After breakfast, Gu Mingzhu called someone to pass Liu Qige.

Outside the window is a green bamboo, and the cold wind gusts in autumn.

Xu Jue sat by the fire, hot wine and fruit roasted on the shelf.

Lyuzig has not yet arrived.

Gu Mingzhu looked at the flames for a while, Xu Jue poured hot tea on it, and Liu Qige walked in the courtyard.

"Master." He saluted respectfully.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Don't be polite, sit." ”

Liu Qige bowed to Xu Jue and sat down as he said.

Gu Mingzhu said: "You are looking for me for the accounts in the army?" ”

Liu Qige said: "Yes, as soon as the war stopped, the loss of weapons and the pacification of personnel are a lot of expenses. ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "In the future, the Southern Ming Army will be in charge of the accounts of Yueyan. ”

Liu Qige said: "I also only found out this morning, and Miss Huang missed it, and she is afraid that she will not be able to reconcile with me today." ”

Xu Jue handed over the teacup, Gu Mingzhu took it, and he poured another cup for Liu Qige.

Liu Zige hurriedly said: "Thank you, Shizi." ”

Liu Qige held the teacup and said: "But since the master is awake, it doesn't matter if he is right with you, the matter of team integration will be completed in a few days, and it is another expense, which is an urgent matter and cannot be pressed." ”

Gu Mingzhu nodded.

Liu Qige handed her the sorted accounts, and while Gu Mingzhu was flipping through them, he explained: "This great victory, the loss of weapons is not heavy, but the soldiers are all injured and need wound medicine, plus to comfort the deceased's family, it takes nearly 600,000 taels. ”

Gu Mingzhu nodded, looked through the entries he listed, and each one was reasonable, so he closed the booklet and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I will write a letter, and you will stamp my seal to withdraw the money." ”

She stood up and took a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to write.

Liu Qige waited for a while, and saw Xu Jue drinking tea slowly on the side, then he remembered that he had a tea cup in his hand, and he brought it to his mouth and drank it slowly.

Liu Qige remained silent, but he was strange in his heart that a person like Xu Jue would like this kind of thing.

Gu Mingzhu wrote quickly, took the seal and stamped it, approached and handed it to Liu Qige, and said, "Take this handwritten book, and you can withdraw money." ”

Liu Qige took it and looked at it, put it in his arms, and said, "Thank you, master." ”

Gu Mingzhu saw that he was humble and polite from beginning to end, and his speech was as gentle as jade, sat down, picked up the tea by the stove, took a sip slowly, and asked casually, "Are you twenty-four this year?" ”

"Yes, four out of twenty," Lyuzig said. ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "Twenty-four, can there be a marriage match?" ”

As soon as Gu Mingzhu's words came out, both of them looked at her.

Liu Qige was only stunned for a moment, and then said: "There is a family business in the family, but now that the Liu family is in the middle of the road, I am afraid that this family business will not be completed." ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "Oh? can marry the Liu family in Qinghe County, I don't know which one it is? ”

Liu Qige said: "Don't hide it from the master, she is the daughter of the Gusu Shen family." ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled lightly and said, "Have you seen her?" ”

"Naturally."

"What do you think, Miss Shen?"

Liu Qige seemed to think of something, smiled slightly, and said, "Miss Shen, smart and lively, innocent. ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled, and the topic was revealed.

After sitting for a while and talking about some trivial matters in the army, Lyuzig left.

A cold wind blew in, making the papers on the table rattle, Xu Jue got up and closed the window.

Gu Mingzhu, who was beside the fire, covered her lips and coughed.

He said, "Got a cold? ”

Gu Mingzhu coughed for a while before saying, "Maybe." ”

She took a sip of tea and moistened her throat, her face slightly red.

Xu Jue raised his hand to probe her forehead, frowned, and said, "Why is it so hot?" ”

Gu Mingzhu was unaware.

Xu Jue carried the person back to the bed, took off his shoes and socks, and wrapped them in the quilt: "It must be that I got a cold and had a fever last night, don't move, I'll call a doctor." ”

Gu Mingzhu nodded obediently and watched him go out.

The doctor quickly finished diagnosing the pulse and said, "Ordinary fever, it is good to sweat when decocting the side medicine, try not to see the wind in the past two days." ”

The guards sent the doctor out and brought the decoction medicine into the house, and when he went out, Xu Jue instructed: "Close the door." ”

Gu Mingzhu on the bed shook his head and smiled, and said, "How can it be so exaggerated, the door is open, the room is too stuffy." ”

Xu Jue half-helped her to sit up, feeding her medicine spoonful by spoonful, Gu Mingzhu frowned, as if she had swallowed some arsenic poison.

When she was about to reach the bottom, she had a thin layer of sweat on her forehead because of this bowl of hot medicine, she raised her hand to wipe it away, her eyes were dark, and Xu Jue pressed her to take the last mouthful of medicine.

The medicine is bitter, but it doesn't seem to be too bitter.

Gu Mingzhu swallowed, and wanted to push him away in this kiss, saying, "Be careful of infection......"

She couldn't break free, she was pressed to the bed, Xu Jue kissed the person until she was about to lose her breath before moving away slightly, and the heat was in her ear: "What kind of dye, I'm in good health." ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled lazily, because of the effect of the medicine, his consciousness gradually became a little drowsy, and he was unable to push him: "It's so heavy, get up, it makes me uncomfortable." ”

Xu Jue called her in a low voice: "Wanwan......"

Gu Mingzhu's response was inaudible: "Where are ......?"

"Get better soon, I hope you get better soon."

"En......"

He put it on her forehead, kissed her, and said, "My Wanwan will be free from illness and disaster, and live a long life." ”

“…… Long...... 100 years old, to that ...... When teeth ...... It's all gone, ugly ......"

The room was quiet, and the charcoal fire around the stove gradually dimmed.

When it was almost dark, Gu Mingzhu was woken up by the heat.

She opened her eyes blankly, because of a big heat, the whole person was sweating, although the person was more energetic, but the strength did not recover.

As soon as she moved, the person next to the bed immediately noticed it, came forward, and said, "Are you awake?" ”

It's a very beautiful face.

Gu Mingzhu was stunned for a while before remembering who she was, and said, "Liu Siru? ”

The girl's eyebrows were crooked, and she said happily: "You actually remember my name." ”

Liu Siru helped the person to sit up, took the newly sent snow-white cloak and put it on her, and said, "Are you feeling better?" ”

"Much better." Gu Mingzhu stood up: "Why are you here?" ”

Liu Siru said: "It was Xu Shizi who said that you are sick and need someone to guard you, so I came." ”

Gu Mingzhu nodded and asked, "What about others?" ”

Liu Siru said: "He just went out, it seems that something happened in the barracks." ”

Gu Mingzhu looked at her sideways: "Barracks? What happened to the barracks? ”

"I heard that the soldiers of Duanzhou fought with the soldiers of Dangzhou, and when they saw blood, no one obeyed anyone."

Gu Mingzhu pondered for a moment and said, "Why are you fighting?" ”

"I don't know very well, but I heard that the two sides have been grudging for a long time, and Xu Shizi said before leaving, sure enough, it seems that the two families will fight sooner or later."

Gu Mingzhu asked, "How long have you been going?" ”

"Two hours."

The body was slimy, Gu Mingzhu said, "You go and order someone to get some hot water." ”

Liu Siru nodded quickly, and soon the hot water was sent in.

She didn't dare to wash for too long, and after bathing, Liu Siru came in with the medicine.

Gu Mingzhu now has a headache when he sees the medicine bowl, and his mouth seems to have a bitter taste.

Liu Siru said: "Xu Shizi ordered when he left, if you wake up, you have to drink medicine after bathing, and you will order me to keep an eye on it, he said...... He said there wasn't a drop left. ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled angrily, but she didn't embarrass her, took the medicine and drank it, and drank another bowl of porridge.

On the second watch, the people returned.

Under the corridor, Yueyan and Xu Jue were parallel, I don't know what they were talking about, Gu Mingzhu opened the crack in the window, and the wind didn't blow, the door knocked and the two entered.

"Miss." Yue Yan said: "I heard that you are sick, but are you better?" ”

Gu Mingzhu had already put down the book, walked towards her, and said, "It's just ordinary heat, it's already gone." ”

Yue Yan nodded understandingly, and said: "The soldiers who died in the battle have been counted, and the pension will be distributed tomorrow, and we are going to bury the unclaimed bones in the Zhongyi Grave." ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "We did a good job, although we won, but the four states and two counties are also in turmoil, and the displaced people are running around. ”

"Yes."

"Pick a time, you let the governors and captains of the six cities come to visit."

"Yes."

(End of chapter)