Chapter 161 Death is approaching, feeling inexplicably frustrated

"Doctor Sun, how is it?"

In a bedroom in the Lou Mansion, Lou Baili asked hurriedly as he watched Sun Huaiyi put away the silver needle.

Sun Huaiyi sighed, looking very ugly, and then grabbed Wang Lanzhi's dead tree-like hand and began to feel her pulse. After a moment, he sighed again.

"Master Lou, I am incompetent and can't do anything. The old lady already suffers from dementia and is old. This rare time she is awake, but she has suffered a huge blow. She is mentally and physically broken, and has already decided to die."

Lou Baili looked at Wang Lanzhi with a look of pity on his face, but saw that she was just sitting there motionless as before, without any reaction, and even her eyes did not move.

"Alas~" Lou Baili sighed. His mother finally paid for the mistakes she had made, but the price was too high.

Ever since she fainted from grief after learning about Qingzhi's death, Wang Lanzhi has been like this when she wakes up. She doesn't cry, laugh, make noise or make a fuss. She looks like a walking corpse with her soul taken away. She needs a maid to force food into her mouth and a doctor to prescribe medicine for her to sleep. In

just one month, the old lady who ran around and shouted for Qingzhi all day long has become emaciated.

Her cheeks are completely sunken, with a layer of skin and bones, without any flesh, and she looks like a skeleton. Her eyes are made bigger, her eyes are cloudy, and her eyes are empty, which is shocking to see.

Everyone knows that Wang Lanzhi is slowly dying.

Although she was still breathing and her heart was beating, she was no different from a living dead person. She was already surrounded by an airtight death aura.

Sun Huaiyi packed up his medical kit and bowed to Lou Baili: "I'll take my leave." When he walked out of the room, he found Lou Yuhuan standing by the door with a cane. He didn't know how long he had been standing there.

"Old Master!" Sun Huaiyi bowed again.

"Doctor Sun, there's no need to be polite."

Lou Yuhuan reached out to support Sun Huaiyi, then stared into his eyes and asked: "Tell me the truth, how long does my wife have left?"

"This..." Sun Huaiyi hesitated. Many nobles were afraid of such things, and he was afraid of being angry if he told them.

Lou Yuhuan saw what Sun Huaiyi was thinking: "Don't worry, Doctor Sun, I'm prepared, just speak up."

Sun Huaiyi bowed again, lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and told the truth: "The old lady has at most one month left."

The person in front of him didn't move for a long time, and Sun Huaiyi didn't dare to raise his head. He waited timidly until Lou Baili's voice came from behind: "Yan Cui, send Doctor Sun off."

"Yes." A young woman's voice sounded.

Sun Huaiyi bowed and nodded to the two of them as if he had been pardoned, and shouted "I'm leaving" and followed the maid named Yan Cui to the outside of the mansion.

Only the father and son were left here. Lou Baili looked at Lou Yuhuan, who had a face full of grief, opened his mouth and called out, "Dad..." But he didn't know what to say.

Lou Yuhuan looked up at the sky in the distance, and after a long while he murmured, "That direction, is it southwest?"

"Yes."

Lou Baili understood what this inexplicable question meant. Lingshan Town belongs to Baoji County Government, and Baoji County Government is in the southwest prefecture, where Qingzhi lived for the last few years of his life.

"After Ming'an finishes his exams, our family will go to see him," Lou Yuhuan said solemnly, "Take your mother's ashes with you!"

"Dad!" Lou Baili's eyes suddenly turned red.

"If your mother is still awake, she will definitely be willing. She would love to be buried with Qingzhi."

Lou Yuhuan looked at the sky in that direction for a long time. The light of the sky and the shadows of the clouds were reflected in his eyes, showing endless sadness.

"Bai Li, you go now. Ming'an should be here. Today is your turn to teach him. Don't tell him about these messy things. The exam will be in a few days. Don't affect his mood." Lou Yuhuan turned around and warned seriously.

After Lou Baili left, Lou Yuhuan turned around and walked into the room.

It was the last month. They had been husband and wife for a lifetime. Wang Lanzhi was going to die. I don't know how long he can live.

Liu Ming'an finished school at the Royal Academy and came to the Lou Mansion as usual and walked into the study.

In the past few days, the three generations of the Lou family took turns to teach him, not only about learning articles, but also about various ways of being an official, the principles of dealing with things and the situation in the court.

Liu Mingan studied tirelessly, and his mood was very different from the past.

However, for some reason today, Liu Mingan always felt that Lou Baili, who was lecturing him, was worried and his words were a little incoherent.

When the time came, Liu Mingan returned to the house on Wandong Road, and as expected, he saw Zhou Yi waiting at the door with a wine jar.

For many days, Zhou Yi appeared here on time every day, and Liu Mingan had become accustomed to it.

Zhou Yi opened the door and let the person in without saying anything. He sat on the stone bench in the yard and waited for Liu Ming'an to take out the wine glass. He then filled it up. Then, regardless of whether Liu Ming'an wanted to drink or not, he drank one glass after another until he was drunk.

Liu Ming'an looked at Zhou Yi, who looked much more haggard, frowned, and wanted to say something, but swallowed his words in the end.

Because he knew that it would be useless to say anything.

About a month ago, Zhou Yi suddenly came to his yard with wine. Liu Ming'an happily went to meet him and wanted to chat with him, but found that he looked dazed and ignored him. He just drank.

"Brother Zhou, what happened?"

Liu Ming'an looked at Zhou Yi, who was behaving abnormally, and asked with concern.

"Brother Liu, I'm in a bad mood. Don't ask me any more. I'll just have a drink here and leave after I finish drinking."

Zhou Yi looked lonely and answered weakly with his eyes downcast. After that, he didn't say a word until he drank himself unconscious.

Liu Ming'an naturally wouldn't let Zhou Yi sleep in the yard. He half-dragged and half-carried him to the empty room to sleep. He wiped his face, took off his shoes, and covered him with a quilt before returning to his room.

Everyone has times of frustration and everyone has secrets. Therefore, although Liu Ming'an was curious, he didn't ask much. He thought that with Zhou Yi's carefree and impetuous personality, he would probably just take a nap.

But this time Liu Ming'an guessed wrong.

What Zhou Yi encountered was obviously much more serious than he thought.

When Zhou Yi showed up with wine on the third day, Liu Ming'an was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.

"Brother Zhou, I treat you like a brother. What happened to you? Can you tell me? Can we work together to find a solution?"

In order to get Zhou Yi to speak, Liu Ming'an was very humble.

Zhou Yi paused in his drinking, turned his head and looked at him for a while, a bitter smile appeared on his lips: "Brother Liu, why don't you have a drink with me?"

Liu Ming'an quickly agreed. He thought that Zhou Yi would tell the truth after drinking, but he was wrong again.

"Brother Liu, forget it," Zhou Yi stopped Liu Ming'an who wanted to continue pouring wine, and drank from the pot himself: "You still have to take the top exam, you can't drink yourself silly, let me drink by myself!"

"Brother Zhou!"

Liu Ming'an was very anxious. In his heart, Zhou Yi was his best friend and brother, and he couldn't bear to see him so lost.

"Brother Zhou, how about I not go to the Royal Academy tomorrow, I will go fishing with you?"

Liu Ming'an suggested. Zhou Yi likes fishing so much, maybe this will make him happier.

"No!" Zhou Yi shouted excitedly and refused categorically: "I will never go fishing again in my life, not in my life!"

Liu Ming'an noticed at that time that Zhou Yi emphasized the word "fishing".

After that, Zhou Yi brought wine every day, and slept on the floor when he was drunk. Liu Ming'an accompanied him to drink a glass, and after the wine was finished, he carefully sent him to bed. The two almost formed a tacit understanding.

It was the same tonight. Zhou Yi drank quietly, and Liu Ming'an sat with him in the yard after drinking a glass.

After a while, the wine pot was empty and people were drunk. Liu Ming'an walked to Zhou Yi, grabbed his arm and put it on his shoulder, and helped him to the room.

"Son of a bitch! You're a son of a bitch!"

The man with blurred consciousness kept saying these two words over and over again, and Liu Ming'an's ears were almost ringing.

"Brother Zhou, who offended you? Can you tell me? Even if I can't help you, I can ask the landlord for you, as long as you tell me..."

Liu Ming'an spoke to Zhou Yi in a gentle voice, like coaxing a child, hoping that he would speak the truth after drinking.

"Son of a bitch! You're a son of a bitch! I hate you..."

Zhou Yi was still immersed in his own thoughts, cursing without a clear answer.