On the wedding night, the Shi family was extremely busy, and the Chang family was no exception.
Neighbors heard that the daughter of the Chang family who was admitted to the first prize began to vomit blood after returning home from the wedding banquet at night. She barely passed out until the door of the Chang family.
Mother Chang took the sign to the imperial doctor invited by the palace to see it.
"How's Shu'er?" Chang's mother was anxious and worried, bending over at the end of the bed and looking towards the bed.
Chang Shu lay on it with pale lips, breathing weakly.
The imperial doctor withdrew his hand to feel the pulse and frowned, "There is no scar on the body, only the lungs have been severely injured. This situation is really strange, and it is the first time I have seen such a situation in my many years of practice."
I don't know what sharp weapon's internal force can hit the internal organs without hurting the skin.
Chang's mother frowned and asked Chang Shu's servants, "Did anything happen to you on the way back?"
The servant's face turned pale with fright, trembling like a sieve.
As Chang Shu's master, if something happened to her, it would be most difficult for her servants.
"My lord, no."
She thought about it carefully, "After we came out of Shifu, the master started to vomit blood. At first he said it was fine, but it got worse as we walked, and finally he couldn't even stand up."
If it wasn't for the fact that there was no thunder and rain in the sky at that time, they would have thought that Chang Shu had been struck by lightning, trembling all over, foaming at the mouth, spurting out the last mouthful of blood, and then limp like mud.
The servants dare not speak nonsense about these words, and only answer Chang's mother's questions in a polite manner.
The imperial doctor prescribed several medicines, and before leaving, he told Chang's mother, "This time, my life is fine, but my internal organs are fragile, and I won't be able to survive the next time. No matter what happens, please ask your lord to ask clearly."
Chang's mother bowed, thanked the imperial doctor several times, and personally sent him to the door.
After returning to the inner courtyard, Mother Chang screened everyone else away, leaving only Chang Shu's servants who were traveling with her tonight, and asked about the details again.
After asking clearly, Chang's mother still didn't know the reason why Chang Shu vomited blood.
The old housekeeper who had followed her for many years in the mansion saw her frowning deeply, and vaguely mentioned a story about strange powers and gods.
This thing is too unreal, the butler just mentioned it casually, and didn't dare to say more.
Like the scholar in the story book, if he borrows the ability of ghosts and gods to accomplish something, he will always have to pay a certain price in the end.
Mother Chang stopped the housekeeper, "Don't mention this kind of thing again. Shu'er just had a hidden disease in her lungs after falling into the water last time, and it was triggered by the alcohol today."
Such an explanation would work.
Chang's mother sat by the bed late at night, and Chang Shu woke up slowly at the end of the night.
"Mother." Chang Shu's voice was weak, "Why are you here?"
"Shu'er, mother has a few words to ask you." Chang's mother helped Chang Shu to sit on the head of the bed, leaning on her, "How did you make yourself like this? Even the imperial doctor can't see you." Symptoms."
Chang Shu's eyes flickered, she didn't know how to explain to Chang's mother.
Yun Zhi accidentally smashed her attempt to frame Shi Xi, the mission failed, and the system imposed a four-level electric shock punishment, which almost cost her half her life.
Whether it's the system or framing, she can't tell Chang's mother.
"It's okay," Chang Shu showed a tired look, "Mom, go back and rest, I'm sleepy."
"I don't know what you are doing, and I don't know what you want to do, but Shu'er, stop it, and treat it for yourself." Chang's mother said earnestly, "The imperial doctor said that your body can't stand it again. .”
Chang's mother told the housekeeper not to mention this matter again, but in fact she believed it nine out of ten in her heart.
Thinking back carefully, Chang Shu was obviously dull, why did she become smart after falling into the water
At that time, she only cared about being happy, thankful that her daughter finally figured it out and knew that she had worked hard, and she didn't think deeply about it at all.
Chang's mother sat withered in the middle of the night, although she was afraid in her heart, but it was her own flesh and blood.
"I can't understand what mother said."
Chang Shu didn't look at Chang's mother, "I didn't do anything, I just wanted to prove that I am more promising than elder sister and worthy of being your daughter, is that all right?"
"When did I really dislike you for being inferior to your elder sister?"
Chang's mother frowned, "Those are just angry words. In my mother's heart, you and Yue'er are my own flesh and blood, and they both flow with the blood of my Chang family.
"Mother's words are really nice."
"Since that's the case, why can't my elder sister be an official? Or does my mother think that I, a concubine, should be inferior to others and only deserve to be guarded by my elder sister?"
Chang Shu looked directly at Chang's mother, "If mother doesn't have that intention, go back, one day I will prove to you that I can also be an excellent minister, I want my eldest sister to make those who look down on me kneel down Look up at my breath on the ground and live."
"You, you, you are hopeless!" Chang's mother pointed at Chang Shu, "Ambition without ability can only be a fantasy in the end, and you will hurt yourself sooner or later."
Chang Shu sneered, "Look, after all, you still look down on me, thinking that I'm just a pile of mud that can't support the wall."
"You want to get ahead, let's take your time. You are the champion of the new department, and your elder sister and I are paving the way for you in the court. Your future is brighter than many people. Why are you so impatient?"
Chang's mother has been ups and downs in this officialdom in Beijing for many years, and she takes every step steadily and cautiously. She definitely won't want to reach the sky in one step like Chang Shu.
Up to now, Chang's mother still wants to persuade Chang Shu to get her back on the right track.
"Take your time, when will it wait? Could it be that like you, you have been a fourth-rank official in Beijing for most of your life?" Chang Shu can't wait to prove that she is better than everyone else tomorrow. have power.
"I can't persuade you..." Chang's mother shuffled out wearily.
Hit, she also hit last time, persuasion, she also persuaded last time, you can't lock up Chang Shu, a good living person, can you
The court has already decreed that tomorrow the emperor will summon the top three of Yijia, presumably to assign positions.
Chang's mother was concerned, so she didn't tell Chang Shu much.
The door was closed, and Chang Shu pulled out the pouch behind her back and smashed it on the ground with gloomy eyes.
"Why don't you help me?"
Chang Shu questioned the system, "Isn't your goal to make me an extremely human minister? Why punish me instead of helping me!"
This time she almost killed half her life, so what about next time
There was no reply from the system, it was as quiet as if it had never appeared before.
After Chang Shu got angry, she began to think about how to get the plot back on track.
Even if she can't get the help of the eldest prince, she can't let Shi Qing get it. Shi Qing is against her everywhere, as long as she is alive, it will be a variable for her.
live...
Chang Shu's eyes flickered, wouldn't it be fine if Qing died at that time
Today is Shi Qing's first day of marriage, and it stands to reason that he would bring Yun Zhi to offer tea to the elders in the family one by one.
However, the old man is now in the old family's house, and the eldest couple still hated Shi Qing because of Shi Xi's incident yesterday, so it is naturally impossible to come here.
The two members of the second family didn't arrive, but they just brought gifts. In the end, there were still only Shi Qing's family and Li's father, Li Hua, who hadn't left Beijing yet.
Shi Qing slept in the new house yesterday, Yun Zhi did not sleep in the study, but slept on a soft couch.
Before going to bed, he moved a landscape screen to block in front of his soft couch, and he was stunned when he saw it.
"I don't look at you again."
Yun Zhi leaned on the screen to look at her, his earlobe reddened, "What if I see you? Let's block it."
"..."
Shi Qing sat silently on the bed, once suspecting that the book he was wearing was not from the social background of women.
When he got up in the morning, Yun Zhi was already awake, and after the morning exercise, he lay down at the stone table and complained to Ya Qing that Shi Qing was a stingy man who forced him to embroider peonies.
Young Master's hands are for holding swords, not needles.
All the dowries that Shi's family had brought to Yun's residence were brought back yesterday, and after knowing that Yun Zhi "forgot" how to embroider, Shi Qing sealed the box in front of him overnight with a smile and put it in a private treasury, so that he couldn't touch any of it.
It's simply not a human thing!
Now Yunzhi has lost both money and himself, and without He Lishu he can't even leave in an aboveboard manner.
The situation was not as good as in Yunfu.
Yun Zhi bitterly grabbed the leaves of the pear tree he picked up on the ground. He hadn't entered the rivers and lakes yet, so he rushed forward to "sell" himself.
Shi Qing stood at the door of the main house with his hands in his arms and listened to him speak ill of him behind his back, so he deliberately said loudly, "Have you finished?"
Unprepared, Yun Zhi shivered in fright.
He pinched the leaf stalk, turned his head to see clearly, his mouth was stiff and guilty, "I'm telling the truth."
Ya Qing bowed her head to salute Shi Qing, the master and servant secretly complained about Shi Qing being caught by the Lord, Ya Qing was a little flustered.
Shi Qing was too lazy to care about it.
She called Shang Yunzhi, "Go, go salute and say hello to my father."
"No." Yun Zhi didn't move his butt.
He intends to resist, but when forced Shiqing can't understand him, he divorces him.
Yun Zhi was suffering in his heart, who would have thought that he would force a woman to divorce him one day.
Shi Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, and didn't force him, just said leisurely, "Today's tea ceremony will give you money."
Yun Zhi's eyes lit up instantly, and he almost teleported to Shi Qing's side, "Really?"
Shi Qing glanced sideways at him, "Excellent."
Yun Zhi clasped his hands behind his back, clung to Shi Qing's side not too far away, and sighed softly, "A penny is hard for a hero."
When the two arrived, Shi Ju and Li Shi were already waiting. Father Li was wearing a festive red dress and sat beside him, beside Li Wei, Shen Shi and their youngest daughter.
Shi Qing pulled Yun Zhi to offer tea to his parents, and Li Shi stretched out his hand to help Yun Zhi with a smile on his eyes, "No, no, just this once today, and this rule will be exempted in the mornings."
He doesn't look like an old man, and Yun Zhi is still pregnant.
Li's eyes couldn't help but fell on Yun Zhi's lower abdomen. Hearing that there were a lot of things last night, the young couple didn't do that.
Mrs. Li was relieved, it was still a bit of a sense of propriety.
Seeing his gaze, Shiju knew what he was thinking, picked up the teacup and coughed lightly to remind him.
Mrs. Li looked away with a smile, and motioned to the two children, "Give grandpa some tea."
The red purses that Mrs. Li gave were all placed on the tray held by Mihe, and Yunzhi couldn't help but look at them.
There seems to be a part of him in it.
"Good baby."
When it was Grandpa's turn, Grandpa directly pulled Yunzhi's wrist and put a bracelet on him, "Good boy, Grandpa likes you. Take it, this is a gift from Grandpa."
Shi Qing's eyelids twitched, and before Yunzhi could move on, he quickly raised his hand to pat the back of his hand, pressing down his stretched paw like a ladle.
She stood in front of Yun Zhi with a smile on her face, "Grandpa can't do it. What you give is too expensive for him to hold. Just give him two copper coins. He doesn't care about money."
Feelings are not for you!
With red ears, Yun Zhi pulled out the hand that was held by Shi Qing, and lightly poked Shi Qing's back with the tip of his index finger.
Shi Qing felt a numb itch and turned to stare at him.
Just when she was distracted, Yun Zhi walked up to her and called Father Li with frowning eyes, "Grandpa."
He couldn't ask for the bracelet either, so he asked softly with a red face, "Do you have any broken silver?"
Grandpa can't answer this question, "Why are bracelets not as good as broken silver?"
Is this looking down on the financial resources of his Li family
"Grandpa doesn't have broken silver here, why don't you give me a whole piece of silver?" Li's father thought it was a custom on Yunzhi's side, and gave Yunzhi ten taels of silver. on."
Holding the silver in both hands, Yun Zhi stared at Father Li with blank eyes, almost crying.
This is the biggest number he has ever touched in this period of time!
Father Li smiled and took Shi Qing's hand, took off the bracelet on his wrist and handed it to her, and patted it, "Baby, grandpa knows you are a good boy, but grandpa gave it to Yun Zhi, you first replace it." He took it."
Shi Qing was slightly stunned, and turned to look at Mrs. Li.
Li Shi smiled and nodded with Shi Ju, signaling her to accept it.
When it was Li Wei's turn, five-year-old Li Xin called out crisply and sweetly, "Sister, brother."
Shi Qing intentionally said to Yun Zhi, "It's also the first time we've met Xin Xin, as a big brother, don't you give me some greetings?"
Yun Zhi was stunned, "Yes, is there such a custom?"
Isn't he the same generation as Li Xin
Shi Qing nodded seriously, "That's right."
His gaze fell schematically on the silver in his hand.
All that Yun Zhi can afford is the ingot of silver he just got.
This is his money, his rations for traveling the rivers and lakes.
Yun Zhi looked down at Li Xin.
The child's brows and eyes were curved, and he was born very beautifully. He looked up at him with bright eyes.
Yun Zhi took a deep breath and squatted down, hesitating for a while, before handing over the money.
The young man smiled freely, "My brother gave it to me, buy some candy."
Shi Qing lowered his eyes to look at him, Yun Zhi squatted halfway, his white and slender hands rested on his knees, his fingers gripped his knees with obvious pain, he still handed the money to Li Xin.
Kind of pathetic and kind of funny.
"Qing'er, what are you teasing Yun Zhi for?" Li Wei glared at Shi Qing, Li Xin also shook his head and rejected the silver ingot in Yun Zhi's hand, "Xin Xin prepared a gift for brother."
She took out the hand behind her back, a red purse embroidered with blessing dolls, which contained the wishes of Li Wei's family of three, "Given by Xin Xin."
Yun Zhi was a little unresponsive, Shi Qing said, "If you don't want it, just give it to me."
Yun Zhi hurriedly grabbed Shi Qing's wrist, and reached out to take Li Xin's purse, "Thank you."
"Okay, you young couple must have your own things to do when you get married, and you don't need to stay here with us." Mrs. Li waved to the two of them, signaling them to go back.
Yun Zhi would stay in front of adults and elders as soon as he entered the door today, he would be shy and introverted and unable to let go.
Father Li and the others managed to come here this time, and they should stay for a few days before going back. The old masters around are not here, so they are not afraid of causing trouble to Li Shi.
They made an appointment to burn incense and visit the capital, and the carriages and horses were all ready.
Shi Qing and Yun Zhi just got married, and the elders felt that they needed to be alone, so they didn't call them.
On the way back after offering tea, Yun Zhi treasured the money and put it into the small pouch that Li Xin gave her.
Shi Qing stretched out his hand to grab it, Yun Zhi frightenedly pulled open his skirt and stuffed it into his bosom, raised his eyebrows to look at Shi Qing, "Come and get it if you have the ability."
Shi Qing let out a chuckle, leaning over as if to pull Yun Zhi's skirt.
"!"
Yunzhi turned on his toes, and the hem of the blue clothes opened into a circle, instantly opening the distance between the two.
When he held his arms in one hand and pointed at the other hand, Shi Qing remained silent for a long time, his fair and handsome face was as red as a cloud of rosy clouds.
Female, female hooligans!
Shi Qing didn't tease him, but asked seriously, "You don't go out, what do you want money for?"
Yun Zhi patted his purse on his chest, "Who said I won't go out, I'm going out today."
He finally got some money, and he was going to go out and buy himself a handy sword.
Walking in the rivers and lakes, how can there be no weapons.
Just this little fool, if he goes out for an hour at most, his money can be scammed.
"I'll be with you," Shi Qing said, "I'll give you half a day off and come back in the afternoon to learn embroidery for me."
As if he had gained some sweetness, Yun Zhi was not as resistant as Qingchen at all, and readily agreed, "Okay."
Shi Qing shook his head, saying that he was easy to deceive, but he still refused to admit it.
There are not many shops for forging weapons in the capital, but there are quite a few shops for blacksmithing.
The two originally said that they would go back in the morning and return at noon, but Yun Zhi was not satisfied with any of the swords he touched, and he lingered until it was dark before he picked one.
That's just barely usable.
Shi Qing walked around the shop with him without doing anything today, his patience has long been exhausted, if he didn't want to give him something sweet, Shi Qing would have left early.
"It's almost done, Yun Shaoxia." Shi Qing sat on the chair and looked out, "It's getting dark."
"Swords must be chosen properly. Don't be impatient, otherwise you won't be able to use them to their full potential."
That's what Yun Zhi said to Shi Qing, but he turned his head and asked the shopkeeper, "Is it true that this scabbard can't be inlaid with gems?"
"..."
The shopkeeper was speechless, "You just said that the sword is valuable because it is suitable, and the most important thing is to have it in hand."
"Then it must look better." Yun Zhi touched the monotonous silver-blue sword in his hand, he liked it or not, and he would like it even more if it could be inlaid with gemstones.
The shopkeeper shook his head, "This sword cannot be mounted."
A serious, cold, sharp and chilling sword, inlaid with precious stones, so ugly and nondescript.
This sword is not used as a display.
"Just this one." Shi Qing was sleepy, yawning and said, "If you're not satisfied, we won't buy it."
"Buy." Yun Zhi paid.
The two of them didn't expect to go shopping until now. They walked when they came here, and they are walking now.
It was almost time for the curfew, and almost all the stalls on the street were closed. In the empty street, only the lanterns on both sides of the shop doors were still lit.
It was obviously the season of warm spring and flowers blooming, but Shi Qing felt a bit of chill in a daze.
Yun Zhi suddenly stopped and said softly, "Someone is following us."
Shi Qing paused for a moment, Mihe huddled beside her, looked around, and said in a low voice, "Master, finally someone can't understand your mouth and hired a murderer to kill you?"
"..."
However, the footsteps were directed towards the carriage that had just entered the city.
False alarm.
Yun Zhi was about to move, he took Shi Qing's arm and said, "Let's go and have a look."
"Don't go," Shi Qing held Yun Zhi's arm back, "go home."
It has nothing to do with her. She still wants to hang on for a few more days, at least until her peony flowers are embroidered.
It's a pity that the two of them didn't go far, when the sound of carriage and weapons touching each other reached their ears.
Yun put his hand on Shi Qing's waist, turned around her without hesitation, and protected the back of her head with the palm of one hand, avoiding the dark blade flying over.
Yun Zhi thought that his heroic posture of saving the beauty was very handsome, but because of his small height, what he originally imagined was a picture of a small bird clinging to each other, but it turned into two people embracing each other.
He was also short of Shi Qing's three fingers.
Yun Zhi pursed his thin lips and began to tiptoe again.
Shi Qing glanced at him, "Save people."
Anyway, if you can't avoid it, you might as well join the battlefield.
The carriage was forced to stop, and the people in the carriage rolled out of the carriage. The men she led were already injured and couldn't take care of themselves.
Shi Qing didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but the sword of the man in black was already approaching him.
I don't know who the man in black is coming for, but it's obvious that he doesn't intend to leave anyone alive on the field.
Shi Qing took out his wooden whistle and blew it, and the sound resounded throughout the street.
The woman lying on the ground raised her head in surprise and asked, "Do you have reinforcements?"
"No," Shi Qing squatted down, looking at the other person's face through the light, "I just want to see if I can attract Jing Zhaoyin's officers and soldiers to patrol the streets."
"..."
The opponent's blood was surging, and he almost vomited blood.
Mihe pulls Yaqing to hide in the dark, Shiqing squats beside the woman on the ground, looking up at Yunzhi.
He was still wearing the light blue gauze robe today, with light toes, like a light leaf, falling not far in front of the two of them.
Yun Zhi hadn't done anything for a long time, he stretched his muscles, but he still didn't forget to tell Shi Qing, "You talk to her about the price, there are five people in total, if you save them all, you should pay me at least five taels of silver."
It was the first time for Shi Qing to encounter such a thing after coming here, his fingers were clenched tightly, and his heart was already hanging in his throat.
Hearing what Yun Zhi said, he breathed a sigh of relief, not so afraid anymore.
She smiled and raised her voice to ask Yunzhi, "Didn't you call yourself a young hero? You also took money."
He was not happy, "We are the same, how can you face outsiders."
Yun Zhi also felt that he couldn't charge due to injustice, but the money given by his grandfather and Li Xin was not enough to buy the sword.
The young man has to eat too.
Shi Qing looked down at the woman who had sat up on the ground and bandaged her wound, and stretched out a hand, "Fifty taels, no two prices."
The other party glared at her, "Just now that young master clearly said that it's only five taels!"
Shi Qing snorted, "I am in charge of the house, what he says doesn't count."
"..."
The woman lowered her head to tie up the wound on her leg, endured it again and again, and said, "At most ten taels!"
"Then your life is cheap enough. Don't be angry, I'm not swearing, just literally."
Shi Qing put his arms on his knees and tilted his head to look at the other party, "It's a pity that you don't manage Babao Pavilion with your bargaining skills."
She smiled, "Isn't it, Qian Shinv."
Under the moonlight, Qian Huanhuan's eyes trembled slightly, and his slightly cold eyes looked directly at Shi Qing, "Who are you?"
"Your creditor plus your savior."
Shi Qing met Qian Cancan, the domineering second-generation ancestor. And this woman is at most twenty years old, and her face is five points similar to Qian Cancan's, so she must be from the Qian family.
Yesterday when she got married, only Qian's mother came over by herself, and when Shi Ju saw her looking over there, perhaps he wanted her to get acquainted with the court as soon as possible, so he added one more thing, saying that Qian Shinu was not in the capital.
Shi Qing wasn't curious about these things at first, who happened to meet them by chance.
When Qian Shinv went out to investigate the enclosure case, she probably offended someone in Beijing. Otherwise, there would not be no officers and soldiers coming for this battle.
Yun Zhi's side is about to end, Shi Qing sighed, "You are lucky to meet me today."
Shi Qing stretched out his hand, "Forty-nine twenty-nine, no less."
Qian Huanhuan reluctantly took out his money bag.
Yun Zhi has always said that he is going to Jianghu, but in fact he has never left Yun Mansion since he was a child, and all he killed were chickens, and no human life was on his hands, so today the green sword didn't come out of its sheath at all, it just beat the other party away.
When Qian Huanhuan saw that Yunzhi had let go of the enemy, the clues were gone, and he wanted to get back the silver he had originally handed over.
When the time comes to clear the money in your hand, there is no reason to spit it out.
She put her hands behind her back and said with a smile, "Welcome to patronize me, and come back next time if I have a chance."
Qian Huanhuan's subordinates have come over and helped her stand up.
Qian Huanhuan bowed his hands to Shiqing, wanting to say thank you, but paid the money himself, and it would be rude to say no thank you.
It's a dilemma.
Shi Qing walked over to see if Yun Zhi was injured, and seeing that he was fine, he took out five taels of silver and gave it to him.
Yun Zhi was slightly startled, "Isn't it fifty taels?"
Qian Huanhuan didn't break the silver, so he gave fifty taels because of the pain.
Shi Qing smiled, "I earned it based on my skills, but you only paid five taels back then."
"Shi Qing!" Yun Zhi stretched out his hand to snatch it, but Shi Qing imitated him and opened his clothes to hide it in his bosom.
"you-"
Yun Zhi couldn't pull at her skirt like Shi Qing did, breathing heavily in anger, and walked forward with his sword in both hands.
Shi Qing greeted Shang Mihe and Ya Qing, and followed Yun Zhi briskly, "I'll ask you a question, and I'll give it to you if you're right."
Yun Zhi looked at her sideways reservedly, raised his chin slightly, "Ask."
"The next sentence that changes from odd to even doesn't change."
"What chicken poop?" Yun Zhi was at a loss, "Say it again?"
Shi Qing hid Yin Zi in his bosom expressionlessly, "You have no fate with Yin Zi."
"..."
She just doesn't want to give it!
A few people walked forward, Qian Huanhuan behind him frowned slightly, "Shi Qing?"
Jinke explores flowers.
Before falling asleep at night, Shi Qing lay on the bed and looked at the transparent panel in front of him.
There is no change from before, except that the item "Participate in the Spring Banquet" in the task bar is gone.
Her panel is like a salted fish, it only tells you that you are dying, and the task is released capriciously, and then it is gone.
Shi Qing sighed and scratched off the panel.
"Yunzhi," Shi Qing asked softly, "at night there was a man in black pointing his sword at us. Is she chasing Qian Shinu or us?"
It felt like Qian Huanhuan was involved at night, but not entirely.
Yun Zhi rested his head on his hands, closed his eyes and reviewed the moves of the night, and said in a perfunctory tone, "I don't know, I didn't pay attention."
Shi Qing looked at the blurry figure over there through the screen, and said softly, "Thank you tonight."
Yun Zhi opened his eyes and was about to start a flutter when he heard Shi Qing answer the second half of the sentence, "I earned forty-five taels of silver."
so happy~
"..."
Very angry!
Yun Zhi sat up, not in the mood to sleep.
When she was refreshed, she smiled and closed her eyes.
Entering the palace tomorrow, you must ensure sleep.