Chapter 74: They are siblings, not husband and wife...
Darkness gradually permeated the sky, driving out the only remaining ray of light on the horizon. A jade mirror slowly climbed up and finally hung in the sky.
The lights in the house flickered, and Song Yuxi was holding a needle and thread, embroidering a piece of cloth in the dim candlelight.
The maid pushed the door open and walked in, holding a lamp.
Song Yuxi's eyes lit up, she put down her needle and thread, stood up and looked out, but saw that the person coming was just the maid holding the lantern, so she sat back down disappointedly.
The maid leaned forward and bowed, saying, "Madam, I have carefully observed them today and I can see that they are indeed brother and sister. I think they cannot lie."
Song Yuxi knew she was eavesdropping again. Her brows furrowed, and she suddenly slammed the corner of the table, angrily shouting, "How disgraceful! How many times have I told you not to pry into other people's privacy? Don't you think my words count?"
The maid immediately knelt down and said, "Madam, please calm down. I know I was wrong! I did this for your safety!"
Song Yuxi knew that even if the maid admitted her mistakes, she would probably do the same thing again next time.
The people below were all doing things under A Lang's orders, so why bother making things difficult for these middlemen? He couldn't bring himself to punish these girls, which was quite a headache. Song Yuxi couldn't help but hold his forehead and sigh, "Go away."
The maid retreated respectfully, but did not close the door.
Song Yuxi turned his back to the door and sighed quietly.
A Lang was influenced by her official duties and was extremely cautious every day. She had to know the background of all the guests who came to her house. Even the poor guy she rescued on the way had to be treated carefully. The servants around her would inevitably spy on her, which made her quite unhappy, but she could do nothing about it.
A green figure passed by, and a row of candles were blown to and fro by the wind. Then someone gently hugged Song Yuxi's back, and she fell into a cold embrace.
Song Yuxi turned around in surprise, saw the person coming, and hugged him back, "Alang, you're back."
Zhou Zhishan looked at his wife with tenderness in his eyes. He said, "There are too many cases today. It was very late when we finished." He looked at the sky through the window. The moon was high in the sky and it was already midnight.
"Why don't you go to bed first?" He helped his wife up and took her to the inner room.
Song Yuxi said, "It's only a month until autumn. I want to sew some warm autumn clothes for you so you won't get sick."
Zhou Zhishan's eyes were moved. He leaned over and kissed Song Yuxi on the forehead. "Wu Niang is so thoughtful. I would like to thank you here." He said half-jokingly.
Song Yuxi is now twenty-six years old and Zhou Zhishan is twenty-nine. The couple has been married for more than ten years and their relationship remains as strong as ever.
Song Yuxi's lips curled up into a happy smile, and then she remembered something, and her smile gradually subsided. She said, "Today, when I was picking herbs, I met a pair of brothers and sisters in distress. The man was half dead when I ran into him, and the woman was also a little disheveled, and one of her feet seemed to have an old injury that hadn't healed yet."
"I brought them back and placed them in the attic in the back garden."
"Their lives are quite pitiful. Why don't you wait until they recover from their injuries and then arrange a job for the young lady's brother?"
Zhou Zhishan obviously knew about this beforehand, and there was no surprise in his eyes. He rubbed his wife's head and said, "Wu Niang has always been kind-hearted. I will do whatever you say, but—" He changed the subject, "It also depends on whether they need it."
Before Song Yuxi could understand the hidden meaning in his words, Zhou Zhishan took off her shoes and socks and carried her to the bed. He carefully covered her with a quilt and said, "You haven't recovered from your serious illness yet. You need to rest."
"Do I have any needle and thread left..." Song Yuxi raised his head but someone pushed it down.
"There is still a month until autumn. Let's talk about other things tomorrow. Go to sleep obediently." Zhou Zhishan's tone did not allow for refusal.
Song Yuxi had no choice but to retract his neck and look at Zhou Zhishan's back as he washed.
After changing into his pajamas, Zhou Zhishan did not rush to sleep. Instead, he sat in front of the desk, lit a piece of incense, and then spread out the documents to deal with the official business that had piled up in the past few days.
Inside the room, apart from the occasional sound of flipping pages, the only sound is the smoke rising slowly from the Boshan stove, indicating the passage of time.
I don't know how long it took, but the white smoke climbed to a certain height and then suddenly tilted down, spreading on the ground. A faint sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance filled the whole house in a moment.
Song Yuxi felt his eyelids heavy for a moment, and fell asleep with the familiar and reassuring smell.
The sound of flipping pages suddenly stopped. The man at the head of the table tapped the corner of the table with his fingers, and then a maid pushed the door open and walked in, her steps light and slow.
"Looking at the way the two of them are dressed today, is there anything unusual?" Zhou Zhishan said in a very low voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing someone.
The maid knelt on the ground and whispered, "The young man and the lady are both very beautiful, but their eyebrows and eyes are not similar. Moreover, the young man carries a black sword and a silver leather belt around his waist."
After a moment's thought, she continued, "When I was serving that young lady, I saw her manners, body shape, and appearance were all extraordinary, and her whole body had a good temperament. She was much more noble than the daughter of an ordinary merchant. She didn't look like a merchant, but more like..."
Zhou Zhishan raised his hand to signal her to continue.
Seeing this, the maid stopped hesitating and said, "She looks more like a noble lady from the capital. As for the young man, we haven't seen his behavior since he woke up, so we can't see anything unusual at the moment."
Zhou Zhishan pondered for a moment after hearing this. "The Li Dynasty had strict laws and regulations. Ordinary people were not allowed to wield swords or spears. I'm afraid the two of them must be from different backgrounds. Since they came from Yangzhou, they must have gone through numerous inspections along the way." He asked, "Have you checked their whereabouts?"
The maid shook her head.
Zhou Zhishan said, "Since that's the case, find an opportunity to sneak into their house and search to see if you can find their whereabouts. Also, stay close to the lady for the next few days and don't let these two take the opportunity to hurt her."
"Yes." The maid retreated quietly.
Zhou Zhishan closed the document and warmed his hands before returning to bed.
Song Yuxi didn't like the dark, so the house was lit with candles all night long.
He was worried and thoughtful, so he grabbed Song Yuxi with his arm, held her tightly in his arms, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.
A night of many dreams.
The sky was turning pale. Song Yuxi vomited blood in the morning. I heard that it was a relapse of his old illness. He had just taken medicine and was resting in the house at the moment. He had no time to take care of Shen Qing and the others.
Today is a busy day. The government office is busy with affairs. Zhou Zhishan is also busy with his own affairs and has not gone to meet the new guests in the mansion. After serving Song Yuxi his medicine, he rushed to the government office.
The old doctor came with a medicine box to give Li Daoxuan acupuncture to remove blood stasis.
Seeing Li Daoxuan, who had gone from lifeless to full of energy in the blink of an eye, the old doctor rubbed his eyes in disbelief. "You're feeling better already? I thought you'd need at least two more days of sleep. I didn't expect this. It's really hard to believe!"
Li Daoxuan just felt that this old guy was extremely noisy and forced himself to close his eyes.
The old doctor was in particularly high spirits today. He spread out the needle cloth, looked around, and suddenly exclaimed "Huh".
Li Daoxuan opened his eyes and glanced at him. The old doctor asked, "Why didn't you see that girl today?"
"She's angry." Li Daoxuan said lightly.
He had driven her out in a harsh voice yesterday. As proud as she was, it seemed likely that Chen Qing would not come to see him today.
He lowered his thick eyelashes and thought, it would be better if she didn't come over these few days and didn't appear under his nose.
The thought of her filled him with a deep desire that he couldn't suppress. These past few days, the Gu worm had been eager, its deep desire controlling his mind, clamoring to tear her apart and devour her.
Li Daoxuan felt a faint regret. If he had known the aftereffects would have such a significant impact on him, he would not have made an exception and sucked her blood. He hated the feeling of losing control...
The old doctor kept chattering, "Let me tell you, you're the one who deserves a beating! That little girl was so concerned about you yesterday, she came to take care of you even though her foot wasn't healed yet, and you still wanted to piss her off. I really don't know what's stuck between your ears!"
Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment, "Foot injury?"
"Yes, that girl still has a faint smell of medicine on her body, and her walking posture is not right. She must have injured her foot before and it hasn't healed yet. How come you don't know?"
Li Daoxuan really didn't know. His consciousness was in chaos yesterday and he had no time to pay attention to the outside world, let alone that she had a foot injury.
He didn't know what his expression was, but a faint bitterness mixed with regret quietly welled up in his heart, so he said, "Please sir, please treat her for a while. I will give you a generous reward afterwards."
The old doctor snorted coldly, "It's just a piece of cake." He tossed him a medicine bag and said, "I've already prepared the medicine. Apply it to her ankle, preferably before bed. Rub it with your internal energy for half an hour. It will help reduce the swelling and blood stasis faster."
Yesterday, this man's pulse was irregular, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, so the old doctor was unable to find anything unusual in his body.
Now the old doctor took his pulse again and found that not only had his pulse stabilized, but there was also a mass of energy in his internal organs. This energy would occasionally travel along the tendons and veins throughout his body, expanding his muscles and bones. He immediately realized that this man must be a martial artist with great internal strength.
In that case, I'm afraid I have to take back what I said yesterday. Within three days, this boy will be able to get out of bed, and within fifteen days at least, his injuries will be mostly healed.
The old doctor asked him to take off his shirt. After the acupuncture, he warned him, "The cold in your body is not ordinary, it is extremely rampant. Don't touch cold water for the next two weeks. Keep warm. Remember to drink the prescription I prescribed in time."
After that, he packed up his things. "Tomorrow is the last acupuncture session." He rolled his eyes and said, "You should stay active for a longer time to help you recover. Tomorrow, ask that girl to help you undress. Tell her that it's my order."
Li Daoxuan's eyes turned cold, and he called out to the old medical worker, "Why do you want to continue?"
The old doctor turned around with an unhappy look on his face, "I think you have fallen asleep and become stupid. Who wiped the blood off your body and who changed your clothes? Don't you know it yourself? It's hard for that girl who has a limp and has to wipe the blood off your body bit by bit. Be nice to her!" The old doctor snorted heavily, turned his back and left, ignoring Li Daoxuan's ugly expression.
The maid respectfully ushered the doctor out of the house and said softly, "Thank you, sir."
The old medical worker waved his hand, and thinking of the sharp-edged Li Daoxuan, he couldn't help but ask: "Where did your wife pick up those two people?" His temper is a bit weird.
The maid replied, "They were originally a brother and sister in distress. Madam rescued them while she was gathering herbs. That's all I know."
When he heard the word "brother and sister", the old doctor paused stroking his beard and unknowingly pulled out three hairs without noticing.
The maid asked, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Old medical worker: "It's okay! It's okay..." He walked forward holding the medicine box, his steps staggering, and his back looked a little embarrassed.
"Are you really okay?"
"It's okay, no need to send me off!" Remembering his aggressive attitude yesterday and the girl's embarrassed look, the old doctor suddenly realized. No wonder the boy said the girl was angry. Perhaps she wasn't angry, but was forced by him to do something unethical, so she hid in the house and didn't want to see anyone!
Knowing that he had caused trouble, the old doctor felt extremely guilty and left this embarrassing place as quickly as he could.
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