Lintai Storm Record

Seeing that all the maids retreated, even Jiang Meng was not in front of her.

Empress Dowager Zhou picked up the spoon, stirred the porridge, tasted it, her eyes lit up.

"Is your mother feeling better?"

Song Qianzhi remained silent and did not answer.

Empress Dowager Zhou understood, frowned slightly, and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Your cooking skills are really similar to your mother, and you also look more like her." The Queen Mother Zhou looked far away, and slowly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, "I heard Jiang Meng say that the emperor asked you to come and accompany me for lunch. Shan, you came into the palace early in the morning because you were afraid that your aunt would think too much. The court is in troubled times, and it is also a disaster year, and the emperor is also annoyed. If it is my own son, it is easy to say..."

The Empress Dowager Zhou's words stopped abruptly, her eyes moved, she looked at Song Qianzhi with tenderness, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, and she sighed: "Hong'er loved your cousin the most at that time, if he was here, he would never let you Subdued in the Ministry of Secretary, as a subordinate to a sinner."

"Auntie knows Master Lu's background?" Song Qianzhi looked at the woman in front of him. The Empress Dowager Zhou was four years older than his mother, but now she looked younger and more beautiful than her younger sister.

"I know." The Empress Dowager Zhou sneered, "When Hong'er's accident happened, the late emperor didn't make up his mind on which prince to be the prince. This Lu Guanwei made a lot of ideas for the emperor, but this person is treacherous and cunning, and he will take revenge. So I Tell the emperor that if he wants to win the support of the Zhou family, he will dispatch this Lu Guan to Quzhou and never enter the capital."

Song Qianzhi's heart was awe-inspiring, and he asked calmly: "There is no such thing in Lintai's records..."

"Lu Guan has never been an official. It's just that people around the emperor who can't stand on the stage are not qualified to join the ranks in Lintai." Worry appeared in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhou, "After your grandfather passed away, the Zhou family has not been as good as it used to be. It's hard for you to support yourself alone." Mother-like understanding appeared on the face of the Empress Dowager Zhou, she reached out and shook Song Qianzhi's hand, "Li Xiangwen has done a good job, I have more time to walk around, it is best to recognize a master good."

Coming out from the Empress Dowager, the sun was just right, and it was already the time when the court was over.

"Eunuch Jiang, come here." Song Qianzhi beckoned Jiang Meng who was waiting outside, and handed him a jade pendant. His belongings were all good.

Jiang Meng smiled brightly, even with a little panic.

"Young Lord, please give me orders if you have something to do." He put Yu away and listened carefully.

"After I entered the palace, I brought porridge to the Queen Mother and left the palace." Song Qianzhi said in a low voice.

Jiang Meng quickly said yes: "Naturally, the young master is so filial, it moves the heavens and the earth."

Song Qianzhi didn't stay long, so he rushed out of the palace and went to the secretary's province.

The Secretary's Office is not far from the imperial palace, and it takes less than half an hour to walk. Song Qianzhi went by in a carriage and learned that Lu Guan was not there.

"Lord Lu went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to see Lou Jiangyue's body." Secretary Cheng came to report.

Song Qianzhi was tired all night, and when he heard that Lu Guan was not there, he was so happy that he almost jumped up, so he went to the back hall and rested in the room where he usually took a nap, and was woken up just after he fell asleep.

Song Qianzhi did not agree.

I don't know who is coming from the outside, and they slammed the door loudly without winking.In desperation, Song Qianzhi had no choice but to ask: "Who is it?"

"My lord, my lord, someone from the palace is here."

While putting on his shoes, Song Qianzhi greeted the eighteenth generation of the emperor's ancestors in his heart. Ever since he was in charge of the secretary department, he had devoted himself to the royal family all day long, exhausting himself, and delaying his examination for fame.The sons of the officials who played since they were young have all become senior members of the second and third ranks now, and he is still a tepid fourth rank.Although it is said that he holds the handle of all the important officials in the capital, he still has to salute when he sees someone with a higher official rank.

The family is sick, and the emperor has a case to deal with, so he sent a boss who went straight to him and guarded against him, what kind of moth is coming now.

Under the plum blossom tree in the courtyard, the man standing was dressed in dark green robes, with a beast embroidered on his arm, a palm-width silver belt around his waist, a jet-black knife on his shoulders, and a gauze hat tied to jaw.

Song Qian was shocked.Dressed up like this, they are Qilin guards, the emperor's personal secret guards, who would never be sent out of the palace under normal circumstances.

The qilin guard had heard Song Qianzhi's footsteps, but he did not turn his head, but looked at the plum blossoms in full bloom in front of him, and said cheerfully: "The plum blossoms in the Secretary's province bloom better than those in the palace, and they are really fragrant."

Song Qianzhi didn't make a sound.

The man turned around, he looked very good-looking, under the sun Song Qianzhi could hardly see his face clearly, after seeing it clearly, he couldn't help but feel regretful.

A scar as long as half a palm dragged from the corner of the man's eye, and even his pretty face was disfigured.

"Who is this?"

The man smiled and said, "Before next week, here is an edict. I want Master Song to listen to it." The Qilin Guard named Zhou Xian took out the bright yellow edict from his sleeve, and sent an edict to the secretary. Secretary Cheng, the official position is second, Zhou is the Qilin Guard first, and sooner or later he will be transferred back to the emperor's side.It's just that the emperor ordered him to be a juror in this case, which means that even though Zhou Xian is just Secretary Cheng, who is inferior to Song Qianzhi, he has a relationship with him in the case of Lou Jiangyue and Lin Shutong. same permissions.

After Song Qianzhi received the order, he got up, and the sadness on his face deepened.

Zhou Xian rubbed his nose, as if he was apologetic, and he was not used to looking directly at people, so he kept looking around and asked where Song Qianzhi's secretary, Supervisor, was.

Song Qianzhi returned from a doze and yawned.

"I went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to look at the corpse early in the morning. I just said to take a nap, and you came here. Does the emperor have any other orders?" Song Qianzhi asked again.

Zhou Xian waved his hand with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I didn't say anything. I think what the emperor means is to ask the two adults to investigate clearly and report everything in detail."

Song Qianzhi chewed silently for a while, looking at the Qilin Guard in front of him, Zhou Xian seemed to be indifferent to anything, walked up and down in the yard, turned around and said to Song Qianzhi: "Your Excellency, don't worry about me. Walk around." After taking two steps, he stopped, "Is the case file in the secretary's province? Or in the criminal department?"

The secretary next to him replied: "In the hall."

Back in the room again, Song Qianzhi couldn't fall asleep. He hugged the quilt and rolled twice on the bed, his headache was splitting, and his mind was still thinking about things for a moment.

Just send Lu Guan to suppress him.

Qilinwei is the emperor's secret agent, all of them are very skilled, and one person is worth a hundred, and he only listens to the emperor's instructions.The number of people is not large, and there are only ten people in the hands of this emperor, but it is enough to shock hundreds of officials.

Song Qianzhi has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his martial arts are not weak, and he did not dare to confront Qilin Wei head-on. Qilin Wei is a person who does not want his life. A person who dares to fight with his life will be given three points by the king of Hades.

To say that the predecessor of the Ministry of Secretaryship was precisely this small number of Qilin Guards, but after all, they were undercover spies.After the establishment of the Secretary's Department, Qilin Guards became the eyes and dragon claws of the emperor full-time. The files of Beijing officials in the Lintai library were all discovered, recorded, and handed over by Qilin Guards.Song Qianzhi only knew the heads of the Qilin guards, but he didn't know Zhou Xian.

Before he could figure out what the emperor wanted to do, it was time to enter the palace, but Lu Guan hadn't come back yet.

Song Qianzhi was so anxious that he asked someone to invite Lu Guan to the Ministry of Punishment. He had just been dispatched, but before he could get on his horse, Song Qianzhi stopped him, called him back, rode his horse, and galloped to the Ministry of Punishment.

When Lu Guancai came out of the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, he saw Song Qian standing outside with a sweaty face, talking to someone, and giving the horse reins to the person.

Lu Guan thought for a while, but still called out: "Master Song."

Only then did Song Qianzhi see him, he pulled back the rein, dismissed the man, and went forward.

"Let's go, Mr. Lu."

Lu Guan: "???"

"I'm going to the palace to have lunch with the emperor today, didn't you forget?" Seeing Lu Guan's dazed face, Song Qianzhi, who was sleep-deprived and had a splitting headache, almost died of anger.

"Get on the horse." Song Qianzhi urged.

Lu Guan came back to his senses, and hugged Song Qianzhi onto the horse.

Song Qianzhi was stunned, before returning to his senses, Lu Guan turned over and sat behind him, wrapped his arms around and took the rein of the horse, shaking it fiercely.

The sound of horseshoes trampled all the way from the gate of the yamen, Song Qian sat on the horseback with a strange face, the two were very close, he finally couldn't help it, and asked loudly: "Why do you smell so bad?"

Lu Guan: "Huh?"

"I said, you stink!"

"Just came out of the mortuary, almost rotten."

Song Qianzhi's face was livid, he ate a full stomach of Laba porridge early in the morning, and stayed up all night last night, all kinds of discomfort broke out, he turned his head and opened his mouth and vomited, some of the soup stained his robe.

Behind him, Lu Guan laughed loudly, leaned into his ear and said loudly: "Now Master Song, don't dislike me, you and I stink like the same."

Song Qianzhi's heart moved, he wanted to turn to look at Lu Guan's expression, Lu Guan's attitude towards him today was very different from yesterday.

But the horse had already stopped in front of Yujie, Lu Guan got off the horse first, and then walked forward regardless of Song Qianzhi.

Song Qianzhi went to the palace gate with a dark face to tell him to tie the horse, and the two entered the palace together. The eunuch who came to take them there couldn't help but wrinkled his nose and looked this way, wanting to ask but dared not speak out.

When it was almost time to reach the Chengyuan Hall, Sun Xiu came out, and as soon as she met her, her face changed.

"This is on the two adults..."

Seeing that the hour was approaching, Song Qianzhi asked Sun Xiu to take them to change into two clean clothes without having time to explain.

Entering the room, Lu Guan still felt dissatisfied: "It's just a meal, I just go to handle the case, there is nothing shameful, why bother to change clothes."

Song Qianzhi had already unbuttoned his clothes, leaving only his snow-white undershirt.

Lu Guan turned around and saw the bright light passing through the thin layer of underwear on Song Qianzhi's body, waist to waist, hip to hip.He turned his back with an uncomfortable face, stood in the room, and began to take off the black robe on his body.

☆, Lou Jiangyue (Lu)

The last time Song Qianzhi saw Fu Mingshao was a few days ago when he was ordered to enter the palace late at night. Fu Mingshao was full of fire and almost overturned the Chengyuan Hall.

After passing Long Wei, Song Qianzhi was ordered to investigate the two cases that the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not dare to investigate to the bottom. The next day, he saved an order for the secretary, and a special approval followed, allowing Song Qianzhi to Qianzhi was forbidden to enter and leave the palace at will during the investigation.

At this time, Song Qianzhi looked at Lu Guan. His new robe was bright and beautiful, and it dispelled the gloom on his face. If he looked closely, if it wasn't for the annoying red scar on his face, it would be considered a Good-looking, and Lu Guan's facial features are profound. At first glance, he felt that he was full of uncomfortable hostility. Probably the two of them went in and out together for two days. Song Qianzhi felt that Lu Guan was not that annoying.

"Quite good looking."

Hearing Lu Guan's words at first, Song Qianzhi was startled, and said with a smile, "Master Lu is also pretty."

There was a hint of sarcasm on the corner of Lu Guan's mouth.

He is a disfigured person, but Song Qianzhi praises him for his good looks, is it not hypocrisy?The color makes him faint, he has passed out once, and he should learn a lesson.

Lu Guan's cold and serious expression fell into Song Qianzhi's eyes, he just thought that he committed another shyness and awkwardness of a pure innocent little virgin, and didn't take it seriously.

The eunuch outside came to urge them, and the two walked out, Song Qianzhi deliberately lagged behind by half a step, Lu Guan was not humble, and walked out with a big chest.

There were only eunuchs and maids on duty in the inner hall, and Fu Mingshao was not there. Sun Xiu brought the two of them to the table, clapped their hands lightly, and two beautiful maids came in with food boxes and a plate of twelve small dishes. up.

Song Qianzhi frowned slightly and understood.

Lu Guan turned around and asked Sun Xiu who brought them here: "Where is the emperor? The emperor hasn't come yet, shouldn't we wait?"

Song Qianzhi had gone to sit down, and the maid filled a bowl for him first, and was already filling the second bowl.He picked up the spoon, took a sip, and chewed carefully.

The wind happened to raise the tulle in the palace, covering the palace where the emperor spends most of his time alone.

"The emperor is seeing Prime Minister Li elsewhere, and I'm afraid he won't have time to eat porridge with the two adults for lunch." Sun Xiu lowered her eyes and changed the subject, "I don't think it's clear that Mr. Lu is the only one who is an official of the third or fourth rank. , are not qualified to eat in Chengyuan Palace." Sun Xiu stopped talking and turned to Song Qianzhi.

Lu Guan followed his eyes and saw that Song Qianzhi was eating well, with porridge still on the corner of his mouth.

Lu Guan: "..."

Song Qianzhi put down the spoon, stood up, and knelt down straight to Sun Xiu. This kneeling was very short, accompanied by a resounding "Song Qianzhi thank the emperor for his reward".Sun Xiu hurriedly went to help him up, and said in a low voice: "It's good that the little marquis is happy, but the emperor is not here, the servant can't bear it." After that, he bowed down to straighten Song Qianzhi's robe, knelt down on one knee, and dusted off his clothes. Dust off the non-existent dust on the back of Song Qian's boots.

Sun Xiu immediately led the people out.

Lu Guan walked over to sit down with an ugly face.

Song Qianzhi handed over the bowl, and ate the porridge by himself without touching the side dishes, eating very deliciously.

Since Lu Guan entered the secretary department, not only Song Qianzhi was paying attention to him, but he was also paying attention to Song Qianzhi.Song Qianzhi was five years younger than him, and he was tactful and sophisticated. Did such a person really kill Fu Mingshao for four years?

"Eat it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold. There is honey juice in the food box, if you eat sweet, put some in it, and I have to go to Wangzao country in the afternoon, and go back to the Secretary's Department first, the emperor sent us extra Personal." Song Qianzhi talked while eating.

Lu Guan: "Who did you send?"

"It's called Zhou Xian. You don't even know me after I told you. Have you ever heard of Qilin Tomb? It's the emperor's hidden guard, sent to watch us." Song Qianzhi said casually.

Lu Guan was absent-minded and obviously thinking about something. After a meal, Song Qian ate three bowls with a face, saying that he was vomited by Lu Guan on the way, and he felt sick to his stomach if he didn't eat more.

Going back, Song Qianzhi was still sitting in front, and Lu Guan was sitting behind him riding the horse. The two were very close. Song Qianzhi was thinking about something, but he didn't feel anything. When he dismounted, he saw Lu Guan blushing, and wanted to ask him if he was sick. Now, I feel that the relationship between the two is not so good.

After noon, the sky gradually darkened, and the snow began to fall within half an hour.

As Song Qianzhi walked in, he asked where Zhou Xian was. The book office said that Mr. Zhou was sitting at the back of the main room and reading the case files. He fell asleep on the recliner with the file on his body.

Before Song Qianzhi could speak, Lu Guan walked over in two steps. As soon as his hand touched the case file, Mr. Zhou had already moved his hand before he opened his eyes. He grabbed Lu Guan's wrist with his backhand, and Lu Guan pushed him into Zhou Xian's arms. Holding his right wrist, the two pushed back and forth, Lu Guan called out: "Master Song!"

Song Qianzhi understood immediately, and acted first, and took the case file from Lu Guan's hand. Although Lu Guan and Zhou Xian both grabbed each other's hands, no one got the case file.

Song Qianzhi smiled and raised the file in Yang's hand: "Sir, do you want to go to the yard to make gestures? Just let the big guy come out to watch the excitement, it's so boring."

Zhou Xian let go, rolled over and got off the ground, stood up, and saw the scar on Lu Guan's face at a glance.

"It must be the Secretary Supervisor, Lord Lu, the emperor appointed me to jury the case of Lou Jiangyue and Lin Shutong, please advise Lord Lu." With a slight cup of his hands, Zhou Xian went to the side to drink tea.

Lu Guanli ignored him and picked up another case file from the table.

"I found in Lou Jiangyue's stomach the same health-preserving tea that Lin Shutong used." Lu Guan said to Song Qianzhi, "It's also poisonous."

"Enough to be fatal?" Song Qianzhi asked.

"It's far away, he took a sip at most. Lou Jiangyue has fatal injuries on his body, so the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not inspect his internal organs. It takes time to detect the poison. After I separated from you last night, I went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Song Qianzhi knew why Lu Guan smelled so bad when we met today.

"Why did you even think of looking into this?"

"I have seen the teapot on Lou Jiangyue's table. The tea leaves and tea water have been processed. The teapot has not been taken away or cleaned. Obviously, it was not handled by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The Ministry of Criminal Justice does not think there is anything wrong with this teapot. It rules out."

"In Lou Jiangyue's case, there was no record of the tea he drank, nor did he mention the teapot." In order to prevent misremembering, Song Qianzhi turned to the evidence from memory, and frowned, "Look, there really isn't any."

Lu Guan flipped through the pages, and suddenly said, "Let me mention Wang Zaoguo again."

Song Qianzhi stopped him with a voice.

"Need not."

Lu Guan was displeased and wanted to say something else.

Song Qianzhi walked behind Zhou Xian, and Zhou Xian was lying on the window watching the snowfall outside, with a knife on his waist, his two legs crossed together very naturally, one toe pointing backwards on the ground.

"Zhou Xian, go to the palace in the afternoon and ask Eunuch Jiang, what kind of tea does Lin Shutong, the lead dancer in the Pipa Garden, get on weekdays? What kind of tea does she get in the palace for the past month? Write out a list for everything you need, and ask him to go to the Tai Hospital and ask if Lin Shutong has received any medicine in the Tai Hospital recently."

Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled up, as if he thought Song Qianzhi was very interesting, he responded and strode out.

Lu Guan was left alone, and then got up, wanting to say something.

Song Qianzhi looked at him strangely.

"His martial arts are not weak." Lu Guan said.

Song Qianzhi: "..."

The snow was falling loudly, Lu Guan wrote and drew on the paper, a few lines of words, circles and arrows were written sporadically on his paper, the tea at hand was always hot, and two book offices were transcribing what.

Lu Guan lost his mind, looked up and saw Song Qianzhi outside the door with his legs crossed, and a brazier in front of him, he was obviously very afraid of the cold, just now he took out a leather robe to wrap it up, and his maidservant brought him some warmth The small copper stove in my hand, the sky outside was as dark as evening, but it was just Shen time.

Song Qian's face was reddened by the light from the brazier, and he stared intently at the cluster of flames, as if in a daze.

Two hours after Zhou Xian went there, the officials from the Secretary's Province all finished their work and went home to hug their wives and coax their children, and the two officials who were in charge of the family were still waiting.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Lu got up and stretched his waist, and lit the lamp on the table. The brazier outside the door had already gone out.Lu Guan went out and saw Song Qianzhi curled up in the chair, fell asleep at some point, his face was flushed from the cold, he suddenly got angry, and he stretched out his hand to push him.Suddenly and inexplicably remembered that in the palace at noon, the emperor was not in front of him, and Song Qianzhi also knelt down in front of a eunuch.

That move became clear in his mind.

The young man in front of him is the son of Marquis An Ding, and who is the "big brother" he met in Zhang Jingju yesterday?In the future, if Song Qianzhi wanted to take over the seat of Marquis Anding, how could he have another elder brother who would still call him third brother.

Song Qianzhi, who was sleeping at the moment, looked helpless and weak between his brows.

Lu Guan withdrew his hand, squatted down, got up, went to the backyard to find some charcoal, and lit a bunch of dry grass to burn the charcoal again.

Inadvertently, he turned his head to the side, and his eyes slid across Song Qianzhi's closed eyes, and he inadvertently saw his fingers holding the hand stove, all of them were long and well-proportioned.

Lu Guan squatted there, rubbing his hands to warm himself by the fire, turning to look at Song Qianzhi's face from time to time, as if an invisible force was controlling him.After several times, there was only one picture in Lu Guan's mind, which was Song Qianzhi's long black eyelashes, so quiet and delicate, like water ripples that would shatter when touched.

In the secretary's courtyard, the snow was getting thicker and thicker.

An hour after the palace gate was locked, Lu Guan just woke up Song Qianzhi. Song Qianzhi was sleepy, with a dazed expression, unable to recover for a long time.

Someone stepped on the snow outside the door and came in.

The burly man with his oil coat torn off was none other than Zhou Xian. He didn't have much hope at first, but he was also surprised to see people sitting under the verandah.

"Are you awake?"

Song Qianzhi responded vaguely, took the tea offered by Lu Guan, took a sip, it was still lukewarm.After realizing it, he almost threw the tea out, it was the tea that Lu Guan served him, he glanced at Lu Guan strangely.

Zhou Xian had already walked over, took out the folded paper from his bosom, glanced at Lu Guan, and then at Song Qianzhi.

Song Qianzhi coughed lightly: "Give it to him, to Mr. Lu."

Lu Guan took it and walked to the side to look at it, handed it to Song Qianzhi after finishing it, and Song Qianzhi handed it to Zhou Xian after finishing it.

Zhou Xian wondered: "I want to see it too?"

"You are also a juror." Lu Guan said impatiently, this week, the emperor sent them to monitor and urge them to be correct, and he never thought of helping to handle the case.

"The tea served by Lin Shutong is a special offering from the palace." Song Qianzhi said.

"Health tea too?"

"That's right. There are two kinds of medicinal materials in it that are supplied by foreign countries to the royal family. Originally, there would be no Pipa Garden. The late emperor thought that since the palace could not use it every year, he let the Pipa Garden be used. Song and dance girls often have voice problems. .”

"Will there be a Spring Garden?"

Song Qianzhi thought for a while and looked at the sky, it was indeed too late.

"Let Zhou Xian go again tomorrow." Song Qianzhi apologized embarrassedly to Zhou Xian, "There are too many things today, and you are in a daze. You should have checked Lou Jiangyue's things together."

Zhou Xian doesn't care.

But Lu Guan asked: "I only entered the palace at noon, and I haven't slept enough in the morning? How can you sleep so well?"

Song Qianzhi couldn't help laughing: "People eat five grains, and each has its own way of life. Some people are mentally weak, and some people are physically strong. How long do I want to sleep, Master Lu also cares about it?"

Lu Guanben just blurted it out, got a bad nose, and stopped talking back. The three of them packed up their things and went home.When he walked out of the secretary's province, Song Qianzhi stood still in the snow, tightened his oil coat, and asked Lu Guan: "Master Lu has just entered Beijing, so I don't know where to stay?"

Lu Guan glanced sideways at Song Qian, and said, "Dogs have kennels, where do I live, Master Song also cares about it?"

Heavy snow covered Lu Guan's calm and steady pace, Song Qianzhi stood there speechless, Zhou Xian came to say goodbye to him, Song Qianzhi shook his head, the servant took the oil coat he took off, and another person helped him get into the The carriage sent by the Hou Mansion.

The carriage was very warm, Bai Yue and Zhan Xing poured tea one by one and handed over snacks to each other.

On the long street in a snowy day, the night is very cold, the wind is strong, and it penetrates into people's necks everywhere.

The carriage and Lu Guan were walking in the same direction, Song Qianzhi looked out the window and saw Lu Guan hunched over, with his upper body leaning forward, walking against the wind and snow.

"Master Lu." Song Qianzhi called out.

Lu Guan stood still, a carriage stopped beside him, Song Qianzhi's face appeared on the window, Lu Guan looked past him and saw that the carriage was brightly lit, and the two beautiful maidservants he had seen in his house.

"Master Lu is going to the north of the city? Why don't you get in the car..."

Before Song Qianzhi finished speaking, Lu Guan waved his hand and walked forward.

Song Qianzhi put down the curtains, drank tea, ate snacks, and was thinking about something.Lu Guan was a loner, and it was this "independence" that made Fu Mingshao trust him, or Lu Guan was too smart, saw through Fu Mingshao's intentions, secretly made friends with officials, and kept everything hidden.Or Lu Guan is a big fool, there is really no friend in the court.

"Master, the old lady brought someone into the mansion today." Bai Yue said while looking at Song Qianzhi's face.

"Well, who?" Song Qianzhi choked on a piece of cake wolfily, almost choking, took a sip of hot tea, and breathed out comfortably.

"Her little great-grandson."

What great-grandson?Song Qianzhi first thought that he had not married a wife, then thought that his sister was married but not pregnant, and finally thought of a person.

"The one outside?" Song Qianzhi asked coldly.

"Yes, it was said that it was too cold. The child was sick and it was inconvenient to go outside, so he was picked up at the mansion. He only came in the evening. The old lady wanted his wife to send a letter to the palace to ask the empress dowager for pulse." That doctor Du is called to the mansion to see a child."

After not sleeping all night, and falling asleep in the snow during the day, Song Qianzhi's head ached violently, as if someone had hit his brain with a sledgehammer, and he supported his head with one hand.

"Has the old lady looked for her mother?"

"Don't worry, young master. The mansion is waiting for you to go back. The old lady hasn't mentioned it to her."

Song Qianzhi took a deep breath, opened the car door, and told the driver to speed up.He couldn't sit still for a moment, the Song family really wanted his mother's life, Song Qianzhi suddenly opened the curtains, and he couldn't see Lu Guan in the future, the long street was dark, so depressing In snowy days, every household put away their stalls early.

☆, Lou Jiangyue ([-])

The lights in Hou's mansion were brightly lit, and it was rare that Song Qianzhi's father was also at home. When An Dinghou saw his son's face that was at odds with his wife, he felt apprehensive.

"I'm back." Anding Hou is over forty years old, and he is still in good condition. He has a black beard, and there is a bit of guilt and anxiety hidden on his gentle face, "I don't know when you will come back. meal."

Sitting on the table was the "big brother" whom Song Qianzhi met in Zhang Jingju, and a woman in a Jingchai cloth skirt. The woman stood up uncomfortably and called out, "Uncle."

His eldest brother stopped his chopsticks, looked over with a smile, and said, "The third brother is back too, are you hungry? Wash your hands and come over to eat. We just ate not long ago, and the dishes haven't been touched much."

Seeing Song Qianzhi standing still, Marquis An Ding felt a little uneasy, and said in a deep voice, "Qianzhi, come and sit down."

The corner of Song Qianzhi's mouth curled up coldly, and he walked over, and the eldest son was sitting on the right hand of Marquis Anding.

Song Qianzhi did not sit down on the left side indicated by Hou An Ding, but took the bowls and chopsticks brought up by the servants, and sat down opposite to Hou An Ding.

Hou An Ding heaved a sigh of relief, with cold sweat all over his back, he said with a smile on his face, "Eat quickly, these are all your favorite dishes, the emperor rewarded you with Laba porridge in the palace today?"

"Yeah." Song Qianzhi poked his chopsticks in the dish twice with a cold face, and called the servants, "How to eat if it's dirty, change this dish, and redo the coir raincoat meat."

"Uncle, only Lord Hou has touched a chopstick for this dish, so it's okay..." the woman whispered.

"Change!" Song Qianzhi didn't even look at the people on the table.

Marquis Anding and his eldest son's expressions were already ugly.

"Song Qianzhi." Marquis Anding said.

"Father." Song Qianzhi put down his chopsticks and stared coldly at his father opposite him.

Marquis Anding was born with the appearance of a literati, and he was famous for his temper in the court. Before marrying his wife, he managed money for the Ministry of Industry for many years. He is a good old man, and he has long been unable to get along.

Hou An Ding took a deep breath, and tried to slow down his tone: "Today in court, who made you angry?"

"No."

"Then why are you mad at your elder brother and sister-in-law?"

Song Qianzhi twitched his eyebrows, looking amused, and looked at his father carefully.

"Who is my big brother?"

"It's not your elder brother, who are you?" Marquis An Ding pointed at his eldest son, his face flushed, and Song Qianzhi's contemptuous and mocking expression was exactly the same as those ministers who looked down on him.No one took him seriously. Since he married the Zhou family's daughter, he has never been able to straighten his back.

"Master Hou, uncle, don't get angry." The woman smoothed things over and called the servants to come over and order to change the dishes.

"What are you changing!" An Dinghou slapped his chopsticks, and a small cup in front of him was knocked over in an instant, and the wine flowed up his robe. Don't recognize this father either."

This is to force Song Qianzhi to bow his head.

Song Qianzhi's elder brother didn't say a word, just lowered his head, feeling very wronged.On the contrary, his wife could not stop persuading him, she couldn't stop looking at Song Qianzhi in embarrassment, but she didn't dare to speak to him.

"Where's grandma?" Song Qianzhi asked calmly.

"Do you still want to piss off your ancestor?" Anding Hou's face turned red and purple.It was he who patted his chest and promised his mother that he would be able to deal with Song Qianzhi. If this little bastard disturbed his mother, wouldn't he slap him in the face?

"Today, no one told me about my ancestor's recognition of his relatives. It was my father who wrote the post and sent it to the uncles and elders of the Song family. How can the elder brother recognize his ancestor and return to his clan without opening the ancestral hall?"

Hearing Song Qianzhi's words at first, An Dinghou couldn't help but beam with joy, although he still had some doubts about why he, the third son who was walking sideways in the capital, let go so easily.In recent years, he has had the idea more than once to take Lu Shi who was raised outside the mansion into the Hou Mansion, but he dared not bring up the relationship between Song Qianzhi's mother and son and the Queen Mother. Could it be that he has been thinking too much, in fact Song Qianzhi didn't have that much hostility towards his elder brother, and Zhou's may not be unable to agree.

Or my mother was right, when that old man of the Zhou family died, the family would disappear.No matter what, the son still has his surname and is still from the Song family.

"I'm not busy, I have to eat first." Hou An Ding was in a good mood, and he didn't care about changing the dishes. When the new dishes were served in the kitchen, he even drank two glasses with his son.

It's just that Song Qianzhi still didn't drink the "big brother"'s wine. After eating hastily, he got up and said to An Dinghou, who was drunk and blushed from drinking, "Father, I'm going to see my mother."

An Dinghou smiled and waved: "Go, your mother always misses you, and misses you every day."

Song Qianzhi went out on the front foot, and the eldest son of Marquis Anding turned cold and stopped laughing on the back foot.

"Father, you are too lenient with this son."

Marquis An Ding was in a happy mood, regardless of what the eldest son said, he tapped the plate lightly with his chopsticks, and said with a smile: "What should be given to him, I have to give it to him, otherwise I can't give it to you what should be given to you." .”

The eldest son didn't take it seriously, ate his food, put down his chopsticks and asked his father, "Who prescribes Zhou's medicine? Is the doctor from the mansion? Or from the palace?"

"Don't worry about it, Ben Hou will do it." Anding Hou took another sip of his wine.

The eldest son frowned: "Father, you should drink less, mother doesn't like you getting drunk."

Hou An Ding smiled: "Happy, how can your mother not let me in?" He raised his drunken eyes, his brain was active, and there was some lust in the corners of his eyes, he hurriedly filled his stomach, and went out to ask someone to prepare the car.

"Is it snowing outside?" Zhou Wanxin swallowed a spoonful of medicine, leaned in Song Qianzhi's arms, and glanced at the window, which was tightly closed.

"Well, it's snowing all the time this winter." Song Qianzhi wiped the corner of Zhou Wanxin's mouth with a handkerchief, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year, Qin Tianjian said it's a good thing."

Zhou Wanxin sneered, gasped for breath, and managed to make a sound.

"You always have to say something nice, otherwise you will be disgusted." This sentence has two meanings, she blushed a little, grabbed Song Qianzhi's arm, and asked him, "How are the people in the capital?"

Song Qianzhi: "It's okay inside the capital, but the villages and towns dozens of miles outside the city are all freezing. Before the Chinese New Year, the Ministry of Households will urge all localities to distribute official charcoal to the people for the winter."

Zhou Wanxin let go, leaned back softly, and coughed.

"That's good. If you can go, you can go too. I still have some silver taels in my private treasury. I can buy some rice and cotton..."

"Mother, I know. The doctor said that you should not worry about your illness. If you don't take good care of your body, my son will really..." Song Qianzhi's voice choked.

Zhou Wanxin held his hand in her palm, looked up at him and smiled, she had been ill for several years, her whole body was broken, her face was covered with some powder, her cheeks were sunken, only her eyes could vaguely see her. It can be seen that Yuan is also a peerless beauty. At this time, she was full of the joy of a little daughter, but she couldn't bear the tiredness, and fell asleep without saying a few words to Song Qianzhi, and there was still half a bowl of medicine left.

Song Qianzhi gently helped her down to lie down, sat on the side of the couch for a long time, got up and went out to see the doctor who prescribed Zhou Wanxin's prescription.

"As long as I can survive this winter, Madam's illness will improve greatly." The doctor who treated Zhou Wanxin was originally an imperial physician in the palace. After leaving the palace, he opened a clinic in the capital. He was an old acquaintance with Song Qianzhi's grandfather up.

"I'm sorry, the imperial physician, what kind of medicine do you need? Don't save me money. If it doesn't work, there are still in the palace." Song Qianzhi said earnestly.

"It's no longer a doctor, I should call you my lord instead."

Song Qianzhi hurriedly said that he didn't dare, so he asked Imperial Physician He to call him Qianzhi, and he respected Imperial Physician He as Uncle He.

Imperial Physician He smiled and said casually: "Madam Yuti has always been a job of Dr. Du. The Hou Mansion found me a few days ago. After I went back, I visited Lao Du. When he heard that I had taken over, he didn't care at all. I won’t give me any good looks. I’ve seen Lao Du’s prescription before, and after Madam can pass this test, I’ll switch back to Lao Du’s prescription. The blood vessels in the whole body are alive again. After this hurdle is over, I will take good care of it with Lao Du's prescription, and within a year, I will be able to walk around as usual."

Song Qianzhi didn't know anything else, and he had trust in Imperial Physician He's medical skills, so he invited him to have dinner at his place, delivered it himself, and let him go back in his own carriage.

The snow was still falling, Song Qianzhi drank ginger soup, Zhan Xing came to clean up, and asked him if he still wanted to go to the old lady's place.

Song Qianzhi said, "I won't go."

Zhan Xing seemed to have something to say, so he went out without saying anything.

Not long after, Baiyue came over to help Song Qianzhi wash his clothes, and when he undressed him, he asked in a low voice, "Master, is there any help?"