Under Lu Yi's repeated urging, he went back to his room to rest this summer. After she left, Cen Shou just came in and reported to Lu Yi what happened after leaving Hangzhou, and what he said was probably the same as what he said this summer.
"I lost silver taels in my humble position, and I didn't take good care of Miss Chunyu, please punish the eldest son." Cen Shou knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty to Lu Yi.
"There are Japanese riots everywhere in the two Zhejiang provinces. No wonder you, but at the ferry, you didn't send the girls to safety first, and you didn't arrange for proper people to take care of them. It's really your fault."
Cen Shou didn't argue for himself, he just said with guilt: "It's because I didn't think carefully about my position, I thought it would be a quick solution at the time."
Lu Yi said lightly: "Forget it, I am also responsible for this matter. You are all disregarding the future. Yang Yue is more calm, but you may not be willing to listen to his advice. Take the right as a lesson, you should get up first. ."
Cen Shou just got up and backed out, and met Mrs. Shen with a medicine bowl at the door. He wanted to take the medicine bowl and send it in, but Mrs. Shen wouldn't let him: "I still have to take a pulse for him, I'll do it."
Without doubting him, Cen Shou bowed politely.
Seeing Mrs. Shen bring the medicine into the house, Lu Yi stood up and said, "Yan Yuan is not talented, and he has caused trouble for the seniors again."
Signaling him to sit down, Mrs. Shen brought him the medicine bowl and smiled slightly: "You don't have to take my love, last time I looked at Big Brother Lu; this time I looked at this child this summer. Go. If you want to thank them, just thank them, not me."
Lu Yi lowered his eyes and smiled. After a while, he raised his eyes and asked, "So, senior's healing for A Rui is also for the sake of this summer?"
"People are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless. Since this child calls me auntie, I naturally have to treat her better." Mrs. Shen paused before asking, "Lord Lu, you are traveling with an injury because of this. Do you mind her safety?"
Lu Yi has been introverted since childhood. Except for this summer, he is reluctant to show it in front of others. Now he just played Tai Chi lightly and skillfully, and said with a smile: "General Qi led his troops on an expedition, the troops in Xinhe City are empty, the people in the city are empty. Being powerless to resist is really worrying."
Seeing that he refused to answer directly, Mrs. Shen was not annoyed, and she went straight to the point like gossip: "I think this summer is very tight to you, so I have to ask more about some things. As her, I want to It's not easy to marry into the Lu family, right?"
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Shen asked so simply, Lu Yi smiled and said, "What do you mean by senior?"
"Have you thought about marrying her?" Mrs. Shen continued.
Lu Yi was slightly startled, and then smiled: "This summer is really not a call for nothing. When she was in Hangzhou, she told me that you treat her a little bit more than your own mother. What's the matter? They're starting to plan for her!"
When it comes to Tai Chi, although Mrs. Shen is older than Lu Yi, she is not as good at it as he has lived in officialdom for a long time.
Mrs. Shen frowned slightly, but when she was about to speak again, Lu Yi asked a question first.
"By the way, I wonder if senior has heard of General Yu Dayou Yu?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Shen was taken aback. Yu Dayou is from Quanzhou, Fujian, and he is quite famous in Quanzhou. It would be too fake to say that he did not recognize him, but if he did, he was afraid...
"Do you recognize me, senior has to think about it for so long? It's too cautious."
"It seems that I have heard it a little, but it has been a long time, and I can't remember it."
"General Yu worships under Li Liangqin's family. I heard that Li Liangqin has two disciples in total. Besides General Yu, there is another one who is his closed disciple." Lu Yi has been paying attention to her expression, "I heard that this person is still The distant relatives of your Lin family, presumably seniors should also recognize them."
Mrs. Shen's face was calm, and she said lightly: "I think back then, our Lin family was a big family in Quanzhou, and there were many people who came to recognize relatives, and some distant relatives were just accidental sects, I recognized them everywhere. "
What she said was not leaking, but Lu Yi could hear her desire to hide from it.
"Senior doesn't even ask who this person is, how can you say that you don't recognize him." Lu Yi said.
"…Who is this person?"
"His surname is Yang, and he has a single name. I heard that he went to Beijing and changed his name." Lu Yi stared at her and said slowly, senior, think about it, can you remember this person? "
Mrs. Shen answered quickly: "I can't remember."
Lu Yi looked at her and did not hide the inquiry in his eyes. After a long while, he retracted his eyes and said with a relaxed smile: "I remembered, when I was in Hangzhou, this summer, I mentioned that Yang Chengwan was a senior. The name is very familiar, like the name of an old friend."
Having been forced here by him, Mrs. Shen didn't know how much Lu Yi had found out. If he was just tricking himself, she would never fall for his trap. Even if he admits it now, he can't let him get any handle.
"Yes, just hearing the name sounds familiar."
"That's a coincidence. The name Yang Li changed after he entered Beijing was Yang Chengwan. Since the senior said he was an old friend, how could he not remember him."
Mrs. Shen pretended to be surprised: "It's such a coincidence, could it be the same name and surname?"
"Then I don't know." Lu Yi sighed, "Unfortunately, Yang Zhaotou was also in Yangzhou at that time, it would be great if the two of you could meet."
"Yeah, what a pity." Mrs. Shen pretended to be calm, smiled slightly, and pushed the medicine bowl over, "Lord Lu, the medicine is getting cold, so you should drink it first. Your injury is not healed, so you need to rest a lot in peace. That's right, don't worry about these things that hurt the gods." The last sentence obviously meant something.
"Thank you for your concern, senior, Yan Yuan remembers it."
Without waiting for him to drink the medicine, let alone feel the pulse, Mrs. Shen went out the door without even taking out the tray and went straight back to her house.
Inside the house, Uncle Beggar was holding a bunch of wormwood to smoke mosquitoes everywhere. He smoked every corner, not even under the bed. Seeing that Mrs. Shen's face was wrong when she entered the door, he asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"I just went to your good grandson to ask him if he has any plans to marry this summer." Thinking of the conversation with Lu Yi, Mrs. Shen sighed and felt exhausted.
"And then? Did he say marry or not?"
"He didn't answer my words at all, and he came back to me." Mrs. Shen said angrily, "Jin Yiwei! There really isn't any kindness."
"He dares to take your words?! Reverse him!" Uncle Beg was indignant, "In terms of seniority, he should call you grandma. I'll go and bring him over now."
Mrs. Shen looked at him and said angrily, "Who is his grandmother, and how old am I?"
"No, no, of course not!" Uncle Beg began to roll up his sleeves. "Tell me, do you want him to plead guilty, or kowtow to admit his mistake?"
"Don't make trouble, I'm worried." Mrs. Shen rolled up his sleeves and brushed him off, frowning, "I didn't expect that he went to Cengang this time, but he was actually hit right and asked him to find out Yang Chengwan's identity. The details. I'm really worried, if he investigates further, he might find out what happened back then."
"What exactly happened back then?" Uncle Beg said sternly, "You have to let me have a bottom line. If something goes wrong, I will be able to deal with it."
Mrs. Shen motioned for him to close the door first, and then said softly, "Didn't you keep asking me, why is this summer different from others? Because I guess this summer is my sister's child."
"Ah!" Uncle Beg was extremely surprised.
Only then did Mrs. Shen explain what happened back then—
"This summer's master is not called Yang Chengwan, his name is Yang Li. Yang Li's uncle is my second aunt's cousin, and he is considered a relative. He often comes to my house to walk around. I was still young at that time and often made trouble with him. Playing together, my sister often played with us in order to look at me. I remember that he carried a sachet on his body and cherished it very much. The stitches seemed to be done by my sister. Come to think of it, they were already in love at that time. Xiangyue, I just don't understand."
"Yang Li's kung fu is good, and he often helps my family escort the medicinal materials when he has time. Dad values him very much. Unfortunately, my mother and second aunt have always had a rift, and seeing that he has feelings for my sister, he is not allowed to come to my backyard again. Even with my sister, I can't see him. Later, I don't know who is the matchmaker, and my sister was promised to Xia Changqing, the son of Xia Yan."
"Nanjing and Quanzhou are so far apart, and my sister's marriage is really a distant marriage. I remember that she secretly cried several times before she got married. I don't understand, I thought she was just reluctant to give up her parents. On the day she got married, I saw Yang I stood in the corner and looked at the sedan chair. I even ran over and told him, telling him to remember to come and play with me. But he said he was leaving. I asked him where he was going, and he said he was going to the capital Make some achievements, so that people will no longer look down on them."
"Yang Li has been gone for several years. I haven't heard from him again. I didn't know that he changed his name at that time. I just thought that this person seemed to have disappeared from the world. Later..."
Mrs. Shen stopped for a while, and when Uncle Beg saw her face pale, he poured another cup of hot tea for her.
After sipping a few sips of hot tea, she covered the teacup in her palm to absorb some warmth, and after she had calmed down, Mrs. Shen continued: "Later, I received a letter from my sister, in which she seemed to have known that the Xia family was going to be in great trouble. She told me that she had entrusted her daughter to Yang Li for the time being, and said that Yang Li is now renamed Yang Chengwan, the Jin Yiwei in the capital. If she cannot escape this disaster, she will ask me to raise her daughter in the future."
"At the time, I didn't know what was going on, so I had to send people around to inquire. As a result, within two days, I heard the news that Xia Yan was executed, the brother-in-law's family was assigned, and something happened on the way. I thought again. I went to find Yang Chengwan and brought the child to my side, but I heard that Yang Chengwan was imprisoned in the Beizhen Fusi, and there was no way out."
"I originally wanted to go to the Shen family to inquire, but I didn't expect that Shen Lian would also be distributed. The Lin family was also raided because the Xia family and the Shen family were implicated at the same time. The servants took silver taels and fled, so I had to go back alone. Xiang, I happened to meet you being bitten by a snake... You know what happened next." Mrs. Shen looked up at Uncle Beg.
Only then did Uncle Beg know that the matter that Mrs. Shen kept silent all these years was so complicated. After thinking for a moment, he raised his eyes and smiled and said, "At that time, when I met you, you were very high-spirited, and you didn't look like a down-to-earth lady at all."
"Dad said that there are too many skills, so my sister and I have learned medical skills from the old gentleman in the museum since we were young. Even if I don't marry, it is more than enough to support myself by practicing medicine."
"That's that, that's it, you are the pillar and head of our family!" Uncle Beg flattered.
Mrs. Shen was amused by him and smiled, and then she turned into a sad expression: "Now, Lu Yi has found out that Yang Chengwan is the Yang Li of the year, I am worried that he will continue to investigate, in case he finds out this summer's What about the real identity?"
"Wait," Uncle Beggar still didn't understand one thing, "Since Yang Chengwan was imprisoned back then, why do you still think this summer is your niece?"
"This summer's eyebrows and eyes are actually very similar to my sister's, but my sister is gentle and virtuous, but their temperament is very different, so I didn't think about it at first. Until that day in Yangzhou, I learned that Yang Chengwan was this summer's master, so he suddenly realized that there are many similarities between this summer and his sister, it can be said that the more he looks, the more similar they are."
"This... just based on appearance," Uncle Beg felt that this was unreliable, "you think, is it because you have this child in mind, and there is news of Yang Chengwan, this summer is Yang Chengwan's again? Tu'er, it's a coincidence that the name Xia has the word Xia in it, so the more you look at her, the more she looks like, the more certain she looks like, the more she looks like, the more she looks like, the more she looks like..."
His words almost tied his tongue, and Mrs. Shen interrupted him and shook her head firmly: "No, I don't feel wrong, this summer must be the child. Also, my sister said in a letter before that this child is naughty and has a chin. There was a lot of blood on the edge of the flower pot, and there was a small scar, I have noticed it, and this summer there is also a small scar on the chin, I can't go wrong."
Uncle Beg scratched his tongue and said, "I see this matter, it's better for you to meet with Yang Chengwan, and it's more appropriate to ask clearly."
"Right now he's in Yangzhou, it's not easy to meet him, and..." Mrs. Shen still shook her head, "Jinyiwei has many eyes and ears, and I'm worried that Lu Yi will find out."
"I don't think you need to worry about him. Didn't you also say that he is very kind to that girl."
Mrs. Shen shook her head and sighed: "Everyone is unavoidable to seek profit and avoid harm to protect themselves. At that time, my Lin family fell. I have seen a lot. Although he is good to this summer, the two have no engagement after all. If something goes wrong this summer. , he can make it clear immediately. As long as he doesn't marry her, I must be on guard against him."