East of Nanjing, Tianwu Street.

The east of the city, which was originally a cold place, has now become the most high-end and prosperous place in Nanjing.

Those who can live around Tianwu Street are all dignitaries, princes and princes, and most of the houses here are rewarded by Emperor Tianwu to meritorious officials.

The carriage of the Xu Mansion slowly passed by the ridiculously wide street, and Xu Mingwu lifted the curtain and looked at the surrounding environment curiously.

There are many mansions here, the powder wall is encircled, the green willows hang around, there is a vermilion mansion gate across dozens of zhang, and there is a pair of stone lions symbolizing the identity outside each mansion gate.

The carriage turned into a side alley and, in the shade of a tree, stopped in front of a small door.

The corner door opened, and two women came out with a bucket of swill, and poured it into a large vat in the corner, which was full of scraps and cold burning.

Xu Mingwu smacked his lips and sighed: "As the saying goes, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, and you really can't appreciate the luxury of ancient nobles if you don't see it with your own eyes!" ”

In the carriage, Xu Mingwu shook his head and criticized the old society, looking righteous and righteous, what made him a little disappointed was that there were no frozen bones along the way.

The officer who bailed him out couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded in a low voice: "Second young master, this is the Xu Mansion, that is, your home, we should enter the mansion......"

"Oh, really?"

Xu Mingwu was stunned, stretched out his head to look in the direction of the main entrance, and saw that the door plaque was impressively written with four gilded characters of "Pingyang Houfu".

He smiled embarrassedly, and then said seriously: "From the outside, the architectural style of this mansion is quite good, highlighting the characteristics of the times, and it has great historical and cultural value, and it may be higher than the value of Prince Gong's Mansion in a few hundred years, well, not bad......"

The officer shook his head and sighed, not knowing how to communicate with the man with a brain problem.......

With a creak, the side door was pushed open, and the family members and maids inside greeted them, all of whom said with surprise on their faces: "Welcome the second young master back to the house!" ”

Xu Mingwu looked at the crowd curiously, crossed his hands in front of his abdomen, and muttered as if he didn't know how to return the salute.

Because in this group of people, there are several lovely-looking girls, and he has always had no resistance to this kind of beautiful girl wearing Hanfu......

"Second Young Master, please!"

The butler, who was already waiting inside the door, bowed down and led the two into the house.

The subordinates stood by the road quietly, not seeing any chaos at all, which made Xu Mingwu's heart feel a little calmer.

All the way in, Xu Mingwu was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking left and right, and marveling at the magnificence in front of him.

There are three hanging flower gatehouses in Xu's house, the verandah is copied on all sides, the courtyard is connected with each other, the mountains and stones are embellished, the whole courtyard is graceful and luxurious, the garden is splendid, clear and exquisite, quite elegant.

Xu Mingwu couldn't help but admire the arrogance of the ancient nobles, and his excited little heart beat faster.

According to his thoughts, if this house is placed in the future life, it will have at least a dozen small goals!

Before arriving at the inner courtyard, the officers who had escorted them all the way bowed down and retired, leaving not even a name.

Xu Mingwu didn't care so much, he continued to enjoy the scenery in the mansion, wandering around from time to time, and didn't treat himself as an outsider at all.

When I turned back that day, I found that the housekeeper who led the way was long gone, replaced by an aunt in her forties, who followed behind.

"it!"

Xu Mingwu was startled, hurriedly took a few steps back, and exclaimed, "Are you?" ”

The aunt also looked suspicious, stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "Second young master, why did you forget the little woman?" ”

Xu Mingwu was shocked: "Why did this still cause a romantic debt?" ”

He couldn't help but secretly curse the former owner of this body for being so brute that he didn't even let go of his aunt!

Looking at the unhappy and eager aunt, Xu Mingwu took a few more steps, barely squeezed out a smile, and said, "Auntie, you have something to say.......

The aunt glanced at him, and her face showed some shyness, and said: "The second young master doesn't dare to call the little woman like this, the little woman is just a subordinate, and she doesn't dare to climb the Hou Ye!" ”

Xu Mingwu was dizzy, only then did he realize that he had said the wrong thing, in ancient times, the children of concubines called their biological mothers aunts, and when he called "auntie" like this, there was a misunderstanding!

However, Xu Mingwu can also see that this aunt should be the next person who takes care of him, and belongs to the old maid or nurse or something.

When he was embarrassed, a gentle voice came from afar: "Mingwu is back, why don't you come to say hello to the eldest lady?" ”

Xu Mingwu looked sideways and saw a noble lady wearing a large-sleeved shirt walking with a smile on her face.

This woman looks average and dresses very plainly, but the spirit exuded from her body makes people see at a glance that she is a capable woman.

Xu Mingwu took a breath of relief, bowed deeply to the woman with a smile, and said, "I've seen the eldest lady!" ”

From the woman's title of "eldest mother", Xu Mingwu has faintly judged her identity and his own identity.

In ancient times, the eldest lady was the name of the concubine to the mother-in-law, if the expectation was good, this woman should be the wife of Pingyang Hou Xu Qingshan, and he Xu Mingwu was born of the concubine of the cheap father.

Generally in this case, Xu Mingwu can guess the following plot, the mother-in-law suppresses the concubine, the concubine is so strong that he fights secretly, and finally the chicken and dog in the house are restless, and there are many twists and turns to the family and the happy ......

However, what surprised him was that this grandmother didn't seem to have a prejudice against herself, and as soon as she met, she enthusiastically pulled her sleeve, looked left and right, and muttered from time to time whether she was hungry and other words of concern in the past few days away from home, which was more kind than her own mother.

Xu Mingwu, who was confused, thought that he had misjudged, and after returning to his residence, he inquired about the exclusive little attendant, and then learned about the situation in the Xu Mansion.

Pingyang Hou Xu Qingshan has a total of one wife and one concubine, two sons and two daughters, the main wife Zhao, nicknamed the fifth sister, that is, the woman just now, is Xu Qingshan's wife, and has a son and two daughters.

The concubine Liu, who is also Xu Mingwu's biological mother, gave birth to such a son as him.

Unfortunately, in the smallpox virus epidemic in Tianwu in the 14th year, Xu Mingwu's biological mother Liu and his mother-in-law Zhao's two daughters were infected by the smallpox virus and died.

Smallpox is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases, highly contagious and severe, especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, causing a large number of deaths.

Historically, the Tartar Qing Dynasty was plagued by smallpox, which caused an alarmingly high mortality rate.

Nurhachi's second son, Prince Li, Daishan, had three sons who died of smallpox; Azig, the king of Yingjun, was immunized from smallpox, but both of his wives and concubines died of smallpox.

There is also Prince Yu Duoduo, who was stabbed by Xu Qingshan, who was also infected during the smallpox epidemic in history, and stopped eating at the age of thirty-six.

The little emperor of Shunzhi had eight sons and six daughters, about four princes and five princesses died before they were eight years old, mainly because of smallpox.

Kangxi, who was lucky to survive later, left a pockmarked face after recovery, with little scars like the surface of the moon, and was called "Kang Mazi" by later generations.

The Xuan Ye that Xu Mingwu saw that day was already a pockmarked face, and he thought that this guy had escaped again.

In the smallpox epidemic that broke out in the 14th year of Tianwu, the Ming Dynasty was a little caught off guard at first, causing many people to die, but with the experience of fighting the plague, the imperial court quickly reacted, organized the people in time, and successfully curbed the smallpox virus.

As early as the Ming Dynasty Longqing period, the people had the means to curb and prevent the smallpox virus, mainly the dry seedling method and the water seedling method.

However, this traditional pox vaccine method is mainly prevalent in the south, and after the outbreak of smallpox in the 14th year of Tianwu, Zhu Cihong ordered to implement the pox immunization method throughout the country, taking an important step in the Chinese nation's fight against the threat of smallpox virus.

"Second Young Master, are you really okay?"

The passer-by-looking Xu Mansion pushed Xu Mingwu, who was stunned, with a worried face.

Since the death of the second lady, the second young master has gradually become withdrawn, not only unwilling to talk to others, but also replaced the little maid who served him with an aunt.......

A few days ago, Hou Ye mentioned the marriage with Uncle Dingyuan's family, and the second young master would rather die than run away from home.

God knows if this continues, will the second young master die depressed and die young......

Xu Mingwu came back to his senses, rolled his eyes and said, "What can I do?" By the way, buddy, we've been chatting for a long time, and I still don't know what your name is? ”

“.......”

The little girl remembered the words of the old housekeeper, and immediately felt a chill in his back, and then realized that his young master had a brain disease, which was personally identified by the experts of the East Factory.

"What about you? Squeak! ”

After learning his "identity", Xu Mingwu quickly entered the role, and the whole person floated, fully demonstrating the shelf that the noble children of feudal society should have.

The little guy hurriedly replied: "The little one's name is Xu Fu....... Second young master, I'll go and decoct the medicine for you......."

"Oh, Xu Fu, your name has a future, follow Young Master Ben in the future, if you perform well, maybe Young Master Ben will fund you to open a Xu Fu Ji!"

"Young Master, what are you talking about Xu Fuji?"

"Snack food sellers!"

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