Chapter 24 The twenty-fourth round of forced booking is hard to move Suzhi's shocking bad news has broken her heart

Yu Jiaolong was escorted back home.The car that secretly carried her and Xianggu arrived at the back gate of the Yu Mansion's back garden in the middle of the night, and Luanying personally brought Zhao Ma and two personal maids to pick it up.Everything was arranged extremely meticulously, and no one in the mansion knew about it except Mrs. Yu, Luanying, Bantou Shen, Mama Zhao and the two close maids in Luanying's room. Although Team Leader Shen went to Anguoliu Village in person and was also the planner and executor of this matter, he was extremely careful and would never let himself show himself in front of Miss Yu and Xianggu.On the way back to Beijing, Shen Bantou always followed the carriage far away, keeping a distance of at least five miles, so that although Yu Jiaolong was gnashing his teeth because he fell into the trap, he couldn't guess who it was. Set traps and tricks.Along the way, she also carefully discerned the occasional small conversations outside the car, but all that came into her ears were some strange voices.Along the way, she could only be at the mercy of others, unable to move at all.Yu Jiaolong has always been pampered since she was a child, and even in front of her father, she is self-willed and angry. She was so angry that she bit her lips several times so hard that she bled.Xianggu usually likes to laugh and make trouble, but this time she seemed very calm.I don't know whether it's because she is young and doesn't know the advantages and disadvantages, or because she is used to submissiveness and has long put everything aside.She neither felt panic nor expressed indignation, but after she was fully awake and understood what was going on, she struggled to move over and cuddled tightly beside Yu Jiaolong, with a deep feeling Feeling remorseful, she said to her: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have asked my uncle to buy that deceitful 'one bite cake'."

then.Yu Jiaolong was thinking about something else and didn't say anything. After a pause, Xianggu sighed softly, and said again: "After returning home, you pushed everything on me. I am different from you. I have a hard life, and I have nothing to worry about." Then, Yu Jiaolong Then she felt a few hot tears rolling down her neck, and the resentment in Yu Jiaolong's heart was washed away by Xianggu's sincere love.Warmth rose again in her heart, and there seemed to be lights shining in the dark car.Yu Jiaolong resumed her usual soft and sweet voice, and whispered softly in Xianggu's ear: "My good sister, you have such a kind heart! When I go back, they can't do anything to me. With me around, no one can do anything." What will happen to you! From now on, whether it is happiness or adversity, I will share life and death with you." After a pause, she seemed to be talking to herself, "There will be adversity in the future, and we will share it together." From then on, the two of them seldom talked along the way until they returned to the mansion.

Yu Jiaolong was supported by Zhao Ma and two maids back into the room, and Luanying who was following behind immediately rushed forward, hugged Yu Jiaolong, called "sister", and pinched her heart. began to cry.The crying was so sad and sincere that even a hard-hearted person would be moved by seeing it, not to mention Zhao Ma and the two maids who were waiting on the side.In front of Miss Yu who was tied up with a pair of thick ropes, they were so scared that their faces turned pale and they were at a loss.When Jing Luanying cried so sadly, they also changed from nervous to sad, and they couldn't help crying.Fire can melt iron, softness can overcome rigidity, and love can always move people.When Yu Jiaolong first returned to the room, her face was frosty, her brows were cold, her heart was full of anger, and there was a resentment in her chest, waiting for an opportunity to explode, Jing Luanying cried so sadly, it touched the nature of the family, His heart also gradually softened, his anger was slowly extinguished, and his resentment also quietly dissipated. He just sat silently by the bed, bowed his head and said nothing.

Luanying cried like a tearful person, until the tears were all drained, then she suddenly came back to her senses, and hurriedly untied the ropes on her body and hands.While explaining, he said with pity and guilt: "Sister, this has wronged you so much." Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Zhao's mother and the two maids exited the room wisely. Yu Jiaolong didn't say a word, she just rubbed her numb wrist and arms with her hands. Luanying stroked Yu Jiaolong's disheveled hair caressingly with her hands, and said with a choked voice, "Sister, I should have picked you up in person. If I go, you won't suffer like this. But But I don't know at all! I only found out about your coming back not long ago."

Suddenly a light flashed in Yu Jiaolong's eyes, and she asked coldly, "Whose idea is this? And who went to Liucun?" Luanying said politely with responsibility and persuasion: "My sister is a sensible person, so there is no need to worry about these things. Anyway, those who offended my sister this time are all loyal ministers of Yufu, and they are all for the good of our Yufu." When Yu Jiaolong heard his sister-in-law say the word "loyal minister", she couldn't help being shocked, a sense of shame hidden in her heart subconsciously surfaced.His face felt hot all of a sudden.

I wanted to vent a few words, but when the words came to my lips, I felt that it was difficult to get out of my lips, so I had to force myself to swallow. After the room fell into silence for a while, Yu Jiaolong suddenly asked: "Then He Zhaolai has come before?" Luanying said without any concealment: "I've been here. But he didn't reveal the fact that my sister lives in his house." Yu Jiaolong pressed on and asked: "Which people in the mansion did he talk to?" Luanying still said frankly: "Uncle Chang reported in, I was the one who met him."

Yu Jiaolong pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Where is the manager Xiao Chong? Does he know why he brought him here?" Luanying smiled, very satisfied, and said: "Xiao Chong is no longer in the mansion." Yu Jiaolong looked at Luanying in bewilderment.Luanying sighed softly, and then said: "It's not because of my sister, Xiao Chong was sent out of the house by my father on the day my sister left." Jade Jiaolong. "What does my going have to do with Xiao Chong?" Luanying: "Although my sister's departure has nothing to do with Xiao Chong, but for the sake of my sister and our family, I have to take precautions. My father is a wise man, and Xiao Chong has a treacherous heart and has two hearts for our family. I have noticed it. Last time, because of the murder of the old man in the top scholar's tomb, there was a lot of ups and downs. Later, the disappearance of Mrs. Gao caused rumors to spread in the dark. My father believed that it was all related to Xiao Chong. But I don't know Why is he so resentful towards our house? After my sister left, my father worried that he would spread rumors after finding out, which would damage the reputation of my sister and our house, so he was sent out of the house that day."

Yu Jiaolong listened quietly, a lot of thoughts stirred up in her heart.One after another appalling events that happened in the dark for more than a year, as well as the dark clouds and stormy waves that were casted by them, caused Xiao Xiao to take advantage of them, and affected my father's heart, all of which were provoked by myself. who?Yu Jiaolong didn't want to think about it anymore, stopped her troubled thinking, and asked indifferently: "Since you have brought me back to the house like this, how will you deal with me?" Luanying's eyes were filled with tears again, and she said sadly: "My sister said this, it really hurts my heart. When you come back, it is a great celebration for the whole family. How can we talk about the word 'disposition'. You don't know, mother In order to worry about my sister, I have been bedridden in bed, and my life is dying. I often call out my sister's small characters in a coma. My father is a resolute man, and he never shed tears easily in his life. But just half a month ago, his old man went into the house to visit his mother. Just when my mother missed my sister, she asked the maid to fetch the light red dress that my sister often wore in Xijiang, and hugged it in her arms, calling my sister's small characters softly. Father saw She looked at the dress for a long time before asking her mother: "Isn't this the dress that Jiaolong often wore when he was riding a horse in Wusu? The old man didn't wait for his mother to reply, he sat down on the side of the bed, stretched out his hand to caress gently on his sister's dress, two lines of tears dripped from his eyes. "Yu Jiaolong's heart was shocked! She has always grown up beside her father. During the eighteen years she spent with her father, although her father loved her in every possible way, that kind of love was also majestic. Even When her father was the happiest, she could only feel his father's smile, but it was difficult to see his father's smile. He would cry too! This was something she had never seen or thought of. But her father She actually shed tears, and it was because of missing her! A feeling of guilt made her feel trembling and frightened. The ancient sage's proverbs taught to her by her mother when she was young, the sound of every sentence was in her eyes and ears, and she felt as if there was an invisible root The strong rope was binding her, much tighter than when she was tied up in the car. At this moment, the maid in Yumu's room came into the room with a vegetable box. She held up the box and said respectfully After greeting Ms. Yu, she placed the vegetable box on the table and opened the lid. There were several dishes of Yu Jiaolong's favorite dishes and a few shrimp pies inside. In addition, there was a The emerald green rimmed porcelain cup with a lid was filled with a glass of bird’s nest soup with rock sugar. Yu Jiaolong glanced at the emerald green porcelain cup, and she recognized it immediately. Isn’t that the bird’s nest specially prepared for her father before going to bed every night? The utensils, why are they sent here? While wondering, the maid said: "The bird's nest soup was sent by the boss.The elder also said that from now on, the bird's nest soup prepared for him will be sent to the lady's room every night. "

Luanying looked at Yu Jiaolong: "Sister, who in the house has received such favor from the old man! I'm a bit envious of you!" Yu Jiaolong held up the porcelain cup with both hands, and a few tears immediately dripped into the bird's nest soup. Luanying hurriedly turned her back and asked the maid: "How is the old lady?" The maid said: "The old lady has just taken the medicine and has already slept peacefully." Luanying turned her head back and said to Yu Jiaolong: "Sister, you have a good rest tonight, so you don't have to go to mother's room.

Tomorrow, after I slowly tell your mother that you have returned to the mansion, you will go to see her old man. "After finishing speaking, she added, "My mother is very sick and weak, and I can't bear to be overjoyed. "Yu Jiaolong nodded with tears in his eyes. Luanying talked about the recent situation in the mansion, took the opportunity to comfort and persuade Yu Jiaolong, and then called Dongmei and Qiuju downstairs, asking them to take good care of Miss Yu and not slack off .He also said: "No matter what Miss Yu needs to do, you can come and sue me, or ask the steward to go." After speaking, he left the room and took Zhao Ma and two maids back to the inner courtyard.

Yu Jiaolong stayed in the car overnight without even getting a drop of water. She had already made up her mind, and after returning home, she still refused to eat or drink.Unexpectedly, after Luanying cried and complained, she told her that her mother was sick and dying because of her sorrow, and that her father shed old tears because of missing her. In addition, her father ordered someone to bring him the bird's nest that he used to eat every night. Wait, the love of brooding, the affection of licking the calf, not only melted the resentment in her chest, but also aroused her guilt and guilt.She drank the cup of honey-sweet bird's nest with gratitude, and after a while she felt her mouth full of saliva and her spirits lifted, and then she felt hungry.She changed her mind and thought: "I have already broken the hearts of my parents by running away willfully. If they refuse to eat again, what will the two old people do? Besides, there is a clear saying in the "Book of Filial Piety", 'The body and skin are affected by the parents. Don't hurt, it's the beginning of filial piety, how can I do this unfilial act again!" So she picked up the shrimp pie and chewed it quietly.At this moment, Xianggu came into the room.She pouted slightly, standing aside and staring at Yu Jiaolong.Yu Jiaolong smiled helplessly, and asked, "Have you eaten yet?" Xianggu said in a rough voice, "I don't want to eat it!" Yu Jiaolong flashed a moment of displeasure, she felt that since she was back in the mansion, it would be better to be outside, Xianggu shouldn't talk to her like this.But she soon felt relieved.She pulled Xianggu over and said softly: "Don't be angry, you have to eat if you hurt your body." Then she took a piece of pie and handed it to Xianggu, and said: "Try it , I haven’t eaten such a delicious pie for a long time.” Xianggu stretched out her hand to press the cake, but didn't eat it, and said, "I heard what Young Mistress said to you in the next room." Yu Jiaolong was silent for a moment, then asked: "What do you think?" Xianggu said: "Young Mistress is kind, and she has a good heart; Master Yu and Madam do love you. But I always feel that what Young Mistress said is for their own good, not for your own good." Yu Jiaolong stared at Xianggu in amazement, her eyes revealed that she was asking her what happened. Xianggu said bluntly: "In the final analysis, this turmoil was not caused by Lu Hanlin. Whether it is filial piety or love that the young lady talked about, in the final analysis, it is not that you agree to marry Lu Hanlin. As long as you agree , if you are filial piety, they will love you; if you don't agree, I think they will come to force you." Yu Jiaolong's face suddenly turned pale.The heart that had just regained its calm sank again.She felt a sudden mess in her heart.A shadow that had faded and disgusted her appeared again in her heart.Xianggu's few words not only disturbed her heart, but also brightened her heart.This is a very simple and obvious truth, why didn't he think of it, but Xianggu explained it straight to the point.Is it because I am really not as smart as Xianggu, or because I have been blinded by something!Yu Jiaolong stood motionless for a long time before she let out a painful moan from her heart.Then, she turned her head and looked at Xianggu dejectedly, and said, "I want to be quiet, you should also rest." After Xianggu left the room, Yu Jiaolong cheered up and changed her clothes. In order to calm her inner disturbance, she lit the sandalwood in the copper stove on the desk.In an instant, a wisp of faint blue smoke curled up, floating lightly on the desk like a thin gauze ribbon, lingering in the room.The quiet room was suddenly filled with fragrance.The fragrance is not blue or musk, neither fragrant nor quiet, it penetrates into the heart, making people feel like they have washed away the world and forget the dust, and gradually enter a state of purifying the mind and eliminating troubles.Yu Jiaolong sat in front of the incense burner for a long time, until she was completely calmed down by Xianggu's words, and then went to bed to rest. The bed was soft, and the brocade quilt was so silky, and the soft satin trimmed with the silk reed mat made her feel particularly cool. Yu Jiaolong, who has gone through a long and arduous journey, relives this kind of life wrapped in gold and jade, and the sense of honor of the Hou family submerges her heart faintly. She fell asleep in a moment. The next day, just as Yu Jiaolong had eaten her breakfast, Luanying came upstairs.She told Yu Jiaolong that when she went to visit Yumu in the morning, she saw that Yumu was still in good spirits, so she told her that Jiaolong had returned to the mansion.When Mother Yu heard this news, she was so happy that she was insane and drunk, she almost passed out. The old man was eager to see Jiaolong, so she came here to pick her up. Yu Jiaolong was thinking about her mother, when she heard what Luanying said, she hurriedly got up and went downstairs, and followed her sister-in-law to her mother's room in the inner courtyard.Entering the room, she saw her mother lying sideways on the bed, her face was sickly and haggard, and she was looking at her with wide-open eyes with surprise and happiness. Feeling sore, she rushed to her mother's couch, knelt down on her knees, and called out "Mom", then choked with sobs and couldn't speak any more, just fell on her mother and wept softly.At this time, Mother Yu seemed very calm.She turned her head to the side and looked at Yu Jiaolong silently for a moment, then sighed, and said, "Bodhisattva bless you, you are finally back." After speaking, she stretched out her skinny hand to caress Jiaolong's shoulder, and then Said, "It's your good fortune that you know how to turn back when you go astray. I won't mention this matter anymore. I blame me for not being strict in discipline and spoiling you when I was in Xijiang." In Yumu's weak voice, There are admonitions to my daughter, but also responsibilities to myself. Yu Jiaolong didn't speak, just kept crying on Yumu's body, crying so sadly and sadly, she didn't know whether she was out of remorse for herself, or she was pouring out her grievance. Luanying shed many tears with Yumu and Jiaolong.She didn't try to comfort Jiaolong either, thinking: "My sister is usually lukewarm, and I haven't seen her cry before. She cried so sadly today, there is always something sad about her, so let her cry." Enough!" Yu Jiaolong had been crying for a long time before Mother Yu said pitifully: "Okay, don't cry too, raise your head and let me take a good look." Yu Jiaolong immediately raised her head obediently, and saw that although her face was covered with tears and her eyes were slightly red and swollen, her cheeks that were about to be broken with the snap of her fingers were stained with traces of tears, It looks like a pear blossom with rain, but it looks extraordinarily charming.Mother Yu saw that her daughter was still as gorgeous as when she was in the mansion after going through a few months of wind and frost, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows remained unchanged, she couldn't help feeling a kind of inexplicable relief in her heart.She also remembered that when Jiaolong was in Xijiang, she compared herself to a snow lotus in Tianshan Mountain.There was a slight smile on Yumu's lips, and Luanying was also looking at Jiaolong's moving face, she was only secretly surprised: Yu Jiaolong's eyes soaked with tears suddenly became clearer, clearer It was so profound that I couldn't see through what was hidden in her, I just felt the flow of words, looking at Zhuhui, which made Luanying feel so charming and moving.She never imagined how a lady with such a pair of beautiful eyes could hang out with those people of the highest rank in the Jianghu!What made Luanying even more amazed was that she clearly knew that Yu Jiaolong was brought back to the mansion, and yesterday she was bundled up in the car and endured the long-distance trek and bumps, but today she is still so delicate and charming, without any trace of travel and dust. Luanying is really puzzled.While she was in amazement, seeing a slight smile on Yumu's face, she felt a burst of relief in her heart, and hurried forward and said: "As long as my sister comes back, the clouds and mists will clear up in a day. I hope my mother will take a good breath, and she will get better in a few days. After finishing speaking, he personally brought Jiaolong a cup of tea, and then went to see the medicine for Yumu. Yu Jiaolong sat by the bed and waited for Yumu, until Yumu fell asleep again after taking the medicine, and then left. From then on, Yu Jiaolong came to Yumu's room early every morning, took care of daily life, served soup and medicine, blew the soup to test the warmth, observed her beauty, and took good care of Yumu.When Mother Yu came and saw that Jiaolong had returned to her side, she felt relieved. Secondly, thanks to Jiaolong's careful care, her illness improved day by day, and she was able to sit up and eat freely on the bed. From time to time, the mother and daughter laughed in the room.The maids and servants in each room in the inner courtyard also frowned and smiled.The haze that had shrouded Yufu for several months gradually began to dissipate. Besides, after Yu Jiaolong returned home, Father Yu felt relieved in his heart and sent people to send delicious treasures several times to show his caress, but he always refused to see her.He sat alone in the study several times, and heard the mother and daughter's laughter coming from his wife's room, the laughter was still the same as when he was in Xijiang, it was so crisp, and it was also so coquettish, which made him miss Jiaolong. Because of love, he also threw down the scroll and wanted to walk into the wife's room to see his daughter's face that would make him feel relieved.But every time when he just walked to the door, he would come back again, with a long sigh and pick up the scroll again with the remaining hatred in his eyes. Yu Jiaolong is also like this, she really wants to see her father, but she is afraid of seeing him.After walking to the door of the study several times, I finally stepped down timidly and passed through the window again. The sun and the moon flow like a stream, time flies, Yu Jiaolong has been back to the mansion for more than a month.Although Yumu's condition has improved, she still hasn't seen great improvement, and sometimes she still goes back and forth.Yu Jiaolong devotes almost all her heart to serving her mother, and only after returning to the building late at night does she have to calm down. Sometimes she chats with Xianggu about the past in Xijiang, and talks about the joys and sorrows on the way away; Luo Xiaohu.The past is vivid, the dream is haunting the soul, Yu Jiaolong often sits and looks forward until late at night. One day, Yu Jiaolong was serving Yumu to take medicine, when suddenly two maids in Luanying's room hurried past the window carrying tea trays and order boxes, and walked straight to the living room.After a while, Yumu's personal maid came into the room.Yu Jiaolong asked: "Who is in the living room?" The maid replied: "Master Fang, the head of the Ministry of Officials, is here." Yu Jiaolong felt a slight shock, thinking: "What is he doing here?" and didn't ask any further questions. The next morning, when Yu Jiaolong went to Yumu's room, she walked past the window and heard Luanying talking to Yumu.Luanying said: "Mother, I don't know my sister's character. It's inconvenient for Luanying to talk about this matter." Yumu: "Although Jiaolong is self-willed, she is also a sensible person. Marriage matters, how can she be left to her! You are the elder sister-in-law, as the saying goes: "Elder sister-in-law is a mother", if you don't want to talk about it, who will talk about it?" "Luanying still wanted to answer, but Yu Jiaolong stepped into the room and asked Luanying: "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about with your mother?Luanying was startled for a moment, squinting at Yu Jiaolong, and then said bravely, "Sister is overjoyed!" She stopped talking immediately after saying this, and looked at Yu Jiaolong again, seeing that although her expression was slightly pale, Bai, but just listened indifferently, without any sullen intentions.Only then did Luanying muster up her courage, and continued, "Brother Fang Yu came to the mansion yesterday to pay respects to his father, and sent a wedding invitation from the Lu Mansion. He decided to marry his younger sister on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. Father has already agreed to this in person. Brother Fang said goodbye. After the mansion, my father also called me to the study room, and told me to make my sister's dowry more generous, and all the calligraphy, paintings and antiques in the mansion will be chosen by my sister." After hearing this, Yu Jiaolong was silent, not saying a word. Not complaining, just standing there numbly, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips.Luanying had already noticed that there was a change in her expression, and hurriedly swallowed back the words that had come to her lips.Mother Yu struggled to get up halfway from the bed, and said, "Jiaolong, when you disobeyed and ran away last time, your father was so angry that he almost wanted to disarm and leave Beijing. Now that you have returned home, it can be seen that you are very serious about the past. Repent for yourself and know your wrongdoing. This time you will obey your father's order and stop being self-willed, and I will settle a big concern, and even die in peace." Yu Jiaolong said coldly: "My daughter can't obey my orders. " Mother Yu opened her eyes wide, showing a look of worry, she pointed at Yu Jiaolong and said: "Your father has promised the marriage date, and it is like an arrow on the string, and it has become inevitable; if you disobey again, how can your father tolerate it?" You! How can you bear the crime of unfilial piety!" Luanying saw that Mother Yu was talking fiercely, and she was afraid of making things stiff, so she quickly interjected: "Mother, don't worry, don't violate your health because of this, my younger sister is young and self-willed, and she only cares about her knees, she doesn't know much about human relations, let me Enlighten her slowly." After speaking, he stepped forward and dragged Yu Jiaolong, wanting to take her back upstairs.Unexpectedly, Yujiaolong seemed to have taken root, no matter how much Luanying pushed and pulled, she just didn't move.Luanying couldn't help being startled secretly, and thought: "I heard that my sister is good at martial arts, but I didn't believe it at first, so it's true!" While she was thinking, Yu Jiaolong said to Yumu again: "Mother, the Lu family In the matter of marriage, it is absolutely impossible for the daughter to follow her orders. Even if the father acts according to the military law, the daughter is willing to accept the crime." After finishing speaking, he followed Luanying back to the building. Seeing that the young lady came upstairs accompanied by the young mistress, Xianggu guessed from the expressions of the two of them, hurriedly made a pot of tea and brought it to the table, and then they all left the room. . Accompanied by Yu Jiaolong, Luanying persuaded her to agree to the marriage of Lu Hanlin's family. At first she was moved with emotion, then with reason, and then with righteousness, with courtesy. Jiaolong just listened silently, but didn't answer a word or make a sound.At last. Luanying was in a hurry, and begged in tears, "Sister, do you agree or not, you have to say something?" Yu Jiaolong raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "I have made up my mind, and this matter is absolutely inevitable. I ask my sister-in-law to report to my father accordingly." Luanying: "Don't tell me my sister isn't afraid of my father's wrath!" Yu Jiaolong: "Father often said:" The three armies can win the commander, but the general cannot lose the ambition! 'Although I am a woman, I am invincible.To force each other with coercion is to die. "Luanying:" You should also think about the honor of Yu Mansion. " Yu Jiaolong: "The honor of the Yu Mansion was built by the great efforts of our ancestors, so why not marry with the Lu family! Why don't my parents think about me too!" Luanying: "'There is no such thing as a parent', you are not afraid of being talked about!" Yu Jiaolong smiled coldly and said, "I don't care about outsiders, as long as my sister-in-law doesn't talk about it." Seeing that the conversation was over, Luanying knew that it would be useless to persuade her again, so she broke up, which hurt her sister-in-law's feelings.So, with a few words of persuasion, he took his leave and went downstairs to his room. Just as Luanying went downstairs, Xianggu came into the room.She stared at the lady with eyes full of sympathy and admiration for a while, then slowly moved to her side, changed her to a cup of hot tea, and asked softly, "Miss, what are you going to do?" Yu Jiaolong was deep in thought, but didn't make a sound. Xianggu said worriedly: "I think this is very difficult to deal with, you have to make up your mind early, you can't escape!" Yu Jiaolong didn't show any surprise when she heard Xianggu's words, she just stared at her curiously, as if she was inquiring, but also listening to her idea. Xianggu: "The back door of the garden has been closed, and patrols have been added outside the wall." Yu Jiaolong smiled lightly, and said indifferently: "I don't really care about these things, but I have to think of a way for both." Xianggu was puzzled: "The best solution for both?!" Yu Jiaolong nodded, and said to herself: "My parents gave birth to me and raised me, even if I can't repay the kindness of hard work, I still have to read it!" Xianggu already understood Miss Yu's meaning, she felt confused for a while, sighed, and said, "Everyone has parents, but you are different! Who told you that you were born in Houmen, like a snail carrying a shell "Both are perfect" is of course good, but I'm afraid that both are not. You have to make up your mind!" Xianggu left the room sullenly, leaving only Yu Jiaolong sitting at the table lost in thought. Because of Yu Jiaolong's disobedience and refusal to marry, Yumu became angry and anxious, and her illness worsened.Father Yu was furious when he heard that Jiaolong refused to obey the Lu family's marriage, and thought of his daughter's room several times, berated her and forced her to submit.But thinking of the scene of the Lu family's marriage before, and thinking about forcing something to happen, he didn't raise his weapon, and was very angry. He didn't want to go into the room one day to see his wife's condition, and the lady brought up this matter again, saying that Long is still young, so he asks to postpone the wedding for one year, so that Jiaolong has some leeway to avoid getting involved in business.Unexpectedly, the word "participating in business" entered Mr. Yu's ears. Suddenly, new anger and old anger rushed into his heart, and he was furious. He pointed to Mrs. Yu and said, "You have a good daughter, but you still have Jun in your eyes." Father! If she violates etiquette and indulges like this, my Yumen family tradition will be ruined in the future. I have made up my mind that the wedding date of the Lu Mansion cannot be changed, she chooses whether to live or die!" After speaking, he was still angry, and even grabbed the ancient porcelain vase on the shelf and smashed it to pieces.Pointing to the fragments bursting all over the ground, he said angrily: "I am like a food eater, and I would like to swear by this bottle!" Then he walked out of the city and rode out of the city to the barracks with all the soldiers and guards. Madam Yu was startled and anxious, she couldn't catch her breath for a moment, she fainted. The inner courtyard of Yu Mansion suddenly became busy. Yu Jiaolong heard the girl's report, and hurried to Yumu's room, and saw that although her mother had recovered, her eyes were still closed and she could not speak.Yu Jiaolong rushed to the bed and called several times, but Yu Mu didn't answer, she just cried bitterly and lost her mind. Luanying was already crying to the point of tears, and as she cried, she told Yu Jiaolong the reason why Yumu's condition suddenly turned worse, with blame and condemnation, grievances and sorrows.Yu Jiaolong was heartbroken when she heard this, and felt that she had committed a heinous crime in front of her mother, and could not be redeemed by death.For a moment, she had only one thought: If her mother passed away forever, she would definitely bump to death on the bedside and accompany her to the spring. The aunt and sister-in-law were in a panic, and the doctor who had sent the steward to invite them came.Luanying hurriedly wiped away her tears, and welcomed the doctor into the room.Yu Jiaolong raised his eyes and saw that the doctor who came in was about sixty years old, his face was thin and his back was slightly stooped, but there was a kind of heroism and arrogance in his expression.The doctor entered the room, sat for a while, without even touching his lips with the refreshments offered, he went to the bedside to have a pulse with Yumu.He cut through the meridians of Yumu's hands, looked carefully at her expression, and then said unhurriedly: "Mrs. Yu's illness is caused by accumulated cold and stagnation. Coldness that persists for a long time turns into heat, and stagnation accumulates for a long time. Phlegm. Phlegm fire accumulating in the chest, violating qi rises up, and the middle energizer is blocked. It should be cured by resolving phlegm, regulating qi, opening the chest and opening the chest." Then he wrote a prescription, handed it to Luanying, and said earnestly: "The medicine must be used to treat it. Every disease has its own cause, and it is caused by medical treatment, and the cause is self-seeking. Madam Yu's condition is not logically so, there should be a cause, and I hope that Mrs. Shao will find the cause and seek obedience, and the medicine will be effective. If you rely on medicine alone, I am afraid It’s hard to get sick.” Luanying nodded again and again, and handed over the prescription to the maid for selection. Yu Jiaolong saw that what the doctor said was to the point, she couldn't help secretly admiring her.Seeing that his clothes and shoes are simple, but there is no sense of poverty; his manner is strict, but there is no pedantry, and I feel even more strange. After saying a few words of thanks, Luanying asked, "Excuse me, sir, what is your name? Where is he listed as a doctor in the capital?" The doctor leaned back and replied: "My surname is Liang, my name is Chaofu, and I am from Shandong. I fled to the capital for refuge and lived in Gaomiao. I just went to Renshoutang to dispense medicine, and just happened to be in charge of your house. I went to see a doctor. Old Mr. Xu went out, and he was recommended by the shopkeeper of Renshoutang, so I don't think it's presumptuous, so I came here for emergency." As soon as Yu Jiaolong heard the name Liang Chaofu, she felt very familiar.After thinking about it carefully, I remembered again: Luo Xiaohu had mentioned this person's name when he was talking about his life experience on the grassland.Said that he was originally a teacher in Cangzhou Yamen, and he was very friendly with Luo Xiaohu's father. After Luo's father was killed, the state official Sun Renzhong wanted to kill the roots. .Later, I heard that Sun Renzhong was still planning to murder him, forcing him to flee Cangzhou, where he did not know where to go.Could it be that the doctor in front of him is Luo Xiaohu's benefactor back then!Although Yu Jiaolong is still suspicious, but her heart is full of reverence, kindness and gratitude towards Lang Zhong.Taking advantage of Luanying's leaving the room to discuss other matters, Yu Jiaolong asked softly, "Did Mr. Liang ever live in Cangzhou?" Liang Langzhong was taken aback, but when he saw that there was no malice in Miss Yu's eyes, he said generously, "I did live in Cangzhou once. I don't know how Miss Yu knows?" Yu Jiaolong replied calmly: "I heard from my elder brother Yuji that you are a gentleman who can stand alone and stand up for justice. It is really respectable." Father Liang Chao suddenly felt a lot of emotion, and was about to use this to express his anger, when Luanying's voice came from outside the window, Yu Jiaolong changed the conversation again. Father Liang Chao is also a person who is deeply versed in the world. He felt that there must be something strange, but he didn't understand the strangeness, so he had no choice but to stop mentioning the Cangzhou incident. The maid offered some fruit, and Luanying gave the silver as a gift, and Liang Chao's father said goodbye and went out of the house. After Yumu took the medicine prescribed by Liang Langzhong, her consciousness gradually became clear, but her condition was still in critical condition.Father Yu left the mansion a few days ago in a fit of anger, and went to patrol the camp around Juyongguan with a few personal guards.All the big and small things inside and outside the house fell on Luanying alone. Seeing Yumu's serious condition, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.Yujiaolong waited in front of Yumu's bed day and night, and brought water and medicine in person at night, and within a few days, she lost weight. One night, Mother Yu came to her senses and saw Jiaolong waiting beside her, so she stretched out her skinny hand to hold Jiaolong's hand, panting and said: "Daughter, I know that I have no hope of life, I can't swallow it." This tone is still for your marriage. As long as you agree to the Lu family's marriage, I will die in peace. "Yu Jiaolong replied with tears in his eyes: "Mother, I have nothing else to ask for. As long as you are alive, my son will serve you all day long; when you die old, my son will go with you. " Mother of Yu said with full of thoughts and sentiments: "Things in the world are not always as you wish. If you gain, you will suffer. This is the way of heaven. Relatives in all the prefectures envy you for being handsome, but I am very worried. I think this marriage in Lu's mansion is right. You may not be unlucky, besides, your father has sworn a broken bottle, the situation is irreversible, the prosperity and decline of the family depends on you, you should put the whole family first." Yu Jiaolong had never heard her mother say such a thing, and she seemed to feel an ominous omen in her heart.But she didn't want to think too much, she just buried her head and said nothing. Yumu panted for a while, groaned a few times, and closed her eyes weakly. Let's say that when Luanying was restless and helpless because of Yumu's dying illness, Yuji was called to Beijing to see her back home.Seeing that her husband came back suddenly at this time, Luanying was overjoyed from the sky. She waited for him to visit her mother's room first, and then told him all the things that had happened in the mansion over the past few years.After hearing this, Yuji was really surprised and deeply moved.Especially the fact that Jiaolong disobeyed his orders and ran away, almost made him unbelievable.He was puzzled and asked Luanying: "Sister Xiang is a boudoir, coquettish, how can she have such ability and courage, and dare to take Xianggu out for several months!" Luanying whispered in her ear mysteriously: "Don't underestimate my sister, some people say that she possesses excellent martial arts, comparable to Hua Mulan back then!" Yuji: "Go and listen to those nonsense!" He pondered for a moment, and then said, "My younger sister grew up with her father in Western Xinjiang. She is used to life in military camps, and she is mixed with soldiers and soldiers. She may be infected with some wildness." Luanying also told Yuji that her father had agreed to the Lu family's marriage date, and that Jiaolong refused to follow orders, so her mother became ill and her father left in anger.After hearing this, Yuji was worried and anxious, annoyed for a long time, and asked: "What is the reason for my sister's disobedience and refusal to marry so much?" Yuji's question made Luanying speechless. Yuji said again: "It seems that in order to change my sister's mind, we must first find out the reason for her refusal to marry." Hearing what her husband said, Luanying nodded her head repeatedly.于是夫妻二人又商谈一些家务琐事才罢。 再说玉娇龙侍候在玉母身旁，一连几天几夜，已经神劳容瘦。玉玑回府后，见此情景，心中不忍，劝她回楼歇息。玉娇龙也想回楼换换衣服，便顺了玉玑之意，回到后园楼上。不料刚进到房里，便见香姑已经默默地坐在桌旁，双眉紧锁，满面悲戚之色，脸上还留着泪痕。玉娇龙不禁微微一怔，忙走到她身边问道：“香姑，你怎么啦？” 香姑没应声，只抬起头来，张大着眼，紧紧地盯住她。玉娇龙从她那带着惊恐、充满悲痛和略含哀悯的眼神里，已感到了一种凶兆，似觉有什么大祸来临，她的心也立即紧缩起来，声音也变得短促了：“讲呀，出了什么事？” 香姑仍未答话，却一下紧搂住玉娇龙的腰，摧肝摘肺地失声痛哭。玉娇龙急了，用手捧起她的脸来，急切地问道：“你说，究竟是为了什么呀？香姑咽哽着，断断续续地说道：”他死了……被杀了……在满城。 “玉娇龙用力摇着香姑的头，她的声音也变得沙哑了：”谁？who is it?谁被杀了？ " 香姑从五脏里进出三个字来：“罗大哥。” 玉娇龙突然松开了手，站着不动了。房间里顿时寂静下来。 一切都死了，一切都结成了冰。 香姑害怕了，心里冷得直打战。她的悲痛，她的泪水，像突然被截断了似的，只胆怯地抬起头来窥视小姐，见她两眼发直，整张脸好像变成玉石雕的。香姑不敢叫她，不敢问她，就让她纹丝不动地站着。就这样，过了很久，很久，香姑才微微地听到小姐的胸口里发出一声哀吟，眼睛也闭下了，随着便有两行有如联珠般的眼泪滚了下来。 玉娇龙紧咬着唇，没让哭出一声。直到她眼泪已经流干，只感到整颗心都快要呕出来时，她才强镇住自己那锥心位血般的悲痛，问香姑道：“香姑，你罗大哥已死的消息是从何处听来？又是如何死的？” 香姑见小姐开口问话了，这才定下神来，答道：“是'四海春'客栈蔡家姐姐告诉我的。她说罗大哥已在满城被官军杀害。” 玉娇龙似已支撑不住了，颓然坐到床上，颠声问道：“这消息真的确切？”香姑微微地点了点头。玉娇龙忽然抬起头来，端正了身子，眼睛里闪现出一种异样的虔诚，她那显得特别端庄的仪态，已经隐去了她那悲痛的神情。玉娇龙又恢复了常态。她平静地说道：“香姑，你且将见到蔡幺妹的事源本讲来。” 香姑道：“今天早上冬梅、秋菊两位姐姐要我上街去代为配几色丝线，我刚出府门，就碰到蔡家姐姐打从府门前经过。她告诉我说，她已于今年春天和'四海者'客栈的刘掌柜成亲。她俩刚一道送她爹爹蔡九爷的灵柩去陕西安葬了回来。我们说得投机，蔡家姐姐便强拉我到'四海春'客栈她家里去坐坐。我随她去了。闲谈中，她透出了罗大哥已惨死在满城的消息。去年罗大哥改名仇双虎，曾在'四海春'客栈里住过，她和刘掌柜都认识。我问她罗大哥是怎样死的，她告诉我说，罗大哥到满城寻访西疆流人亲眷，正遇上满城官盐无故提价，老百姓群起反对，聚集到官府衙门评理，官府诬为造反，派兵镇压，抓了许多人犯，采用严刑拷打，逼他们承认是阴谋作乱。在官府的严刑拷逼下，有的人犯被苦打承招，定成死罪；有的惨死刑下。一时间，逼得许多人犯的亲眷上吊的上吊，投河的投河，真是凄凄惨惨，哭声遍地。罗大哥见此情景，忍无可忍，聚了一些血性人，乘夜闯进衙去，杀了盐官，砍了狱吏，打开牢门，放了所有人犯。罗大哥为护人犯出城，他独自断后，因而被赶来的官兵、衙役截住。他们将罗大哥围困在县衙旁边的一座庙子里。碰巧衙役中有人认出罗大哥来，说他曾独自一人在德州白天闯入公堂，杀死府官孙人仲，然后又从容逃去。因此，官兵、衙役都惧怕他的勇敢，谁也不敢带头冲进庙去。他们亦估量罗大哥因人孤势单不敢贸然冲突出来。正相持间，忽听外围一声大吼，罗大哥却突然从官兵、衙役背后杀了过来。一时间，竟把那些官兵、衙役惊慌得乱成一团，也不知这位煞神是什么时候、又是如何溜出庙来的。罗大哥砍翻几名官兵后，便转身向着城外逃去。官兵、衙役仗侍人多，蜂拥而上，紧追不舍。罗大哥且战且走，直到逃到护城河边，官兵、衙役四面围上，罗大哥背靠一株大树，挥起一把寒光闪闪的短刀，奋勇拼杀，又一连被他搠倒几个。可笑其余那二三十名官兵衙役，都被吓得远远地站着，只是呐喊示威，却谁也不敢靠近前去。后来又从城内调来了一队弓手，一齐开弓放箭向罗大哥射去，直射得罗大哥身上所中的箭杆有如刺猬一般，方才停射。可是罗大哥依然背靠大树，站在那儿屹然不动，只大睁着眼忽视着他们。官兵、衙役都被惊得面面相觑，弄不清他已是死了还是活着。他们在他身旁逡巡了好久，直到他确已毫无动静后，才敢慢慢靠近。罗大哥就这样被他们杀害了。人说虎死不倒桩，罗大哥也是死不倒桩，他真不愧是个英雄汉。” 香姑说完后，又不禁低低嗫位，悲痛万分。 玉娇龙只默默地听着，神态显得出奇的平静。过了很久，才淡谈说了句：“真不该作对官府！” 香姑突然抬起头来，大张泪眼，抱怨地望着玉娇龙。玉娇龙没理睬她，呆然神驰地望着窗外，断续着喃喃自语般地说：“……我就把你埋在这儿……亲手把你埋好……为你守孝。” 房里静静的。香姑大张着惊诧的眼睛。