Under the Power

Chapter 24

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There is a human flesh business in Yangzhou, euphemistically called "raising thin horses". Poor families raise good daughters, and when they are seven or eight years old, rich families take them for adoption and teach them skills such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and cooking.

When a scholar takes a concubine, the most worry is that his wife is jealous and the concubine competes for favor, but taking a thin horse from Yangzhou as a concubine can avoid this trouble.

And these "thin horses" are divided into three categories based on the characters Junxiu and Congyu. Anyone who is smart, handsome, and romantic will teach her to play the piano, flute, recite poetry, write, draw, go, play backgammon, and play dominoes. In terms of skills, they not only teach how to dress up, walk, stand, sit and lie down, but also learn the style of pillows according to the erotic palace map of "The Legend of Ruyi Jun".

The Zhai Lanye in Zhou Fei's mouth is a "skinny horse", and he is still the best among them. A few months ago, she had met Zhou Xian while boating on the lake. The sound of a piano, two cups of weak tea, and a few simple words made Zhou Xian fall in love with him.

"Since your young master is very fascinated by her, why don't you just marry her back? It's not a big deal for him to take a concubine outside." asked this summer.

Zhou Fei sighed: "You don't want to, but if you want to marry her, you have to provide the family with 1,500 taels of silver. How can the young master get so much silver taels?"

"One thousand five hundred taels!" This summer smacked his tongue again and again.

"Seeing that the young master couldn't get the silver taels, the supporter started to look for another home for Miss Zhai. Miss Zhai was also very fond of the young master and wept several times. The young master was very anxious about this, and he had to write home to sell the land to raise money."

"Your young master has 100,000 taels of money to repair the river, but he would rather sell the land to raise money?" This summer pinched his eyebrows, "Is he really so clean and honest?"

"...The young master said," Zhou Fei recalled, "you can't touch the money at all. If you touch it, you won't even have a foundation to stand on." Zhou Xianji was still shaking in front of him when he said this. It was a pain he had never seen before, like a person who was tying himself to death and then trying to break free, trying to toss himself to death.

"The foundation of standing?" This summer thought hard for a while, and asked, "Isn't silver the foundation of standing?"

Zhou Fei shook his head, he didn't understand either.

After leaving the prison, according to Zhou Fei's address, he went to the east of Yangzhou City this summer and found a mansion with green eaves and white walls. The red lacquer door was closed, and the bronze tiger title ring was made. She stepped forward to hold it for a long time, but no one answered the door.

In broad daylight, it seemed a bit reckless to go directly over the wall, and she walked slowly around the outer wall of the house. This house occupies a large area, and even the outside is neatly tidied up. The bluestone path twists and turns around the wall, and there are rows of green willows along the road. It is mid-spring, and the catkins are flying all over the sky, making my nose itchy this summer.

When she found the corner door of the house, it was also tightly closed. She frowned this summer. Except for an old beggar who was sitting under a willow tree not far away, there was no neighbor who could ask her to ask questions.

There was no way, this summer, with the attitude of giving it a try, I stepped forward and knocked on the corner door.

After knocking a few times, she heard movement inside, it seemed that someone was there, and she knocked again several times.

There was a creaking sound of the door bolt inside, and besides that, there was a strange sound that sounded like some kind of heavy snort, which made people's hair stand up involuntarily through the door.

Out of the instinct of martial arts practitioners, they took two steps back this summer.

The door was pulled open from the inside, and two huge black monsters rushed out, baring their white teeth, so terrified that they retreated a few steps this summer, and almost ran directly to the tree.

She had only seen a dog as big as a bear in her life, but right now she really had no time to sigh. The two monsters roared in a low voice, and at such a close distance, there was no doubt that they would be torn apart in the next moment.

This summer, I subconsciously wanted to draw a knife, but I found that I didn't bring it at all. I wanted to find something that could protect myself. After scrambling, I found that a wicker was pulled and a hand full of broken willow leaves. Naturally, her kung fu hasn't reached the point where flying leaves are like knives, and this leaf is of no use to her at all.

The vicious dog mourned, staring at her like meat in a bowl, steadily approaching her.

"Get out of the way," someone said from behind.

At the same time, a stubborn jujube branch stretched out, stretched out in front of the big dog, and tapped the ground twice. The two big dogs whimpered, and even lowered their heads and stepped back.

Looking back this summer, I saw the old beggar. To be precise, he was not old. He was only in his 30s or 40s, but his hair was mostly gray, and even his beard was half black and half white, which made him look very old.

"Uncle, your trick is too clever! Teach me..."

The old beggar glanced at her with a smile: "No hurry, solve the immediate problem first."

As he said that, he held the jujube branch and pointed at the big dog, only to hear the big dog whimpering, his limbs limp, and after a while, he slumped on the ground.

While staying on another dog, he did the same when he heard a loud shout from the door: "Stop! You dare to make trouble with the people, and you dare to hurt my master's dog. You are impatient!"

Looking around this summer, there is a person in the door, looking like a servant, three teeth covering his mustache, fierce eyebrows, staring at them. The remaining dog, still able to move, was called back to the door by him.

"Raise this vicious dog in the city. Who is your master's name? Report it! Even the officials dare to bite. If you go against you, do you want to fight against the imperial court?" He raised a few tunes and almost shouted, "You're impatient to live!"

Seeing the card making, the servant was stunned, looked at her and the old beggar from head to toe, and asked suspiciously, "You guys, are you an official?"

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I just passed by." The old beggar said hurriedly.

The servant of this summer court said loudly, "I'm in the six gates of the lower capital, and I have been ordered to investigate the case. I ask your master and Zhai Lanye to assist in the investigation." With the old beggar beside him, he wouldn't be afraid of a vicious dog inside.

The servant's eyes and hands were quick, and he quickly closed the door until there was only one crack left, and said to Jinxia: "Guanye, please forgive me, the master and the young lady have gone far away, and I ask the official to come back another day." As soon as he finished speaking, he closed the door firmly. .

"Hey! Hey! When are they coming back? Open the door and make it clear! You are so bold, you dare to shut the master out!"

Catching up this summer, she heard the sound of the door being slammed, and she was so angry that she slammed the door.

"Daughter, don't waste your energy. Apart from the member Zhai who lives here, he is the brother-in-law of the prefect of Yangzhou. You are such a small catcher, how can you move him." The old beggar said behind her.

Looking back this summer, I saw that the old beggar was stroking the big black dog that was paralyzed on the ground. She turned around and squatted down to look at the dog. She wondered, "Is this a dog? It looks like a bear?"

"This dog came from the Western Regions, Cang Ye, and some people call them Snow Mountain Lions. This dog is fierce, powerful, fierce and fierce. It is said that it will not be outdone even if it fights ligers and tigers." He sighed, "I don't know where Mr. Zhai bought it from. He injured several of my brothers a few days ago."

"How can you not sue the official after injuring several people in a row?" Jin Xia wondered, and after a moment, he understood, "... The prefect's brother-in-law... Teach me, how did you subdue this dog?"

"Are you willing to be a beggar?" the old beggar asked her.

"Of course not."

"Then I can't teach you."

The old beggar shook his jujube stick and was ready to leave. This summer, he looked down at Cang Yi on the ground, then stared at the closed door again, turned around and quickly chased after him.

"I'll treat you to dinner... no no, tea."

"What, want to flatter me?"

"How could you be a beggar when you are so talented?"

"There is a kind of person in this world. It is because of his ability that he is a beggar."

"... Haven't asked your Gao's name yet?"

The old beggar wanted to twist his beard to look like a tall man, but he found that his body was covered in hair, so he had to give up: "I am a commoner, but I have no choice but to meet my fate.

This summer stared at him dryly: "Uncle, according to the law of the Great Ming Dynasty, the refugees need to be sent back to their hometowns. If you have no roots, you can directly send them to the frontier fortification."

"Cough cough, you girl looks very kind, so don't be rude when you talk. Women always talk like this, they will scare people away." The old beggar rubbed the dog hair off his hands and smiled. Hehe said, "It's not that I have no roots, Lu Bing, the supreme commander of Jinyiwei, you know, if it's serious about seniority, he's still my cousin."

"..." This summer stayed for a while, then smiled and said, "It's a coincidence, your cousin is here, or I'll take you to see you in old age."

"… "

Inside the hospital.

Under the guidance of the doctor boy, Yang Yue helped Yang Chengwan to sit down on the reclining chair, and then stood respectfully and waited. On the opposite rose chair with ice bloom pattern, Lu Yi leaned back, his eyes were light, and he looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

If looking for a famous doctor for his father is his courtesy, then accompanying him to see the doctor in person shows that he cares about this matter to an extraordinary degree. Yang Yue couldn't help but be a little surprised about the reason behind Lu Yi's concern for his father.

After waiting for a long time, I saw Dr. Shen come in with his hands tied.

Shen Mi hurriedly cleaned his hands in the copper basin, then sat down beside Yang Chengwan, not in a hurry to look at his injured leg, but carefully looked at his face first, and then reached out to take his pulse. …

There is no need for Yang Yue to remind him. After checking his pulse, he naturally knew which leg Yang Chengwan was injured in. He rolled up his shirt, carefully checked the old trouble, and only pinched it carefully with his hand, then frowned and said, "This place is here. The bones were not reconnected back then. Now, if you want to cure them, you have to interrupt and reconnect them again. This is also a trivial matter. It’s just that you are old, and after reconnecting, you must not go to the ground for at least three months. Clear the cold and silt, can you do it?"

Yang Yue's heart tensed: breaking the bones and reconnecting them is already a huge pain. If this layer of daddy can grit his teeth and survive, but they won't go to the ground for three months... After all, they are out on business, how can they do it.

At this time, Yang Chengwan had already said, "Thank you doctor, I'm old now, and I don't want to suffer again, I think it's still..."

"Senior!" Lu Yi got up and interrupted him. "Three months of recuperation is not a problem. I'll say hello to Master Liu and ask him to give you half a year's leave."

Yang Chengwan was about to speak, but Lu Yi already knew what he was going to say: "If the senior thinks this is inappropriate, I can also ask for a transfer order to transfer you to the Beizhen Fusi, so the senior doesn't have to worry about it. ."

"No, no, absolutely no..." Yang Chengwan said hurriedly.

Lu Yi smiled slightly: "Senior is unwilling, then treat the disease with peace of mind. To be honest, Dad explained this matter, but it's just for treatment, senior should think about Yan Yuan, don't let me explain it to Dad. "