In the Zhu family manor outside Changshou County, Zhu Jiashi was meeting a special guest on this day...... Married to the daughter of the Ke family in Jingshan County, Anlu Prefecture, Zhu Fang.

After receiving the letter from home, Zhu Fang specially went back to her mother's house, and as soon as she came, she went straight to the meditation room and saw her mother who was worshipping the Buddha.

"I don't know if my mother is looking for me back, what's the matter? The letter refused to say, The Ke family is wondering if something big has happened, but don't let the elder brother of Jingshi ask me to bother with a small ......"

Zhu Fang is married to a wife, strictly speaking, she is no longer part of the Zhu family, and she rarely has contact with her mother's family.

Zhu Jiashi put the Buddha beads on the offering table, turned to look at his daughter, and his eyebrows showed a fierce color: "I came back for my mother, you don't know why?" ”

Zhu Fang is only in her twenties, because she is the youngest daughter, from her appearance to her temper, she has the shadow of her mother Zhu Jiashi.

Zhu Fang frowned: "What does my mother mean by this?" I am married outside, what have I done to be sorry for the ancestors of the Zhu family? If there is nothing else to do, I will go to see my father. ”

"Wait."

Zhu Jiashi stopped his daughter, his tone softened slightly, and asked, "For my mother to ask you, do you know about the third room?" ”

Zhu Fang heard that it involved the "three rooms", and was a little helpless: "My mother is partial to the eldest brother and the second brother, I know this, but my mother also knows that I have the best relationship with the third brother and third sister-in-law before I get married, and now the third sister-in-law is widowed with children, how difficult is it to hold up the lintel?" Why can't my mother straighten her heart? ”

Zhu Jiashi asked coldly: "So, the third daughter-in-law is where you are?" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Fang was anxious when she heard this: "What does my mother mean by this?" How could the third sister-in-law be with me? Isn't she running a shop in the city?

"No, my mother asked me like this, didn't the third sister-in-law's family move away? Why would my mother doubt me? No matter what the Ke family says, they are also scholars, big families in Jingshan, and the prince is still in charge of Confucianism in the county, even if the third sister-in-law wants to go to someone, she will not go to her daughter.

"The third sister-in-law is a festival woman from the imperial court, do you think the Ke family can take her in?"

Zhu Fang is a smart person, and when she heard that Zhu Niang could not bear the suppression, she fled with her family, and now the Zhu family can't find Zhu Niang's whereabouts, so they call her, the sister-in-law who has always been good friends with the third room, back to ask for clarification.

Zhu Jiashi thought about his daughter's words seriously and felt that it made sense.

If Zhu Niang "escaped" and took her son to escape the family's pursuit, but ran to Aunt Zhu Hao's house, even if the relationship between the two families was good in the past, the Zhu family would still easily find out the news.

"Then you don't have the whereabouts of her? When she left, she didn't write to you or ask you to help her with her errands? Zhu Jiashi asked.

Zhu Fang suddenly laughed and said, "Mother, the third sister-in-law was really forced away by you?" She should have taken Xiao Hao with her, right? Walking so neatly, people must have given all the fields and houses in the city to the Zhu family...... In this case, why is the mother chasing her? No matter how people live outside, they will never treat Xiao Hao badly......"

Zhu Jiashi said angrily: "If you ask you, you can answer directly, don't talk so much nonsense!" ”

Zhu Fang's head was horizontal: "No, I once heard that my mother made the second brother embarrassed his mother and son, and she sent a letter to invite them to Jingshan County, but the third sister-in-law did not reply, and there was no news after that...... If you don't believe it, you can check, if you find that the child is lying, the child is willing to be punished! ”

Seeing that Zhu Fang denied that it had anything to do with Zhu Niang's departure, Zhu Jiashi completely cut off the clues.

Zhu Wanjian slandered and said that it was related to Su Xigui, but who is Su Xigui? It is not easy for the Zhu family to get in touch with such people, especially since Zhu Niang is still burdened with the reputation of a festival woman, and it is impossible for Su Xigui to maintain an unclear relationship with him...... Besides, it seems like it's all hearsay.

"Mother, my daughter is just a daughter-in-law in the Ke family, what will the Ke family think if you send a letter asking your daughter to leave everything behind and go back to her parents' house? Besides, on this road, there were plagues in many villages and towns along the way, and it was inconvenient to come and go...... Shouldn't the Zhu family close their doors at this time? I still have to find out about my sister-in-law, it's really ...... Alas! ”

Zhu Fang's words were met with Zhu Jia's eyes, she waved her hand and said with a cold face: "Go see your father, if you really don't want to stay at home for a long time, you will leave tomorrow!" If you have a message from the third family, find someone to send it back as soon as possible! ”

Zhu Fang shrugged: "Mother has the final say." ”

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Xingwangfu.

Gongsun Yi Erlong raised his head and went home to rest for a day, and when he came back to class, he found that Zhu San and Zhu Si did not come, and only Lu Bing sat there alone and waited for class.

Gongsun Yi frowned: "The two princes skipped class?" ”

Lu Bingdao: "My father told my husband that the two princes were infected with the wind and cold, and I am afraid that they will not be able to come to class for the past two days...... Mr. Yuan said that if Mr. wants to give a lecture, just give it to me. ”

Gongsun Yi was a little deflated.

After a year, it was less than half a month since he entered the palace to attend classes.

The first place to hold classes was in the inner house of the palace, and now it has returned to the school house, which can only be regarded as a transitional zone between the outer house and the inner house, and the degree of attention is very different...... Now the two princes simply say that they can't come here, I'm a scholar, even if it's just a showman, the palace can't make fun of me, right?

Lecturing to Lu Bing? He's only five years old after the New Year, and he can understand a fart.

Gongsun Yi patiently asked: "Is it serious to have a wind chill?" Didn't you ask for a doctor? "This is trying to trick Lu Bing's words, this disciple is young and has no scheming, he shouldn't be able to lie, right?

Lu Bing is an honest and well-behaved child, and his answer was straightforward: "Nasal congestion, sneezing, the situation doesn't seem to be too serious, but I heard that I am afraid of cold, and the clothes I am wearing are very thick, and I still keep saying that it is cold...... Sir, aren't we going to start lecturing yet? ”

"Let's study on your own!"

Gongsun Yi listened to Lu Bing's words and felt that this was not something that Lu Bing should know, I am afraid that someone taught Lu Bing to say this, and the answer was too deliberate.

Thinking that he was driven away a year ago, and was invited back a year later, and was so snubbed, Gongsun Yi didn't feel a good feeling in his heart, and he was not in the mood to teach Lu Bing a lesson.

The teacher and student each found a place to sit, relatively in a daze.

For Gongsun Yi, unless the palace openly drives me away, I will die here, and I can't slack off on the matter of supporting my family, after all, there is an old lady and a pregnant wife, and my life has just improved, and I don't even need to patch the winter clothes I wear, so I can go by myself if I am not persuaded to retire?

Don't even think about it!

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Tang Yin lived a very dull life in the farm for several days in a row, Zhu Hao tinkered with some bottles and cans of things in his "laboratory" every day, set up a few stoves in the yard, and fired something in them, occasionally a pungent smell came out, and he hid his face and fled after a short time.

In the past few days, Uncle Gen has often run to the market town and bought Zhu Hao a lot of baby bumps.

Zhu Hao conducted a primary selection among 22 children, and selected 14 people to stay with him to study.

Teach three hundred thousand first, that is, "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text", without Tang Yin condescending to teach, Zhu Hao can do it himself.

The classroom is the large courtyard outside the laboratory, and there are fourteen tables, chairs and benches at this time.

Tang Yin listened to a few lectures and observed silently.

Zhu Hao made a big blackboard to hang on the outer wall, usually use talc to write on the blackboard, let the child read along, and start writing after learning, no pen, ink, paper, inkstone, take willow branches dipped in water to write on the table, many untidy places, Zhu Hao will also correct.

And then there's the recitation......

Tang Yin thinks this kind of teaching is very interesting, he has read the scripts and scripts given by Zhu Hao in the past few days, and he has never liked these very much, but he is fascinated, and he can't help but want to know the plot below, or want to modify the plot according to some of his own ideas......

And so it went for a few days.

On the fourth day of the second lunar month, Zhu Niang came to the farm by carriage.

Zhu Hao took Tang Yin out of the village to greet him.

Zhu Niang's face was haggard, and the whole person looked tired, and after seeing Tang Yin, she gave a deep salute and called him Mr.

In front of him is the famous Tang Bohu, even a woman like Zhu Niang who has not read many books, she knows the name of Tang Jieyuan in Jiangnan.

When she arrived at the yard that had been cleaned up in advance, Zhu Niang explained the situation.

"A few days earlier, in fact, we arrived in Anlu, but your aunt and Xiaoting are sick, I heard that there is a plague in the north, east and west of Jiangjiang, and a large area in the west of Huguang......

Zhu Hao thought calmly and asked, "Mother is saying that you came by land and passed through the epidemic area?" ”

Zhu Niang nodded helplessly: "Yes, I heard that the epidemic broke out, we haven't gotten off the boat since we crossed the Jiujiang River, and we were resupplied in Hanyang halfway, and we had to go ashore, who wants to stay in an inn near the dock for a night and get sick, and I don't know what unclean things have been provoked, your aunt is fine, it's just Xiaoting ......"

"I have heard passers-by say that this disease has little impact on adults, but the elderly and children are like being possessed by evil spirits after they get sick, some have a high fever that does not go away, some cough up blood for a long time, and some people can't breathe, and they are so red and thick ...... The condition got worse and worse, and in the end it was almost out of control, and many people of all ages died as a result......"

"These days, your aunt takes care of Xiaoting, and she is basically not ...... clothes Staying in front of the sickbed, I just came to tell you that I have to go back to the town when I go back, so I can only go into the city to find a doctor......"

Tang Yin was afraid for a while after hearing this.

If he hadn't taken the waterway with Zhu Hao at that time, or had gone his own way and insisted on returning to Suzhou, maybe he would have become the unlucky "old and weak", and he would have died alone in a foreign land after being sick......

Wouldn't that be your own death?

Zhu Hao hurriedly asked, "That mother, what stage has my sister's condition developed?" What are the symptoms now? Tell me about it. ”

Zhu Niang glanced at Tang Yin, as if she felt that Tang Yin was listening, it was inconvenient to talk about many things, and there was something to avoid when she spoke before.

Tang Yin knew each other very well, and hurriedly said goodbye and walked out of the courtyard.

After Tang Yin left, Zhu Niang said: "At first, we didn't take it seriously, on the boat back to Anlu, Xiaoting coughed constantly, and then began to have a fever, and then the cough stopped, but the fever became more and more serious, and she was even more unconscious in the past two days...... I found a doctor in the town, and I can only prescribe some medicine to treat wind and cold, and your aunt's condition has improved, but Xiaoting is ...... It didn't work for a long time. ”

Zhu Hao probably understood what was going on.

It sounds like an infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract.

The Daming plague occurs from time to time, but also because of the population gathering, the sanitary conditions are not good, especially the water source can not be guaranteed to be clean, even if there is a village to drink well water, it is mostly shallow wells, can not hit the depths, and the people of this era have backward awareness of epidemic prevention, as for the medical conditions......

In short, it is the sadness of the times, the elderly and children with low immunity are the most vulnerable in the face of disease.

It's like a child is sick, an ordinary influenza, for future generations is just a matter of a few doses of antibiotics, there are no antibiotics in this era, and the sanitary conditions are not guaranteed after illness, and the treatment is more by witchcraft, placebo, and no antipyretics, fainting and even death after high fever are not uncommon, which is why the infant mortality rate of the ancients remained high.

It is common for babies to get sick in later generations, and the fatality rate is extremely low, but in this era, even the emperor giving birth to a child at the age of five is a threshold, let alone an ordinary family?

The continuation of human beings in this era depends more on the tactics of the sea of people, and there are many births, and there will always be something that can escape God's cleanup.

After learning that it was just a respiratory infection, not the plague, Zhu Hao's heart was a little calmer.

There is always a way, but it is also a great challenge for him.