Chu family.

In the main hall, in addition to Mrs. Chu, there are several old men who seem to be old, all wearing wide Confucian robes, with a righteous face and extraordinary bearing, and they look quite heroic.

An emaciated old man shook his head and said, "It's a pity, although Mrs. Wang has resigned a long time ago, and the Wang family has always been low-key, if he is willing to stand up together, the matter will not drag on to this day." ”

Another middle-faced old man sighed: "Old lady Wang, I have personally invited him, but he politely refused, bluntly saying that he is old, regardless of the court, between the words, it actually reveals the appreciation of the minister. ”

"Back then, the envoys of the Qi State made a big fuss in Kyoto, the huge Kyoto, no one dared to fight, the old lady Wang dragged the sick body to the court, and was persuaded by everyone, what happened later, you all know, no wonder he looked at this son so sideways."

"It's just that the old lady Wang doesn't help each other, isn't this Qin Wen a disciple of Brother Chu, this time, it is actually a joint number of important ministers in the court to speak for the minister, if not, as long as Brother Chu speaks, why don't the courtiers respond?"

"Things have dragged on for so long, not only Shizi, I'm afraid that it will be in the people, but also some more efforts."

……

While drinking tea and talking, a member of the Chu family walked in from outside, walked to Mrs. Chu's side, and whispered a few words.

"Ning Chen?" Mrs. Chu's brows furrowed slightly, and no impression of this person came to his mind.

When the porter saw this, he regretted it in his heart, and hurriedly said, "I'll let them go right away!" ”

"Wait." He walked quickly to the door when a voice came from behind him.

Mrs. Chu looked at him and asked, "You say, he is a young man of about the same age as Ping'er, born with a talent and extraordinary bearing?" ”

The porter immediately nodded, "It's a talent, much more handsome than Childe." ”

"Ning Chen, Shechen ......" Mrs. Chu muttered, a trace of doubt appeared on his face, and said in a low voice: "Let him in." ”

At the door of Chu's house, the porter who trotted over wiped the sweat on his forehead and said respectfully to Li Yi: "Son, please come in." ”

……

Compared with other wealthy families that Li Yi has seen, the Chu Mansion is not big, and it can even be said to be a little small.

may also be because the Chu family is not prosperous, and the two generations are in the same lineage, and the house is too big to use, it will seem deserted.

Led by the man, he did not pass through the main house, but took a path on the left, and in a short time came to a small garden.

A figure in a gray Confucian robe, with his back to him, stood with his hands in his hands, I don't know if it was an illusion, Li Yi always felt that the body of this Taifu was much more rickety than when he saw it the first two times.

The old man turned his head and asked calmly: "The old man has always been curious, that day on the street, you saw the old man, why did you hide?" ”

At this moment, Li Yi found that he was not only stiff on his back, but even his complexion looked older than before, as if he was ten years older in an instant.

"I'm afraid you'll lie to me." Li Yi said honestly: "It's a pity that I didn't escape in the end. ”

The two faced each other in the court that day, and when they met again, there was no fireworks.

The old man looked at him sharply and asked, "Repeatedly blocked the emperor's eldest son from entering Beijing, do you think the old man wronged you?" ”

Li Yi smiled and said, "What is the reason, Master Taifu naturally understands in his heart. ”

"Actually, I can understand Taifu." Li Yi looked at the very neatly trimmed flower garden next to him, and said slowly: "The Chu family has been a clear stream among the literati of Jingguo for generations, representing righteousness and righteousness. ”

Mrs. Chu's face was calm, but the fist shrunk in his sleeve was already clenched, and the green tendons stood upright.

"I know that Cui Qingming used some shady methods to take the handle of the Chu family." Li Yi shook his head and continued: "Let Sun deserve it, but the disaster will not hurt the Chu family, even if the Cui family breaks out those scandals, it will not shake the foundation of the Chu family, although it will inevitably damage the reputation of the Chu family, it will not be difficult to make up for it in the future." ”

He looked at Taifu Chu again: "The difficult thing is that Master Taifu chooses." ”

Mrs. Chu also stared at him with a dead gaze, and after a while, his clenched fist was released and said, "Everything is just your words, the Chu family has no stain, and there is no need to make up for it." ”

Li Yi looked at him for a long time before he sighed, hugged his fists and said, "Since this is the ......case, Lord Taifu, Yu Chen will leave." ”

He was about to walk out of the garden when he stopped, turned back and asked again, "Is it worth it?" ”

This time, he didn't get any response from the old man.

……

When he walked out of Chu's house, the sloppy old man saw that he looked relaxed, and he had no hesitation and worries before he came, and asked in surprise: "What's the matter, the negotiation is done?" ”

Li Yi nodded, "It's done." ”

The sloppy old man was a little disappointed along the way, and thought that he could watch a big show, but it seemed that there was no hope.

When he reached the door of the fence, he asked again, "How long will I stay in there today, I'll go to the street first." ”

"I'm not going back today." Li Yi waved his hand, "You can go shopping for as long as you want, just go to the house and say it before the evening." ”

"Not going back?" The sloppy old man looked at him in surprise and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

Li Yi nodded and stepped into the goulan, these days, there are not many wonderful new plays in the goulan, and the guests have begun to complain, it's time to add some fresh.

He habitually glanced at the small building in front of him, and happened to meet the line of sight that was looking from behind the attic window.

Li Yi was stunned, then waved his hand over there with a smile and walked over quickly.

"Not coming back in the evening?" Li family, Miss Liu Er frowned, "Where is he?" ”

The sloppy old man shrugged: "A place to watch the play." ”

Miss Liu Er waved her sleeves, "Take me over!" ”

Ruyi grabbed her arm, shook her head and said, "Before Xianggong went out in the morning, he had already said that he had an important thing to do today, and he might not come back at night, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm not looking for him." Miss Liu Er shook her head and said, "I, can't I go to the play!" ”

Hook bar, in the room above the attic.

Li Yi saw that when Wan Ruoqing was writing, his brows were slightly furrowed, and there seemed to be pain between his eyebrows, and he wondered: "What's wrong?" ”

She put down the pen, looked at her fingers, shook her head, and said, "Maybe I've been holding the pen for too long in the past two days......"

"It's all blistered...... Li Yi saw that there was already a blister on her finger, and frowned: "Forget it, don't write it, when I finish writing this fold, you can just remember how to arrange and arrange things." ”

Li Yi put down the pen and said, "I'll help you pop the blisters first, and you can rest for a while." ”

He took a sterilized needle, these things are always available here, held her hand, pierced a hole in the blister, squeezed out the liquid inside, did not completely pick it out, looked up and asked, "Does it hurt?" ”

"It doesn't hurt." Wan Ruoqing smiled and shook her head.

Li Yi nodded and said, "The wound needs to be disinfected, I will apply some alcohol now, it may hurt a little, you bear with it." ”

Even though she was prepared, when he applied alcohol and the tingling sensation suddenly came, she couldn't help but let out a suppressed cry of pain.

"Hurt ......, bear with it......" Miss Liu Er stood outside the door, her face was pale, and when she heard the woman's suppressed voice, she finally couldn't help it and pushed the door in.

"Be careful not to touch the water these days, and don't write." Li Yi put down the things in his hand, looked at her and admonished, and then turned his head to look at Miss Liu Er, and asked in surprise: "Ruyi, why are you here?" ”

Miss Liu Er swept her eyes in the room, then looked at Li Yi, and said lightly, "I'm here to call you home for dinner." ”