion on the road, and the road was bumpy, and the hard work was indescribable. The most wishful thing is to enter my grandmother's house openly.
That Zhuang Mansion is not the Zhuang Mansion that is relied on by the royal family?
Nine times out of ten, there are unsatisfactory things in the world, and the wishful things are nothing more than a peaceful life. Now that I'm in, if I don't like to see the will of God, I can't settle down and follow people's wishes, but there are also fish dead and broken nets.
Zhuo Yiting was dazed in the car, accompanied by Sanxi and Huiyuan, how could he know that he was anxious outside the gate of Zhuangfu.
The old lady led the family at the head of the courtyard, waiting for the leaders, the Cao family and the county lord supported each other on the side, and the aunts and wives and girls of each house counted on the side, all of them were dressed in brocade clothes, and the pearls and jade lingered. Zhuang Xi, Zhuang Qin, and Zhuang Yao entered the palace to be rewarded, and the mansion was festive. At that time, the four people went out on the street and came back with injuries and blood, and reported the danger. The county lord was so frightened that he fainted, and the old lady presided over the dragon head, and asked the eldest lady Qin to lead the eldest girl out of the house with knives and guns. At this time, a servant came to report, but the old lady couldn't hold it, and stepped down the first step of the door, holding her hand on the stone lion.
The servant half-knelt down and beat Qian'er back to report: "Report to the old lady, the second master, and the wives, it's time to arrive!" ”
The old lady frowned slightly, more concerned, and asked, "How are everyone?" Has Pu'er been hurt? ”
The servant replied: "Tell the old lady to rest assured, the eldest master, the third master, the fourth master, the second master, and the third master are safe." Fortunately, the eldest lady and the eldest girl arrived in time and drove away the villains. ”
Zhuang Lu said: "Who is it?" Did you get it? ”
The servant said: "Go back to the second master, catch a few, and come back with the holy treasures." ”
Zhuang Lu looked a little out of sight, so he didn't ask anymore.
The old lady clasped her hands together and prayed incessantly. The county lord and the Cao clan each supported on one side. When I heard the report, I saw the county lord quietly turn away from his face and wipe away his tears. When the servants went down, the old lady remembered that she hadn't explained anything, removed her hand from Cao's hand, and said to the girls behind her: "Zhu'er, go in and incense the Bodhisattva, thank the Bodhisattva for your protection." ”
Cao's mouth was a little faster, and he turned to Zhu'er and said, "Old lady, don't be in a hurry at this time, people are almost here." Let's see what happens. ”
The old lady just smiled, put her hand on Cao's hand again, and said, "Yes, yes." ”
Not long after, the old lady saw a huge team of people on the main street of Mentou from a distance. The leading horses are the eldest lord Zhuang Xi and the eldest lady Qin. When they saw the people, they all wept with joy, and they all went down the steps, but they did not dare to go beyond the old lady, and stood behind her.
The old lady said happily: "Quick, raise the cannon, fire the cannon." ”
When the servants received the order, they took out the long dragon cannon that had been set up from the head of the door and stretched it out of the street, dozens of feet away. As soon as Zhuang Xi's people entered the doorway, they changed their lights and started a cannon, and suddenly the fireworks shook the sky and filled the smoke. Looking closely, Zhuang Xi's people and horses are like immortal soldiers descending to earth, surging and fluttering, fluttering and flickering, looming. When the men and horses reached the old lady, the artillery fire had just finished burning. The county lord and the Cao family were afraid that the smoke would choke the old lady, so they were busy letting her go in and hide, but she didn't comply.
Zhuang Xi, Zhuang Qin, and Zhuang Yao hurriedly knelt down in front of the old lady and said in unison: "Let my mother be frightened." ”
The old lady ignored the kneeling people, and hurried to the back of the carriage, saying, "Pu'er, Ju'er! ”
Hearing the sound, Zhuang Pu got out of the carriage first, and Zhuang Hu got out of the carriage behind him and went to the old lady together. Zhuang Pu just got out of the car, hugged the old lady, and held the Qin family and the eldest girl Zhuang Hu's martial arts, how good they were, and how to drive away the villains. The old lady was happy, but she didn't see Zhuang Jueren, so she asked, "Where is Ju'er?" Zhuang Pu pointed to another carriage behind him.
I heard Zhuang Jue's voice from the car again: "Old lady, I'm here, it's inconvenient to get down." Your grandson will kowtow to you in the car and say goodbye. ”
The old lady greeted her, and when she was about to lift the curtain, she saw that Zhuang Xi had signaled several servants to step on the stool and go up to pick up people. The old lady was puzzled, tears actually flowed down, and said: "Evil obstacles, don't take care of them, I won't tell you if something happens to you!" Angrily shook off a few domestic servants and was about to climb into the car, but at this time, Zhuang Jue stretched out a bloody hand, trembled, lifted the curtain, and stretched out one end. As soon as the old lady saw the bloody hand, she fell heavily on her feet, but fortunately, Zhuang Xi, Zhuang Lu, Zhuang Qin and others followed to help her.
Zhuang Juefang came out again, poked his head out and burst into tears and said: "Old lady's heart, I am excellent, but the people inside are ......."
When the old lady heard this, she hurriedly Amitabha Buddha and asked eagerly, "Who was injured in the car?" ”
The old lady couldn't help but answer, and pulled the curtain with one hand, only to see three people sitting in the car, Zhuo Yiting, who was covered in blood and dying, Sanxi and Huiyuan, who were frightened and crying, and Mr. Yao, who was silent.
Qin Shi shouted to the girls in the past: "Don't hurry up and help the old lady in!" ”
The girls hurriedly stepped forward to help the old lady. The old lady refused to leave, pointed to the carriage, and said, "Help the people in the carriage out first!" But it hurts so badly. ”
Zhuang Jue didn't move with a crying voice, glanced at Sanxi and Huiyuan, and said sadly: "Old lady, he saved my life, and he was hit by a knife and shed a lot of blood." I'm afraid I won't be able to survive......"
Nowadays, the servants got in the car and carried Zhuo Yiting out, and Sanxi joined hands with Huiyuan and Mr. Yao. At the end, Zhuang Jue climbed out of the car, hugged the old lady's shoulders and couldn't stop crying.
The old lady comforted: "Heart, don't be afraid, when you get home, don't be afraid!" ”
The servants of the Cao family behind him all stood still, they were all frightened and didn't know what to do, and Cao said to the servants sharply: "They are all stunned, and they haven't moved things in." What's the use of people clubbing? ”
The county lord saw that his son Zhuang Zhuang was intact, and saw that her husband Zhuang Qin was fine, and quietly wiped away the tears of secret joy, and saw that Cao was more strict with his subordinates, so he persuaded Cao to say: "Hurry up and find a doctor first, oh, if it doesn't work, find someone from the Tai Hospital." You have to hurry up! ”
Cao nodded, pointed to the girl Guiyuan in his house, signaled to do it according to the county lord's wishes, and then turned his head to look, and saw that several servants moved Zhuo Yiting, who was covered in blood, to step up, and Sanxi, Huiyuan, and Mr. Yao helped him to protect him.
At this time, Zhuo Yiting woke up slightly, slightly blurred and blurred at Cao's eyes, the Cao family's sideburns were pulled back, a gold crown of coral jade was topped, and a few other golden jade flowers, and the back spoon pulled a nursery, stained with flower hairpins, and the tail end of the bun hung down the golden peacock's mouth and spit out a row of gold tassel pearls, which corresponded to the cloud shoulders of the Nanzhu Net, which was covered with a golden and rolling gold border dark gold pattern in the trance, and in a trance was that she felt that her body was wide and full, and she was extremely rich, Zhuo Yiting couldn't really see Cao's face. I was amazed in my heart, my grandmother's house casually followed the people in the front room to withstand the luxury of several people outside. The rest of the people, without looking closely, the servants moved swiftly, and quietly carried her past in front of the stone lion.
The servant wanted to carry it to the right corner door to enter, but Cao Shi panicked and stopped: "No effort, what are you panicking about?" Left in. This means that the outsiders enter through the left corner gate, and only those in the house can enter through the right corner, and the main or powerful people enter through the main gate.
The old lady suddenly said: "Enter the gate, go around and go away!" It doesn't matter! ”
The servants turned around and turned to the door, and Zhuo Yiting saw an elderly lady standing at the foot of the steps, with several hostas inserted upside down in silver hair, and a gold-rimmed red jade forehead across the pair of benevolent eyebrows, and her head was simple but not light; The blue background is embroidered with Fu Lu Shou, bowing and bending his waist, holding a polished and bright golden silk nanmu auspicious cloud head cane, which is extravagant. She trembled slightly, and let others help her. Zhuo Yiting knew in his heart that this must be his grandmother, and as soon as his heart tightened, his tears were out of control, so he tilted his head and said goodbye. Entering the head of the gate, inside is the whole body of the large courtyard, planted around the exotic flowers and plants, towering trees, far and near are like high mountains covering the rockery, there are flooded fish, hear the sound of trickling, and hear the call of the bird. After the big courtyard, to the Yimen, and then into the door of the two mansions, Zhuo Yiting wanted to take a look again, but his mental strength was not enough, and he fainted when he landed. During the vague period, I heard someone calling for "the old lady to carry the rest to Zhongfu", but I didn't know it. After this day, Sanxi told her that the servants carried it in, and they should have gone to the mansion of the old man in the east and west, and because Zhuo Yiting saved Zhuang Jue, Zhuang Jue was not allowed to be carried to the West Mansion.
Therefore, Zhuo Yiting was carried to the old lady's middle house, and temporarily lived in the south room called the "Mirror Flower Xie" courtyard room, Sanxi and Huiyuan accompanied the side, never leaving for a moment, Mr. Yao stood on the side, panicking. Outside the wing room, the hall is standing or sitting in the Zhuangfu people, etc., the girls carry water in and out to Zhuo Yiting to undress and wipe the blood, and everyone does not dare to come out, and they are guarded.
After a while, please come to the imperial doctor of the palace hospital and go in and see. The old lady sat on a chair in the inner hall, surrounded by the daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law of the house, Zhuang Pu hung his head on the side of the marquis, Zhuang Yu couldn't settle down, and walked back and forth outside the curtain of the wing room. The four great masters stood at the head of the door outside the hall, avoiding the discussion in the inner hall.
And after a while, the imperial doctor came out calmly. When the old lady saw it, she hurriedly got up to meet her, but the doctor didn't dare to work the old lady, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help the old lady take her seat. The old lady said, "Imperial Doctor, are you okay?" ”
The imperial doctor said: "I lost blood, but fortunately, I am young, so I might as well." The first two bowls of old ginseng soup gather qi, and it is safe to press it. ”
After listening, the old lady said to the old men outside the door of the inner hall: "Take the old ginseng given by the saint, hurry up!" ”
When several old men outside the door heard the order, they turned their heads to look at the old lady and did not move. The old lady put a cane on the floor, without speaking, the second old man Zhuang Lu walked in with his robe, and before he could speak, his daughter-in-law Cao said: "Old lady, it was given by the palace, how ......" The meaning of the words, the items are valuable, and they are reluctant to be used by outsiders, so please ask the old lady to think twice.
Unexpectedly, the old lady said angrily: "Bastard thing, it's important to save people!" The Holy One is benevolent, and when he gives something, he also uses it to save people. Don't go yet! ”
Cao Shi grabbed Zhuang Lu's hand and didn't let him go, and asked the imperial doctor one more time: "Imperial doctor, is it okay for the old ginseng to have the last roots?" ”
Before the imperial doctor could speak, the old lady rushed and said, "Hu'er, you go!" Your second wife is useless. ”
Hu'er - Zhuang Hu, is the eldest daughter of Zhuang Xi, the eldest lord of Dongfu Zhuang and Aunt Xi, who is married, but has never left the house, and stays in the house to help the second master Zhuang Lu take care of business and affairs in the house, mostly to help the Cao family. This time the bandits, thanks to her credit, often get the eldest wife Qin to teach martial arts, the body is good, now married to a wife, Chinese New Year's Eve is two, the appearance of a young woman, but also a hundred and hundred, very much appreciated by the old lady.
Zhuang Hu glanced at the eldest wife Qin and the second wife Cao, but did not dare to move.
The old lady tapped the cane again and said, "I'm useless when I speak, am I?" ”
Zhuang Xi Zhuang Qin and Zhuang Yao heard the old lady being angry and hurried in.
The old lady said: "I am coaxed on weekdays, and when it is time to get serious, your face will come out, and our family is afraid that one day it will be defeated in the hands of you who have no conscience!" ”
Zhuang Xi waved his hand at Zhuang Hu and asked her to hurry up and do what she wanted, and Cao Shi followed out ashamed and angry.
After a while, Cao Shi stepped forward with ginseng soup, the old lady took it, moved into the wing, and the girls brought her a Western soft stool, she didn't sit, sat on the side of the bed with half leaning, opened Zhuo Yiting's hair with one hand, and took a few closer looks; So he took a spoon and gave her some ginseng soup.
Zhuo Yiting was unconscious, and the ginseng soup he entered only flowed down his mouth.
The old lady frowned and said, "It's useless!" He wiped it with a handkerchief, anxious; He said to the people around him: "It's good to help you open your mouth and enter some." ”
Without waiting for the people of Zhuangfu to do anything, Sanxi grabbed it, gently broke Zhuo Yiting's mouth, and asked the old lady to give Zhuo Yiting a spoonful of decoction. After taking a few sips, Zhuo Yiting coughed, and seeing this, the old lady just exhaled with confidence and smiled slightly.
The old lady didn't lift her head, but only heard her say, "The wound is still bleeding, and the female relatives left a few to help the imperial doctor cook, and the others went out with me to wait." ”
Hearing this, Sanxi ignored it, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried: "Please old nobleman, let me accompany me here." ”
The old lady glanced at Sanxi and Huiyuan, and asked, "But your family?" ”
Sanxi took off his hat and showed his hair: "It's my sister." ”
Hui Yuan also showed her hair, but she didn't speak.
When the old lady saw it, she looked very surprised and agreed.