Troubled Times Survival Raiders

For Shen Yu's birthday in so many years, except for the occasional small ornaments made by Mrs. Song and Shen Yue, she has never received a formal gift.But the wooden box in front of him was very familiar.

The same is purple-black wood with fine grain, fine grinding and smoothness.It's just that compared to the box that held the jade pendant, this one is a lot bigger.

"Where did you come from?" Shen Yu sat on the carriage, looked at the wooden box, and couldn't help but ask Guo Yi who was in charge of delivering it.

Guo Yi looked more puzzled than him, "I still want to ask you! I was stopped by someone when I arrived at the door, and asked me to transfer it to you privately - if it wasn't for stuffing me, I would have thought it was Robbery at the entrance of the Imperial College in public!"

Guo Yi bit the word "privately" hard, with a lively expression, winking, "This box is made of high-quality sandalwood, and the price is not cheap! Tell me, who prepared this generous gift for you? "

Shen Yu glanced out the window, slowly stroked the lid of the wooden box, and told the servant to go back. "Who sent it, do you remember?"

"I don't know, it looks like he's a servant like a guard, and he's very careful in his movements, and has martial arts." Guo Yi tried his best to recall, and finally came back to express his dissatisfaction, "What the hell, I didn't show it in school. , please open me and have a look."

The sandalwood box has a small gold clasp.Shen Yu reached out to open it, and slowly opened the box.

He also had a faint expectation in his heart, what did Zan Yuan send?

"This...is a set of books?" Guo Yi said first, with disbelief.Such a precious wooden box is only used to hold a set of books?

Shen Yu was calmer than him, and reached out to take out the contents.Sure enough, it was a set of five books, sealed in a silk envelope. It seemed that the gift giver was extra worried and had prepared two layers of protection.

He took out the first book, and on the blue cover was written the word "university" in a beautiful font he was very familiar with.As for the inner page, Shen Yu had never seen such a fine paper, it was so smooth and thin that he was reluctant to turn it over.Each page is neatly and beautifully written, and the writing is not too big or small, which is easy to read and figure out the structure of the words.

"It's Chengxintang paper, it's really a big deal." Guo Yi said with emotion.After discovering that there were books in the box, and seeing that the font was written by a man, his interest seemed to have disappeared for the most part, and he stopped urging Shen Yu.

Only then did Shen Yu realize that he had also heard from his teacher that the paper named Chengxintang was the favorite of Emperor Jianning who loved poetry and calligraphy.Because of his admiration, high-ranking officials and nobles value this kind of paper.On that day, Zhou Kuang was feeling that mere paper could be sold at a high price and become a tribute, but in the Wenyuan Pavilion of His Royal Highness, he could use that paper to make drafts at will.

He carefully put the "University" back, and he knew what the other three were without thinking. He carefully read each of them without any letterhead.Shen Yu pulled out the last book, which was "Shang Shu".

Guo Yi muttered: "It seems that he is still an acquaintance, otherwise how would he know that you ruled the "Shangshu"?"

Yes, how did Zanyuan know that he chose "Shangshu" for this scripture?

This thought flashed. The 13-year-old Shen Yu is no longer as foolish as she used to be by saying "Zan Yuan looks like he came from a famous family, so he should know everything".It should not be such a coincidence that Guo Yi was able to hand over this book, which means that Zan Yuan knew that the two of them were friends, at least, that they knew each other.

Zanyuan... Who the hell is he?

Shen Yu stared blankly at the book in his hand.Until he was awakened by Guo Yi, "So you don't know who it is? This character is also very beautiful. It has been practiced for at least four or five years. It is not written by ordinary people. I guess it will cost a lot of money just to hire someone to copy the book." .”

It wasn't hired to write it.Shen Yu knew in her heart that Zan Yuan copied five books for herself.

This thought was very clear, those doubts became unimportant, the string in his heart was gently plucked, he was thinking about that chubby boy with soft hair, and his heart was extraordinarily soft.

He... How is he?

"Bojin? Bojin?" Guo Yi called out, "What are you thinking? Your home is almost here."

Shen Yu was startled suddenly, and sure enough, the archway of the Shen family came into view. "Thank you for today." He jumped out of the carriage with the wooden box in his arms and walked into the house.

"Bo Jin!" He heard an anxious call before he entered the door.Shen He came in a hurry, "Your grandfather is seriously ill, he can't speak now, and he can't drink medicine, you... hurry up and watch..."

There was a buzzing in Shen Yu's brain, the wooden box in his hand could hardly be held, he lost his posture for the first time, put the things away, and rushed to Shen Mu's room in three steps at a time.

There were many people around Shen Mu's bed, the doctor was administering needles, Shen Rong and Shen Tai were walking back and forth anxiously, Shen Yue was leaning in Lu's arms, weeping silently.

"Grandfather!" Shen Yu raised her voice.

Shen He was just hinting at him, rushing to see him for the last time.

"Yu Lang, come here quickly." Shen Rong grabbed his arm and pulled him to the nearest place to Shen Mu. "Father, Yulang is back!"

The doctor carefully applied the needle, his eyes were silent and his lips were tightly closed.

Rao Shen Yu also felt a sore chest when she saw this scene, and couldn't get out of her breath. "Grandfather, grandfather, grandson is here."

Hearing Shen Yu's call, Shen Mu's eyelids trembled.

"It's really effective!" The doctor was overjoyed, and started the injection quickly.When the last needle was pulled out, Shen Mu suddenly opened his eyes, tilted his head and spit out a mouthful of black blood.

"Meng Shen needs to rest well, you can just send someone to guard, don't surround yourself here." The doctor turned his head and chased away people, then felt Shen Mu's pulse, his face was serious,

The Lu family took Shen Yue away, and the three brothers came over and asked, "How is it, Doctor?"

"Shen Weng's illness can only be delayed for a while, even a master can't recover from the evil." The doctor's first sentence drove them into the abyss.

"Someone should watch over him at night, and give him liver-relief and wind-relief decoction when he has an attack. Remember, don't use ginseng decoction unless it is absolutely necessary." The doctor finally sighed, "Get ready."

Shen He is the eldest son. In this case, he could only respond with tears in his eyes, "Yes, I will send you out."

Looking at the skinny old man on the hospital bed, Shen Yu couldn't imagine that this was the grandfather who was supreme at home and could not be disobeyed.

Shen He came back after sending the doctor out, and Shen Tai and Shen Rong had already returned to the house.Shen He looked extremely tired, he said: "You go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to take a leave of absence, and come back to take care of your grandfather."

"Yes." Shen Yu said.He couldn't think anymore, "Then I'll talk to the teacher."

Shen He only said, "Go and come back quickly."

Shen Yu didn't even sit in the carriage, and asked someone to pull out a horse, and rode on to Zhou Mansion by himself.

Shen Yu came riding empty-handed, looking in a hurry, and the servants of the Zhou family did not dare to stop him.Shen Yu jumped off the horse and threw the reins to him, and strode towards the main hall by herself.Seeing Shen Yu rushing over, Zhou Kuang also stood up in surprise, "What happened?"

"Student is rude." Shen Yu bowed in a deep voice, "My ancestor is seriously ill, and the student is going to take a leave of absence from Chinese studies to go home to serve the sick. I am afraid that I will not be able to study with the teacher in the near future. I am here to warn you."

Zhou Kuang sighed: "This is human nature, I will not make things difficult for you, just spend more time with your family."

Zhou Kuang only asked a few questions about his condition, and then urged him to go back: "Don't waste time with me, go back and be with your grandfather, I have nothing to do here, I don't need you."

The marriage of the King of Chu has been settled, and the prince's next education will be another chapter.Zhou Kuang is naturally busy.

Before Shen Yu left, Zhou Kuang also asked someone to pack up some precious medicinal materials and bring them to him. "These are rewards from the palace. The ones you buy in the market are not as good as them. Take them back. I don't like to use them either."

"Since it is a reward from the palace, how dare the students accept it lightly." Shen Yu refused repeatedly after hearing the words from the palace.

When Zhou Kuang said this, his stubborn temper came up, "So what about the palace? It's not a valuable thing, it's just a few herbs! Take it back!"

Shen Yu declined several times, but still had no choice but to accept it.He rode a horse, but there was no place to put it, so he simply packed the medicinal materials on his back and rode back as usual.

"What is this?" Unexpectedly, as soon as Shen Yu went back, he saw Shen He looking at his wooden box and asked him solemnly.

Shen Yu suddenly remembered that when he came home, he was dragged into his grandfather's house, and he hadn't had time to hide the book.

"This is a gift from Zan Yuan to me." Shen Yu licked his lips nervously, facing his father, he still wouldn't lie.

"What is it?" Shen He asked.He didn't open it.He didn't ask why Zan Yuan knew where he was, and why Zan Yuan still gave him gifts.

Shen Yu replied, "It's the Four Books."

It seems that because of his father's serious illness, Shen He couldn't care less about pursuing these matters. "You rest first, and go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences tomorrow to ask for leave. I will go to your grandfather's house to guard."

On the second day, Shen Yu went to the Chinese Academy to ask for leave, explaining that she was going home to take care of the elders, and gained another vote of care.Guo Yi also clamored to visit in person, which aroused the approval of a group of students.

No matter how bad Shen Yu was at poetry, she passed the double-examination exam, and when she returned to school, her popularity improved a lot.After all, this is the Guozijian, and it still relies on articles and fame to speak.It turned out that those who looked down on Li Ting and Shen Yu also wanted to make friends with Shen Yu.

Shen Yu politely declined, "Grandfather is currently bedridden and unable to get up, and the family is exhausted, so I am afraid that he will not be able to entertain guests. When my grandfather recovers a bit, if all the students are still willing to visit the humble house, I will naturally entertain them well."

Everyone was just on a whim at first, but after hearing what Shen Yu said, they also realized that their thoughts were inappropriate, so they all changed their words to comfort him.

However, Shen Yu could refuse Guo Yi, but he couldn't refuse others.Soon the Song family received a letter saying that Mr. Song Song Cangshan personally brought his son to visit him.

Song Cangshan was also getting old, he came in person, Shen He greeted him, and advised him not to go to the bedside, so as not to get sick.Song Cangshan sighed, "I'm also a half-buried person, so why should I be afraid of getting sick? Now that I'm here, let me take a good look at my father-in-law."

Shen He had no choice but to let him into the house.Song Cangshan greeted Shen Mu.Shen Mu has woken up after receiving acupuncture from the doctor these days.It's just that I can't speak, and I can't move my body, only the eyeballs can turn around.

When he saw Song Cangshan coming in person, he was also a little moved, and his cloudy eyes glowed with emotion.

"Father-in-law, now that your children and grandchildren are up to the challenge, you have to take good care of yourself and don't give up lightly. I also went to hell last year. Isn't it still doing well now?" Song Cangshan tried to liven up the atmosphere with a smile.

Shen Mu blinked twice, seeming to agree, and tried to look at Shen Yu who was hiding behind.

Song Cangshan understood. "Yu Lang is an upright person, and he will definitely earn some face for the Shen family,"

Shen Mu seemed to let out a long sigh of relief, and seemed extremely tired, so he closed his eyes.Song Cangshan didn't stay any longer, and quietly walked out of the house.

In addition to relatives and old friends, even County Magistrate Zhang came to visit in person, which can be said to have given Shen Mu enough face.

However, Shen Mu still couldn't survive this year's winter.