sick man

Chapter 1 The Hero Saves the Beauty

Winter turns to spring, the snow gradually melts, and the whole city of Zhuoyang is bathed in a warm sunshine, the sleepy green winds and walks, a few clusters of peach blossoms dot the branches, occasionally a gust of wind blows, carrying slightly bitter The fragrance of flowers rolls away, and the ground is pink, white and red.

Another peaceful morning.

Su Wanzhi came out to set up a stall very early.There is an inconspicuous bookstall in a small stone wall corner in the downtown area, but a cloth is spread on a shelf built of wooden slats, and some old books with yellowed paper, handwritten copybooks and cheap books are placed on the cloth. Stationery.Move your eyes a little higher, and you can see the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.Most of them are freehand landscapes, and there are few pictures of flowers, birds, fish and insects, all of which are vivid, interesting and vivid.

It's a pity that people come and go in the downtown area, but few people care about it.Ordinary people would not spend their spare money to buy calligraphy and paintings as a prestige, and wealthy families are only interested in everyone's works.Su Wanzhi?who is it?Maybe there is no seal on the painting, and you can consider buying it back and making it your own masterpiece.

So Su Wanzhi often sat for a whole day, studying the poems and books in his hand with the dry food he brought.

This day, just like countless yesterdays, Su Wanzhi was slowly swallowing the dry steamed buns, chewing on the mystery in the poem.It happened to be something exciting, but was interrupted by an exclamation. Su Wanzhi frowned, covered his face and coughed a few times before turning his gaze to the source of the sound.

Less than two meters away from the bookstall, a young girl straddling a flower basket was surrounded by several youths, looking around helplessly.

Su Wanzhi recognized the girl named Bai Yan, she was in her twenties and she was sweet and cute, naturally attracted a lot of attention, but it was the first time she was entangled in public.

"Little beauty, let's go and have a drink with Grandpa!"

The tallest boy among the boys approached Bai Yan, teasingly said in a foolish tone, all the boys around him laughed, making Bai Yan tremble with fright.

"You, you go away!"

The crying voice was so low that it was almost inaudible, but it aroused the boy's interest in playing.

"Hey! The little beauty is shy!"

He smiled frivolously and stretched out his hand towards Bai Yan.

Su Wan felt disdainful in her heart, so she couldn't help but look at him a few more times.Seeing this, even he was a little afraid.The young man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, his face was still full of childishness, but he was quite muscular, his stature was as tall as an adult man.The skin exposed outside the gorgeous clothes is a healthy wheat color, and the palms of the hands hanging by the sides are covered with a thin layer of calluses. It is obvious that he has practiced martial arts for a long time, and he is by no means weak like an ordinary dude.Su Wanzhi secretly compared the gap between himself and him, before he could sigh, he was interrupted by a sudden numbness in his throat, and he raised his sleeve to cover up his cough again.

"Go away!"

Su Wanzhi coughed so hard that Bai Yan was already frightened, seeing the young man reaching out to him, she instinctively pushed forward, the young man didn't expect it, and was pushed staggeringly.

"Smelly girl, you are courting death!"

Before he could get angry, a group of people around him shouted and approached the crying Bai Yan ferociously.

"Young master Shen is such a noble person, can you push him casually?"

"Hurry up and follow Young Master Shen, and you will be spared if you punish yourself with three cups!"

In the blink of an eye, the ring-shaped human wall shrank smaller and smaller, and someone had already pulled Bai Yan's sleeves.Bai Yan was crying so hard that she almost passed out, and no one dared to stand up and stop her.Surrounded by many spectators, they were all ordinary people who came out early to do business. The boy was surrounded by more than a dozen people, and he looked like a dignitary.

"I'm not going! Go away, go away! Don't touch me!"

After a while, the boy had already pinched Bai Yan's wrist and pulled it out. Bai Yan broke free with all her strength, and pulled it off with a fingernail, making an inch-long gash on the boy's hand. Although it was not deep, blood was seen immediately.

The young man immediately darkened his face and raised his hand to greet him.

"stop!"

Su Wanzhi heard his angry roar, it was not loud, with a little trill, but the noisy morning market fell silent in an instant, and everyone turned their attention to him—some of them were really full and panicked.

The young man obviously heard his words, raised his eyebrows, pushed Bai Yan away and walked towards him.

"Tell me to stop? What are you?" The young man stood still in front of him, his eyes like lacquer rolling slightly, as if looking down on a humble ant.His voice was rough, but his tone was arrogant.

"You! Cough, cough, cough..."

Su Wanzhi coughed in anger at his light and light words, so she had to cover her mouth with her sleeve, so as not to be rude to others.

"Haha! It's just a sick and consumptive ghost!"

"Look at this poor and unlucky man! How dare you meddle in Young Master Shen's business, are you tired of work?"

The people behind the young man looked very winking, seeing the young man standing in front of Su Wanzhi, they immediately surrounded him in twos and threes, blocking him in the middle, waiting for the young man's order at any time, and today there are free sandbags to hit.Someone with a sharp eye saw the bookstall next to Su Wanzhi, and immediately shouted at the young man like offering a treasure, "Master Shen, no wonder this guy dares to play on your fun, look, this broken book and painting, it turns out to be a Bookworm!" As he said, he picked up two fingers and pulled the things on the stall with a disgusted look on his face.

"Tsk tsk, Su... hold it? What the hell, it's really itchy!"

Su Wanzhi was really a little scared, he was always honest and didn't want to meddle in other people's business, the only thing he wanted was to live his life in peace and stability.I don't know what's going on today, but I actually acted like a hero to save the beauty, I just wanted to kill myself.

"Hey!"

The young man bent down and kicked Su Wanzhi who was forced to the corner with his toes, with a contemptuous smile on his face, "Didn't you shout very loudly just now? Why are you dumb now?"

Su Wanzhi's face was flushed red, he turned his head to one side, his eyes were drooping, his long and curled eyelashes cast two sparse shadows on his pale cheeks, maybe because of anger, maybe because of fear, he was trembling slightly.

The young man was stunned, and then he noticed that the man in front of him was very good-looking—the kind of good-looking that belongs to a man, gentle and handsome, but not feminine, and his whole person exuded a strong smell of books.

What a veritable... nerd!

Seeing that the young man remained silent for a long time, Su Wanzhi raised his head in confusion. At that moment, his bookstall was overturned by someone, and the items on the wooden shelves were smashed over, and the overturned ink was scattered everywhere. Su Wanzhi was also covered in smudges, looking very embarrassed.

"See if you dare to meddle in your own business next time!"

I don't know who was sympathizing viciously, so the young man took advantage of the opportunity to kick him, and then remembered that he had lost his mind because of a man just now, and his heart was so angry that he made a lot of fists and kicks one after another, before pushing away the crowd of onlookers, leading a group of Walked away in a mighty way.

"Brother Su, Brother Su! Are you okay?"

Bai Yan, who was hiding aside, ran over wiping her tears and helped Su Wanzhi who was curled up on the ground.

"I, cough... I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

Su Wanzhi tried his best to smile at her, but then he coughed again and was out of breath.This cough hurt even the place where the boy kicked him just now, he was so exhausted that he closed his eyes and passed out.

Bai Yan was anxious and afraid, but she didn't know what to do.The spectators around had almost dispersed, and she couldn't move him even with a weak woman, so she could only ask two acquainted neighbors nearby to help bring Su Wanzhi back.

Su Wanzhi's house was easy to find, it was just across the street from Yihonglou, the largest gold selling cave in the capital.Although it is only one street away, it is the difference between heaven and earth.Relying on the red building is resplendent and magnificent, and there are countless beautiful people in the world who are looking forward to leaning on the building, with red sleeves ostentatious.As for Su Wanzhi's house, it can barely be regarded as having walls on all sides and a roof with tiles, which can keep out the wind and rain.

Bai Yan led people to settle Su Wanzhi, and then invited the doctor to come and see.Her family was poor and her money was limited, so naturally she couldn't hire a good doctor.But Su Wanzhi is not a serious illness, as long as anyone who knows a little bit of medical theory can know the pulse, it is nothing more than being sick since he was born in the mother's womb, and he did not take good care of him. It can blow people cold, how can it withstand a beating?

Fortunately, the young man didn't kill him, he only hurt the skin, he took some medicine for dispelling blood and removing blood stasis, boiled it and drank it, after a few days, he could go to the ground.

Bai Yan thanked the doctor, and took the prescription to grab the medicine.

Su Wanzhi throbbed from time to time due to the injuries on his body, and couldn't sleep well.Occasionally wake up and turn around, glance around dimly, and then fall asleep again.Half asleep and half awake, it seemed that someone helped him up and leaned on him, feeding him medicine and porridge, serving him attentively.Su Wanzhi didn't know whether it was true or not, he felt that he had slept for a long time, but he didn't feel hungry or thirsty.

After two days of this, he was finally able to stagger to the ground.Only then did I realize that Bai Yan and her father were taking care of her for the past two days.Seeing that he woke up, Bai Yan put her heart back into her stomach, cooked a pot of porridge with minced cabbage and meat to keep him warm, and told him to recover from his illness, before reluctantly saying goodbye to her father and going home.

The girl glanced at her shyly and hesitated to speak, she was afraid that even a piece of wood should be explained away, but Su Wanzhi was a rock, and she was the kind of person who really knew her heart.As soon as he recovered from his illness, he took out the treasured books in the book box to study, and when he got interested, he splashed ink and ink, and forgot all about Bai Yan and Hong Yan.

He had completely forgotten, but someone still remembered clearly.

This day, Bai Yan carried flowers and peddled them along the street. Originally, the business was going smoothly, but on the way, she met two wealthy families who hosted a banquet and bought her a lot of flowers.Bai Yan reckoned that if she made some money today, she might as well buy some food and visit Su Wanzhi.Since the incident last time, Su Wanzhi hasn't set up a stall for more than half a month.It's not good for her to go to disturb her as a girl, so she can only look forward to it every day and worry about it.I finally had an excuse today, why not buy some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes...

She was happily thinking about her calculations, she just kept her head buried and walked quickly, but she didn't pay attention to her surroundings.As he was walking, he suddenly felt that his eyes were darkened, and his whole body was covered in a black shadow.Bai Yan was so startled that she stepped back a few steps before remembering to look up.There was a person standing impartially in front of her, firmly blocking her way.The man was dressed in luxurious brocade clothes, tall and tall, with a handsome face. He wore a delicate and gorgeous Su embroidery forehead on his forehead, and a green emerald fell just between his eyebrows.The gold-painted fan is held between the fingers as white as jade, and it shakes unhurriedly, like a handsome young man walking out of a picture scroll.

"Who... are you?" Bai Yan blushed slightly, and couldn't help but took another step back.

"I'm writing Xue Yun's book."

The gentleman in Jinyi smiled gently, put away his fan smoothly, and said softly, "You took the liberty to block the girl's way, thank you for not giving up, and drink a glass of water and wine as a reward, how about making an apology?"

Bai Yan's face turned even redder, with a dewy and charming look, except for Su Wanzhi, she had never met a man who was so knowledgeable about etiquette.But how can a decent woman drink with a stranger casually?

She didn't think much about it, so she declined politely, and waited for Xue Yunshu to make way with her eyes narrowed.

"Miss, didn't you hear clearly? I said I would like to treat you to a glass of wine."

The person in front of him didn't move a bit, but frivolously lifted Bai Yan's chin with the handle of his fan, his gentle and polite smile revealed a hint of predation.

Bai Yan couldn't help but trembled, and said in a trembling voice, "Young master, young master... I, my family really don't know how to drink, so I invite you..."

"Bold!"

Before Bai Yan could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a rude shout.A middle-aged man dressed as a domestic servant rushed over, raised his hand and slapped her, cursing,

"Don't open your dog eyes to see, who is this in front of you! Master Xue, the grandson of the grandson of Mr. Xue! You are in a good mood to reward you with a glass of wine, and you dare to push back and take Joe!"

"Teacher Xue's... grandson?"

Bai Yan felt as if her whole body was soaked in ice water, and her heart was mostly cold.

Although she has never met Mr. Xue's grandson, she has heard about his deeds for a long time. In other words, there is no one in Zhuoyang City who does not know this Young Master Xue.He relied on the Xue family to receive the holy family, so it goes without saying that he is domineering.What's even more frightening is that he doesn't know where he got his insidious kung fu. Anyone who offends him or anyone he doesn't like will end up in a situation where they can't survive or die.It is heard that every few days, the Xue family will carry out the corpses of some servant girls and throw them away. The death conditions are so miserable that it is unbearable to watch.

Seeing her pale face, Xue Yunshu naturally understood that she already knew his identity, so she dared not refuse again.So he stretched out his arm and hooked it, clasped Bai Yan's slender jaw and brought it into his arms.

"do not want!"

The cold fingers hit the skin, and Bai Yan was so cold that she shivered. She suddenly regained her senses and knocked off Xue Yunshu's arm.

Xue Yunshu's originally smiling face was covered with wind and frost in an instant, and it was so gloomy that it was frightening.Bai Yan turned around and wanted to run, but unexpectedly the middle-aged man was behind her. Seeing her move, he called the servants to come up to her, and tied Bai Yan firmly in three or two strokes.

"Xue Cheng, take him to Yihonglou."

Xue Yunshu said to the middle-aged man, and gave Bai Yan another sideways look, then slowly shook his fan and walked forward gracefully.

Bai Yan was so frightened that she couldn't speak, and couldn't break free from the tightly tied rope, so she could only cry.

A group of people walked a few steps amidst the whispers of passers-by, and then turned into the flower street where Yihonglou was located. Only when they saw the golden signboard of Yihonglou, a hand suddenly appeared on Xue Yunshu's shoulder.

"Xue Yunshu, what immoral things are you doing? You can hear women crying from far away."

The owner of the hand poked his head out slowly, with the foolish smile that appeared in Bai Yan's nightmare a few days ago still on his face.

This time Bai Yan couldn't cry anymore, the wolf hadn't left yet, and the tiger came again, she might die here today!

"Brother Shen." Xue Yunshu responded politely.

"I bother!"

Shen Wuyu spat at him, and said disdainfully, "Don't get too close to me! You want to be shameless for robbing women in broad daylight?"

"Snatching women by force?" Xue Yunshu covered his face with a fan and laughed a few times, "Did I hear you right? Brother Shen said I robbed women by force?" After asking, he pointed his fingers behind him and said, "You guys A few, put her down and let Young Master Shen take a look."

Xue Cheng hurriedly asked someone to put down the bundled Bai Yan like a zongzi, and pushed it to Shen Wuyu.

Shen Wuyu looked down at the crying Bai Yan, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's you?"

"Isn't it the flower girl that Young Master Shen is looking for?" Xue Yunshu raised the corners of his mouth lightly, parted the fan with a swipe, and slowly shook it, "I don't know which law stipulates that Young Master Shen is only allowed to flirt with good women in the street, but I am not allowed." Xue Yunshu bought the little girl a glass of wine?"

"Bah! I think you are deliberately trying to get along with me! You want to grab everything I like, the jadeite cabbage from Jinyufang, and the gold silk brocade from Linglongyizhuang are all given to you, and now you even want a woman Zheng, let's see if I don't give you any flair today, you really think I, Shen Wuyu, are easy to bully!"

Shen Wuyu was aroused by his non-painful tone, and remembering that he was always suppressing him in the past, the anger in his chest couldn't help burning even hotter, so he raised his fist and threw it at Xue Yunshu's face.Xue Yunshu didn't expect that he would dare to do something, and he was hit in the face inadvertently. Two streams of warm liquid immediately flowed out of his nose, and his face turned red a lot.

"Ouch! My grandfather!"

Xue Cheng yelled exaggeratedly, and quickly stepped forward to support Xue Yunshu.All the family members of Xue's family were Lianjiazi, and without waiting for Xue Yunshu's order, they stepped forward and cut off Shen Wuyu's hands, and put him in front of Xue Yunshu.

Xue Yunshu covered his face in severe pain, and stared at Shen Wuyu for an instant, until Shen Wuyu was a little hairy, so he slowly opened the corners of his mouth, showing an inexplicable smile.The beautifully shaped lips were soaked in blood, giving off a strange beauty, which was so creepy.

"Xue Cheng, please invite Mr. Shen into the building. Today, I will treat him well."

"Yes, Master!"

Xue Cheng got the order, and with a wave of his hand, Shen Wuyu was lifted up just like Bai Yan before, and swaggered all the way into the red building.His mouth was blocked long ago, and he could only wriggle around, but he couldn't make a sound.It's unlucky for him to come to this day. It's rare for him to go out alone to relax. He didn't bring any good friends who played well on weekdays. Even the servant who insisted on coming with him was sent to the restaurant in the south of the city to buy things.Now he was left alone, tied from head to toe by Xue Yunshu, who couldn't bear any loss, and couldn't even move a hair. The result can be imagined.