Half blood

Chapter 34

"Then come and wipe my face, okay?"

"it is good."

Wei Zhong, who was outside, didn't know about the life-long affair inside, so with a big wave of his hand, he lifted the curtain of the car and said, "Your Highness, are you okay?"

Li Xuan was almost able to lie back on Li Xiuqi's lap again, but his success fell short, so he had no choice but to reply: "I'm fine now..."

After such a toss, Li Xuan completely forgot about bringing medicine to Wu Wa, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, send someone to deliver the medicine to the south!"

Wei Zhong replied: "Governor Li has already given orders, and the medicine should have been delivered by now." Li Xuan's eyes lit up when he heard that, thinking that the fifth baby should be saved, and also thinking that he and Li Xiuqi really have a good understanding... …

Because Li Xuan was injured, Li Xuan's carriage could only walk a little slower. In fact, Li Xuan was quite happy to walk so slowly. He lay in the carriage and ate the peeled fruit that Li Xiuqi gave him, and said: "Chop My people told me that it is the prefect who backs Ren Medicine Shop, do you know who the prefect is in this area?"

Li Xiuqi nodded and said, "We met once." The magistrate in this area is surnamed Bai, and his name is Yuan.Bai Yuan once received Li Xiuqi when he was dispatched from the capital to the south to be the governor. Bai Yuan is over half a century old this year, he is a little fat, his face is round and greasy, and he has the intention of marrying his daughter to Li Xiuqi, of course. Can't let Li Xuan know.

Li Xuan nodded and said, "Really? How did you meet?"

"On the way to the south, Prefect Bai received me," Li Xiuqi took out a small gadget from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xuan.Li Xuan took it over and took a look, it turned out to be a sword tassel of a hollowed-out walnut. Li Xuan took a closer look and found that the word "李" was engraved on the walnut.Li Xuan was taken aback, and said, "Where did this come from? Did it give it to me?"

The workmanship of the walnut was mediocre, and the characters were carved crookedly. Li Xuan thought in his heart that Li Xiuqi would not give him such a thing.

Li Xiuqi shook his head and said, "It was dropped by those bandits."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan said seriously: "'Li'...is still from the same family..."

Li Xiuqi said: "This Li is a common surname, so it's not surprising that this group of people also have the surname Li..." Having said that, Li Xiuqi always feels that there are so many coincidences in the world, even though this group of scumbags can't make a big difference now , there is no guarantee that it will not be a disaster in the future.

Li Xuan did not think about it, but said: "That's right, the three-legged cat kung fu of their group of little thieves, it seems that they have just climbed the mountain. I guess they should be from the nearby village. Being bullied, I felt upset, so I started killing people and making life easier." After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and got up, the injury on his back hadn't fully healed, he was a little lethargic, and he always sat on the car like this Sleepy.The carriage was moving slowly, the medicinal materials had already been rushed back, Li Xuan's carriage had not yet seen the shadow of the military camp.However, Li Xuan felt that there was nothing wrong with this, but when he thought about the sick fifth child in the camp, he wanted to get there soon.

Seeing that Li Xuan was tired, Li Xiuqi stopped making a sound, put away the walnut, opened the curtain of the car and went outside.He said to the soldier who was following the car: "Go and check if there are any bandits' dens near here." Seeing Jiansui like this, I kept it in my heart, followed the clues, found some clues if I could find some clues, and then told me everything in detail." The soldier was more clever, staring at the walnut with a pair of eyes, and then Nodding and remembering.

The wheels continued to turn, and went south for a few miles.Li Xuan gradually woke up. He suddenly smelled a particularly familiar sweet smell of glutinous rice cakes. Something is always wrong.

The glutinous rice cakes are only sold in Anchuan Town, but they are going back to the military camp. There is only one reason why they can smell this smell, and that is that Li Xiuqi bought them for him in the town. Thinking, how can such a caring person get such a husband, what more can a husband ask for?

At this time Li Xiuqi lifted the curtain of the car, turned to Li Xuan and said, "Your Highness, we are here."

Li Xuan's eyes were rolling on Li Xiuqi's body, he wondered where the glutinous rice cake was hidden, but he saw Li Xiuqi looked at him with empty hands and seemed to ask again: "Why is your highness still not getting out of the car?"

Li Xuan got out of the car, and as soon as he came out, he saw four large characters written on the red plaque: Fumen Inn.The inn was built magnificently, with red lanterns hanging on the big red door and the word "Fu" written upside down. Li Xuan was taken aback, then turned his head and asked, "What do you mean? Don't you want to go back to the barracks?"

Li Xiuqi replied: "Your Highness, you have just been seriously injured, and your body is still very weak. There are too many sick people in the camp. I am afraid that Your Highness may accidentally get infected."

"What about you? You are not in good health, why do you want to go back?" Li Xuan smiled suddenly, and said: "Up to now, you still treat me as your highness... you always say that you are good for me, but you never stand up. Think about it from my standpoint, never let me make my own decisions. I, I want to take another look at Wuwa, I don’t know if I can still see it.” Li Xuan’s voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end it seemed to be muttering to himself.At this time, a soldier came over excitedly holding glutinous rice cakes and said, "Governor Li, this is the glutinous rice cake you want."

Li Xuan heard the little soldier's words, but didn't look back, and walked into the inn on his own

Li Xiuqi watched Li Xuan walk in, opened his mouth to say something, but stopped again.He said softly to the soldier: "You can eat these pastries yourself." After speaking, he returned to the carriage.There is no one in the carriage now, but there is a faint smell of blood. This smell suddenly made him dispel the idea of ​​getting out of the carriage. He felt that even if he was hated and blamed, it would be better than regretting it later, so he thought With that, Li Xiuqi said loudly, "Go back to the barracks."

No matter how uncomfortable Li Xuan lived in this wing, he looked at the fruit cakes on the table and thought, "I shouldn't be so self-willed just now, at least I should eat those pieces of glutinous rice cakes before losing my temper." But now he regrets it. What's the use, Li Xuan could only pick up a piece of stuffed stuffing, took a bite, and spat it out with a "poof...".What is this thing?Li Xuanzhen didn't understand how there was such a stuffed thing, he put the bitten thing back on the plate, and sighed softly.

At this time, the silent servant asked cautiously: "Grandpa, is the food not to your taste? Tell me what you want to eat, and I will get it for you."

Li Xuanyouyou said: "I want to eat, you can get it, I can't get it myself." After speaking, he sighed and said: "I'll go down and eat a bowl of noodle soup by myself."

The young man hurriedly said: "Hey, don't, your master specifically told me not to let you go out of this door. He said that you are seriously injured and cannot run around."

"He's really thoughtful!" Li Xuan snorted, and said, "Why do you just listen to him like that? You just listen to what he tells you?"

The young boy showed embarrassment, "This... this..."

Li Xuan understood a little, and said, "Tell me, what did he tell you?"

"Er..." The boy hesitated for a long time without saying anything.

Li Xuan said: "Since you can't tell, then I'll tell you for you. Did he do you a favor? Did he give you a piece of silver, and then told you in a soft voice?"

"Eh..." This was completely true, and the boy's expression revealed everything.

Li Xuan sneered, resting his hands on the back of his head, and said: "I have no money on me now, and I am seriously injured, so I can't get rough with you, but I can tell your shopkeeper, tell him that you didn't give him any of the benefits You said your shopkeeper knew about it, would he be angry?"

When the young servant heard this, his face paled in shock, and he hurriedly said, "My lord, please don't mind me..."

"Hey, why do you, a southerner, get scared out of your Beijing accent?"

"Didn't I give you a crooked..." The boy muttered, and then said with a sad face, "my lord, you can eat noodles wherever you like, I don't dare to talk too much, no Dare to talk too much."

Li Xuan saw that the young man was young, he lowered his head to blame him for being wronged, so he stopped bullying him, and said: "Look, I scared you, come, come and eat a bowl of noodles with me, I treat you!"

Li Xuanzai arrived at the hall, and ordered two large bowls of noodles. The bowls were hand-rolled thick noodles, topped with sesame oil and chicken shreds, and a few slices of coriander were placed on the piled chicken shreds. Mix it into the soup, mix the shredded chicken into the noodles, and it is full of aroma.Li Xuan ate a big mouthful and said it was delicious. He thought whether he should dig this master chef back to the palace and cook noodles for him every day.

Li Xuanzheng was eating deliciously, but he saw the young servant sitting opposite him, squirming around and refusing to move his chopsticks.Li Xuan put down the bowl and chopsticks, and asked, "What? You don't even give me this face?"

The boy shook his head and said: "Grandpa, you eat, how can you eat together?"

Li Xuan sighed, and said: "Okay, I won't eat it, I'll watch you eat it, that's fine." Then he looked serious.The boy was even more restless now, he just jumped up from the stool and said, "Young one, I still have something to do..."

Li Xuandao: "You can do it. Didn't Li Xiuqi tell you to look at me? If you don't sit here and eat noodles, believe it or not, I will run right away and see what you say when the time comes. And the noodles are not for nothing. What you eat, I have something to ask you."

The little servant was stunned, and asked: "Grandpa, the young one is just here, and I don't know anything, I don't know!"

Li Xuandao: "Don't be afraid, I haven't asked yet! Your noodles are lumpy..." Li Xuan looked at the bowl of noodles with some regret. "Do you know what happened to the shopkeeper of Ren Medicine Shop?"

"Ren Medicine Store? Everyone knows that, the shopkeeper was punched, but his face should be healed now. The Ren Medicine Store will continue to open, but there is a sign saying that the store will no longer buy banzhilian .”

Li Xuan lowered his head slightly, thought for a while, and said again: "Do you know who helped the owner of the Ren Medicine Store? As far as I know, the drug storehouse of the Ren Medicine Store was robbed and the contents inside were also smashed." It’s so messy, why did it get cleaned up so quickly and welcome guests at the opening?”

The young man relaxed a lot as he talked, and began to eat the noodles in the bowl happily. He replied: "I don't know about that, but if you want me to say that the Ren medicine shop is what it is, everyone can't understand it." This unscrupulous shopkeeper has been doing this for a long time, and this is not the first time their family has done this kind of thing. Last year, the autumn weather became very fast, and it became cold all of a sudden, and many children suffered from frostbite. These children wanted to buy medicines for wind and cold, and those medicines also Those who are raised high by the pharmacy can’t even afford it.”

Li Xuan's face was slightly gloomy, and he said: "Has there been any mention of the reason why Ren Medicine Shop is so well-informed?"

The boy shook his head and said: "No one has said that, but some people say that there is a doctor in the Ren Medicine Shop, who is very good, and he can cure the disease with medicine, but the diagnosis fee is extremely high. But no matter how high, there are people who want to find this doctor." Doctor Bai is seeing a doctor."

"Master Bai," Li Xuan murmured, "Is this Doctor Bai a relative of Bai Yuan?"

"Oh," the boy said, choking on the noodle soup, "Master, how can you call Bai Zhifu's name indiscriminately...he is a high official!"

"Are you all afraid of officials?" Li Xuan asked.

"Nonsense, of course I'm scared, I'm scared to death..." After the boy said, he picked up the bowl and gulped down the noodle soup to the last drop.

Li Xuandao: "You haven't eaten for a few days? Eat slowly, don't choke!" The boy was only about ten years old, and he was thin. This thinness was caused by long-term fatigue and poor eating. , Li Xuan looked at the few yellow hairs on the boy's head, and felt uncomfortable.

In the palace and in the capital, what he listened to every day were words that praised his father and emperor, and he heard it a lot, and he believed it to be true.He really thought that in this Yujin country, everyone was living a good life, he really thought that in Yujin country, everyone would be able to eat and wear warm clothes without any worries.Only now did Li Xuan know that things were not like this at all.In such a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the life of the ordinary people is not good at all. They farm the land honestly, but they depend on the sky for food; they work hard, but they depend on the face of the officials.But they seem to be used to it, and feel that there is no problem with this kind of life, and there is at least one meal a day, which is not bad.

Li Xuan cleared his throat and said, "You...why are you so afraid of officials?"

The boy replied: "Grandpa, sir, you are not an official... I have no other meaning, no other meaning..."

Li Xuan laughed dryly, and said: "Where am I an official?" Li Xuan was telling the truth, he hadn't been crowned king yet, so he really wasn't an official, "I just asked casually."

"In fact, not all officials are bad. I think General Wei is a good official. He has been in the south for so many years, guarding the frontier. If it is a troubled time, he will be the first to rush. But now is a good day in peace, he So he helped build dams and help the people... My father is in his camp, and General Wei is really a good man."

"Then which officials are bad?"

The boy frowned, and said: "I have never seen any officials, I just heard what others said. They said that the rich wine and meat stink, and the roads are frozen to death. These people don't care about the life and death of the people, and they only care about their own enjoyment. "

Li Xuan's face darkened slightly, and he said, "Then do you know of any way to meet the prefect Bai?"

The young man thought for a while and said, "If you see him, you can wait at the gate of his house. You can see him when his sedan chair passes by."

"Is there any closer?"

The boy thought about it again, and said, "Yes, there is, but it's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that you are not a high official..."

"how to say?"

The servant then said: "In a few days it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, Master Bai will hold a banquet in the mansion and send invitations to some famous people."

Li Xuan nodded, took a sip of tea, didn't say anything, but secretly thought about how to get the invitation to sneak into the White House. "

Seeing Li Xuan's gloomy expression, the boy said, "Master? Are you not going to sleep? The master said that you want to rest at sunset, and it is already sunset."

Li Xuan did not complain much this time, but nodded and went back to the room. Before leaving, he said to the servant: "I will return the room tomorrow morning, don't worry, the other master won't trouble you Yes. You follow this." He said and threw a shiny silver object at the boy.The young man took it and saw that it was a piece of broken silver. Although it was not as generous as the master, it was still a thought, so he happily put the silver away, and when he looked up, he saw that Li Xuan had already entered the house.

When Li Xuan returned to the house, he felt a little uncomfortable. He took the pen and ink, lit the wax, took a piece of letter paper, and raised the pen to write.This is the first letter he wrote after he came to the south. This letter is not long, and there is no lovesickness or parting. There are only a few words, don't give up, and there are two words at the end: "Don't read".This letter is for Li Fei, his elder sister. Although Li Xuan has a hundred dissatisfaction with this elder sister, they are twins after all, and it is always right to look for her when something happens.