Xu Di said, "How about I accompany Xiao Jiu to the capital?"
Xu Rao waved his hand and said, "No need. You should go back to Tai'an and focus on preparing for the exam. As for Xiao Jiu, have your grandfather handle it. Also, we should inform some people in the capital about the Ming State Duke's Mansion's secret training of assassins."
Xu Di pondered for a while and said, "It's best to talk to Eunuch Chen about this matter and let the Emperor make his own decision. Only in this way can we eradicate this organization completely. Otherwise, small-scale skirmishes are meaningless."
Xu Rao said, "In that case, let the guards who accompanied you to Hexi write a letter to their leaders to report. They'll know how to get the information from those people anyway."
After the father and son had assigned tasks, they went their separate ways. By the time Xu Di returned to his room, it was already midnight.
Li Yuexi hadn't rested yet; she was sitting at the kang table doing needlework while waiting for Xu Di.
After Xu Di entered the room, bringing with him a chill, Li Yuexi quickly got off the kang (heated brick bed) and put on her shoes to pour water for Xu Di to wash his face.
Xu Di quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't move, just sit on the kang. Can't I pour the foot bath water myself?"
Li Yuexi didn't insist. She poured Xu Di a cup of hot water and placed it on the kang table, saying, "I went to Ninth Sister's room just now and came over after seeing that she had rested."
Xu Di said, "Xiao Jiu seems to be alright, right?"
Li Yuexi said, "Ninth Sister is fine, but the Zheng family girl developed a fever as soon as she went back to her room. Mother gave her some medicine, and the fever subsided. Mother said that the fever will probably return in the middle of the night."
Xu Di said, "The little girl hasn't experienced anything, she was just scared."
Li Yuexi sighed and said, "It must be really scary for two young girls to go through something like this."
Xu Di said, "It was also thanks to Xiao Jiu's timely delivery that those people managed to set fire to the front yard, even though I rushed there as fast as I could. Fortunately, we arrived in time, and my father-in-law reacted quickly, leading his men to put out the fire in no time."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuexi was naturally filled with lingering fear. If Xu Di hadn't led the men there, her father's men might have been injured by those vicious people.
Li Yuexi couldn't help but chant a Buddhist prayer, saying, "Fortunately, my husband arrived in time, otherwise I don't know what would have happened to Ninth Sister, and I don't know if my father would have been hurt."
Xu Di nodded and said, "Fortunately, it's all over now. When we came back, General Wei had already sent people to carefully check the situation in Hexi City. Hexi City is a border city, and such an accident cannot be tolerated."
This is the advantage of being a border city. Whenever any unexpected event occurs in the city, the garrison must conduct a thorough inspection and then strengthen the defense of Hexi County. After all, Hexi is behind Yanmen Pass, and problems in the rear can directly threaten the safety of Yanmen Pass, which is a very serious issue.
Li Yuexi understood this principle and was finally relieved.
In the middle of the night, Zheng Yuanyuan's fever returned. However, Zhang Zhaoci had already made arrangements, instructing Wang Mama to wipe Zheng Yuanyuan's armpits and groin with strong liquor and to administer the prepared Chinese medicine to Zheng Yuanyuan using a pickaxe. The fever subsided not long afterward.
Xu Zhi slept until dawn. Looking at the bright sunlight outside the window, she felt lazy and didn't want to get up. Zhang Zhaoci had already eaten breakfast. When he came over and saw Xu Zhi lying in bed, he thought that this was how a girl her age should be. He said, "You can lie down and rest for a while. You can get up whenever you want."
Xu Zhi sat up and said, "Mother, I can't sleep. I'm going to get up and check on Yuanyuan."
Zhang Zhaoci said, "I just went to see him. He woke up, drank half a bowl of millet porridge, and is now lying down again."
Xu Zhi asked, "Will it burn again?"
Zhang Zhaoci said, "It's hard to say. This girl's constitution is too weak. She's not robust and has poor resistance. She'll need to take good care of herself in the future."
Xu Zhi said, "Whether she has a mother to take care of her or not, she will have to rely on me to take care of her in the future. Mother, you must help your daughter prescribe some good medicine to raise her to be healthy."
Zhang Zhaoci said with a smile, "People say that girls are outgoing. She's only been married for a few days, and she already knows how to get good things from her mother to help her husband's family."
Xu Zhi twisted her body into a pretzel and snuggled into Zhang Zhaoci's arms, calling out shyly, "Mother, Mother, how could you make fun of your daughter like that?"
It was rare to see Xu Zhi acting like such a girl, so Zhang Zhaoci laughed and hugged her tightly.
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