Chapter 4: The Master

"What are you thinking?" Seeing Jiang Shu stunned, Shen Changze couldn't help but be curious.

"Touching the scene, I think of the wedding day." Jiang Shu came back to his senses and no longer remembered.

"I have wronged you in the past few years, and I will compensate you well in the future." Shen Changze tried hard to recall, but he couldn't remember what she looked like on the day of the wedding.

Jiang Shu smiled and didn't say no.

The general who fought on the battlefield carefully dressed her hands with his sword and spear, saying that it was fake not to touch.

In order to hide the throbbing in his heart, Jiang Shu casually pulled up a topic: "Border pass, battlefield...... What is it like?"

"Beacon smoke and yellow sand, strong wind, cold snow, sword light and blood shadow, corpses are all over the field......" The border pass in Shen Changze's mouth is not very good.

Jiang Shu lowered his eyes and saw a thin scar on the back of Shen Changze's hand, so he asked him, "Have you been very difficult all these years?"

Hearing that she cared about herself, Shen Changze's heart was shocked, and his voice was hoarse: "The first time I went to the battlefield, I was shocked by the cruelty of war, and I was stunned and gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. At the critical moment, Master stood in front of me, and the scimitar pierced his chest, splashing hot blood on my face. ”

"During a night attack by the enemy, I was stabbed in the chest with a spear in a daze, and I almost died, but it was Jinchu who killed the enemy and saved me......"

"I finally have the experience to survive several times, and I have learned to be vigilant and protect myself at all times, although I still can't avoid injuries, but I can always stay alive, and those injuries are nothing, just take a few days."

Listening to his breezy tone, Jiang Shu was a little ashamed. Compared to the wounds he had suffered on the battlefield, her burns were really not worth mentioning.

But she still felt pain, a pain in her heart.

"Jin Chu also has a good martial arts, and he is not inferior to a man in battle to kill the enemy. Over the years, I have been born and died, leaving scars all over my body, and if I were in Beijing, I am afraid I would not be able to get married. ”

Speaking of Cheng Jinchu, Shen Changze had guilt and distress in his eyes, and it was mixed into a strong love rooted in his heart.

Jiang Shu knew that she couldn't compare to Cheng Jinchu no matter what.

"You have suffered." Jiang Shu said sincerely.

Putting aside personal grievances, Shen Changze and Cheng Jinchu defend their families and the country, which is worthy of her admiration.

Shen Changze shook his head: "Compared to other soldiers, this hardship is nothing, and we are luckier than them, and I am very content to return to Shangjing alive." ”

Listening to him calmly talk about his life over the years, Jiang Shu felt a little relieved in his heart.

But if she feels sorry for others, who will feel sorry for her?

It is not easy for her to support a defeated Hou Mansion with a weak body. It's just that her hardships have nowhere to tell, so they can only be buried in the bottom of her heart.

Not wanting to think about it anymore, Jiang Shu closed his eyes and fell asleep groggily.

The night breeze was slightly cool, and Shen Changze saw that she was asleep, so he gently carried her to the bed.

Jiang Shu was very light, so light that he didn't feel solid at all when he held it in his arms.

Pull the brocade quilt to cover her, and Shen Changze changed a piece of ice to continue to apply her hands.

The person in the bed did not sleep very peacefully, sometimes frowning and sometimes turning.

Shen Changze was afraid that she would get the back of his hand, so he had to grab her wrist with his hand.

At such a close distance, it was clear enough to see her long eyelashes, not to mention the finely carved little face and eyebrows.

Everyone loves beauty, and he is not exempt from vulgarity.

His gaze followed Linglong's nose down, landing on the cherry red lips, and he couldn't stop his throat from rolling.

This is his wife.

Chewing these words, Shen Changze felt a hint of sweetness in his heart, and leaned over to kiss Jiang Shu's smooth forehead.

The next day, Jiang Shu woke up in the morning.

"Tanyu, what time is it?"

"It's more than half the hour, and Madame still feels pain?" Tan Yu helped Jiang Shu get up.

Jiang Shu lowered his eyes and looked at the back of his hand that had been swollen: "It doesn't hurt much." ”

She searched around the house, but she didn't see Shen Changze's figure, so she must have left.

Seeing what she was thinking, Tan Yu said: "The Hou Ye guarded his wife all night, and gave his wife medicine before leaving. ”

"He kept watch all night?" Jiang Shu was a little incredulous.

Tan Yu nodded: "Yu Yu also kept watch outside the house all night, sending ice every half an hour, and saw it with his own eyes." ”

Originally, Tan Yu didn't want to see Shen Changze, but now it has changed: "The slave maid feels that the Hou Ye still has a lady in his heart." ”

But he didn't just have her in his heart.

Jiang Shu was silent, put on her shoes and socks and let Tanyu serve her to wash, and then sat in front of the bronze mirror to make up.

In Lanyun Courtyard, Yan Yang Yan Huan was playing in the yard, and Cheng Jinchu was checking the account books in the house.

Although she is literate, the account books of the Hou Mansion are intricate, and she struggles to read, and she does not understand many places.

She wanted to ask Shen Changze, but he had just rested, and he didn't necessarily understand the affairs of the back house. After thinking about it, she took the account book to find her mother-in-law Lin.

"What? Jiang Shu let you be in charge. Mother Shen was so shocked that she almost choked on the tea.

Seeing Shen's mother's reaction like this, Cheng Jinchu thought that he didn't trust her, so he swore and promised: "Mother rest assured, I will definitely do my best." ”

Mother Shen waved her hand: "It's not that I'm worried about you, it's just that you don't know the Hou Mansion, and not everyone can take charge of this family." ”

Mother Shen sighed, not knowing how to tell her, after all, it was not a glorious thing.

"When I first arrived at the Hou Mansion, I really didn't understand anything, and I hope my mother will give me advice." Cheng Jinchu is iron-hearted.

She didn't believe it, how could it be more difficult to be a housekeeper than to go into battle to kill the enemy?

"Alas!" The matter has come to this point, Shen's mother knows that she can't listen to anything, so she can only speak with facts.

"Leave the account books alone, you can follow me to the treasury and have a look."

The treasury really had to be inventoried, Cheng Jinchu didn't think about it, took the key and went with Shen's mother.

The treasury of the Hou Mansion is very large, but it is very empty inside, with only a dozen wooden boxes.

Shen's mother asked people to open it, and Cheng Jinchu saw that the wooden box was filled with antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other utensils, only two boxes of silver and one box of gold.

"This ......" Cheng Jinchu couldn't believe that the huge Hou Mansion only had this bit of family property.

Shen's mother retreated and said ashamedly: "The Hou Mansion has gradually declined since twenty years ago, Changze and his father left early, and I am a woman who does not know how to make money." If not, how could he marry the daughter of a businessman as a housewife? ”

That's the case, she also thinks that Jiang Shu marrying into the Hou Mansion is Gao Pan.

"So all the expenses of Jiang Shu's family come from herself?" At this moment, Cheng Jinchu finally understood Shen's mother's words.

It's true that not everyone can take charge of this house.

Shen's mother was embarrassed: "If it weren't for her, the Hou Mansion would have been ruined." ”

Cheng Jinchu clenched the key in his hand, his face cold.

No wonder Jiang Shu gave up the power of the family so generously, and the co-author wanted to dig a pit and humiliate her.

She heard Shen Changze say that Jiang Shu was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Shangjing, and there was nothing else, but a lot of silver.

"Let's go back and look at the account books first." Cheng Jinchu took a deep breath and walked out of the warehouse, his figure resolute and resolute.

Mother Shen wanted to persuade her to return the power of the family to Jiang Shu, but she didn't know how to speak.

She can't afford to offend her two daughters-in-law.