Moonlight and wind

Chapter 45 Illegitimate Son

In the next few days, Jianyun occasionally went outside the Hanlin Mansion to meet with the servant, learned the news about Zi Zhong, and brought Xuanyue's instructions to Zi Zhong.

The last time they met, Jianyun learned that Zizhong needed some medicine to promote blood circulation and treat injuries. The next day, Yuwenlin found him the best Jinshu Dieda Pills, and Jianyun appeared outside the Hanlin Mansion again.

When the servant on the porch saw Jianyun coming, he ran out. At this time, Jianyun immediately left the Hanlin Mansion, which surprised the servant and he went back to sit on the porch.

After a while, another person appeared in front of the porch.

"The young master is here. I'll inform you right away!" The servant quickly stood up and stopped the young man in front of him who was called "young master".

There was only a "pop" sound, and the servant covered his left face with both hands, lowered his head and stood there motionless.

"What the hell!" the young man raised his voice, "How dare you stop me!"

"I dare not! It's just..." Before he could finish his words, another slap hit his right cheek.

"Just what?" The young man stood in front of him with his hands on his hips in an extremely arrogant manner, "Did my father ask you to stop me? You ungrateful thing, get out of my way!"

After saying that, he stepped forward and pushed the servant away. The servants behind him did not dare to say anything and stood aside with their heads bowed. The young man walked towards the Hanlin Mansion with a swagger.

Seeing that the man had gone far away, several servants stepped forward and helped up the boy who had been pushed to the ground.

"Tell me, why did you mess with him?" "The master said to report the arrival of the person!" "You stayed at the door for too short a time. From now on, if you see this guy again, ignore him!"

"Who is this? He looks unfamiliar." "Don't blame you. You may not have seen him in the backyard before. He is the illegitimate son of our master!" The servant who spoke looked inside vigilantly.

"I heard that it was him!" "That's right! That year when the mistress disappeared, the master was heartbroken and had been drunk for several days. Unexpectedly, he let Guixiang, the maid who used to do rough work in the backyard, climb into his bed!"

Several servants kept clicking their tongues. "When the master sobered up, he was furious and drove Guixiang out of the Hanlin Mansion. A few months later, she came back pregnant and asked the master for a legitimate status. The master then bought her a small courtyard in the civilian area of ​​Ziteng Lane near the city gate, and she gave birth to this little master, Ning."

"You don't know, a few years ago, Guixiang relied on the fact that she gave birth to a son for the Qi family and often came to the mansion to make trouble and demand a status, but the master always sent her away."

"That's right. It even reached our young lady. But our young lady was kind-hearted and even used her own savings to buy pens and ink for Qu Ning."

"Now, under Guixiang's influence, Qu Ning has become more and more impolite and arrogant. Everyone in our house avoids him. If he meets him, he will definitely be beaten up!" After saying that, the servant spat on the ground.

At this time, Jian Yun appeared again not far from the Hanlin Mansion. The servant immediately ran towards him, and the other servants also stood up immediately, watching the movements nearby vigilantly.

"Just now I noticed someone near me, so I left first." "Yes, the young master of my house is here." The servant spoke with a painful smile.

"This is Jinshu Dieda Pills. I think you can take one." He handed the small wooden box containing the Dieda Pills to the servant and said, "Tell Zizhong that Miss Qu will definitely find a way to rescue him. Please take care of yourself."

After saying that, Jian Yun left. The servant stuffed the small wooden box into his lapel, looked around to see if there was anyone, and returned to the porch. "Go, we'll watch here." The servant said softly, and the servant ran along the wall to the backyard.

"Stop!" The voice appeared again, "It's you! Why are you running after seeing the young master?" "Didn't I see the young master is here." Qu Ning stepped forward and kicked him in the heart. The servant got up from the ground in pain.

"Didn't you see the young master? That's even more damnable! The young master is such a grown man, and you said you didn't see me? You don't even see me, the young master, in your eyes! I'll teach you a lesson!" After saying that, he grabbed his collar and slapped him loudly!

The servant kept begging for mercy, and during his struggle, the small wooden box in his lapel fell out. Then Ning stopped, picked up the small wooden box, opened it and smelled it.

"Where did you get it?" Qu Ning asked arrogantly. "I picked it up!"

"You're lying! This medicine in such an exquisite box doesn't look cheap. You obviously stole it from our family!" After saying that, he slapped the servant a few more times.

"Tell me! Where did it come from!" Qu Ning had no intention of letting him go. "I really picked it up!" "You're being stubborn, huh? Okay! I'll let you be stubborn!" He broke off a branch as thick as two fingers from a nearby tree, removed the extra branches and leaves, and used the rather resilient branch to whip the servant! The servant rolled on the ground in pain!

"Stop! You idiot!" Fortunately, Hanlin Qu appeared in time and the servant was spared some physical pain.

"Dad, he stole things from our house!" With a look of seeking credit, Qu Ning threw away the branch, and came to Qu Hanlin with the small wooden box in both hands.

With his brows slightly furrowed, Qu Hanlin felt somewhat disgusted when he saw this illegitimate son whom he disliked. When he saw the small wooden box in Qu Ning's hand, his brows furrowed.

"Where did you get it from?" "I found it outside the door." "Dad, he must have stolen it!"

"Shut up! Is this for Zi Zhong?" "No, sir, I just thought this small wooden box was pretty, so I picked it up to play with. I really didn't steal it!" The servant kowtowed repeatedly.

"Then do you know what's in this small wooden box?" "I don't know. Please forgive me, sir. I will never dare to pick up things randomly again!" Seeing that he could not get anything out of the boy, he sent him away.

Hanlin Qu came into the hall with a small wooden box, and Qu Ning followed him.

"What are you doing here?" asked Hanlin Que.

"Father forgot that today is the day to pay the monthly salary." Hanlin Qu waved his hand and asked him to sit aside, then called the servants to collect the monthly salary.

Hanlin Qu fiddled with the small wooden box in his hand, took out a Jinshu Dieda Pill and smelled it.

"Father, Ning'er knows a few friends whose families run medicine shops. Why don't you let Ning'er find out the origin of this small wooden box for Father?"

"Can you find it?" "Don't worry, Dad. Leave it to Ning'er. Ning'er will definitely take care of it for you!" As he said that, Ning stood up and saluted Hanlin Qun.

Qu Hanlin thought for a while and said, "I'll give you three days to find out the origin of this small wooden box. As long as you can do it, Dad can fulfill one of your requests."

"Any request?" Qu Ning's eyes lit up. "Anything is fine!" "It's a deal!" After saying that, he grabbed the small wooden box and ran out. He bumped into the servant who came to deliver the monthly allowance, snatched the bag of monthly allowance from him, and ran out of the Hanlin Mansion.

"Hey guys, take a look. Whose medicine box is this?" Several young men of similar age gathered together and looked at the small wooden box on the Bailing stage.

"It's definitely not from mine. My father only let the shop assistants use straw paper to wrap the medicine. My father would not be willing to use such an expensive medicine box!"

"My family does the same!" "If there is a drugstore that can afford such an expensive medicine box, it's probably only that one!"

"Which one?" Qu Ning asked anxiously. "The largest medicine shop on Jinyu Street, Jian'antang!"

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