Chapter 32 third quarter
The next day was not due to the invitation of the natal family, but the day when the new couple voluntarily came to the natal family's "double return door". Tokyo people call it "worshiping the door". This is another grand ceremony in the wedding. Be busy.
But that day was by no means an auspicious day. It began to drizzle in the early morning, and then the raindrops intensified, and it continued to fall non-stop throughout the day.What's even more regrettable is that Zhao Long, the official person who was "worshipped" by the door, went to the Jingfu room to "worship" Tong Guan's "door" before his daughter and son-in-law came back.The door of the Jingfu room was by no means a door for joy and encouragement. Before he left, he had such a gloomy expression, so that he could see at a glance what kind of results this door visit might bring back.Liu Kai anticipated what would happen today, in addition to telling him to calm down infinitely implicitly, he also specially sent a proper personal attendant to ask him to follow Dingqian closely, and remind Qianji if he had the opportunity that something happened at home, As soon as the official business is finished, go home as soon as possible.
Although he had built such thoughtful fortifications in advance, Zhao Long still didn't go home in time.After noon, Liu Kai sent someone to Jingfu room to inquire again.The people over there only knew that after the Grand Master received Qian Xia, they each walked away, and they didn't know where Qian Xia was going.Liu Kai also sent people to inquire about several old homes where Zhao Long walked around on weekdays, and they all said that Qian Xia hadn't been there today.
Liu Qi expected that Zhao Long might quarrel with Tong Guan, but he didn't expect that after the meeting, he would run away without knowing where to go.The little joy at Shuanghuimen was completely spoiled, and everyone was uneasy at the banquet.Where has he been this morning?What will happen?Various conjectures emerged in everyone's mind.
"Father has been in a depressed mood lately, and he looked so ugly when he came home last night!" Niang first expressed her uneasiness, "My sister is afraid of what accidents will happen!"
"Don't worry, Xianmei, how can we lose a big Zhao Qianji in this small Tokyo city? I'll send someone to look for him, I think he will go home soon." Liu Qi could only comfort Qiniang.
Mrs. Liu Kai said the worst idea that everyone guessed in their hearts:
"That boy Tongguan, he does all kinds of evil. I'm afraid that my uncle will offend him. He is playing tricks in the dark and counting on my uncle."
"It's not bad!" Liu Kai shook his head again and again, "The capital is the place where the chariot is held, and Uncle Jian was ordered to meet with Tong Guansi. No matter how vicious he is, he would not dare to touch a single hair of Uncle Jian. I think he must have gone somewhere to drink to relieve his boredom."
"I don't think Tong Guan would dare to make such a murderous move," Ma Kuo continued, "It's just that Taishan's body is not strong recently, so drinking and drinking like this is really worrying!"
"Uncle also said last night, 'Let's get rid of eternal sorrows with you'. We saw that he was so worried, how could a few glasses of wine relieve his worries, but 'raise a glass to relieve your sorrows and sorrows'."
"Uncle Jian has always been worried about this war, and he couldn't let it go," Liu Kai sighed. How do you spend your days?"
"Mount Tai has gone through hundreds of battles, and faced dangers like a barbarian. He has experienced many storms and waves. Zensheng is not sure about the battle of the Liao Dynasty? Heart disease needs to be treated with heart. I think it is only the whole army that won the battle. , so that he can rest assured!"
"Isn't Uncle Jian bothered by this?" Liu Kai sighed again, "In my opinion, not only Uncle Jian is like this, but even handsome and handsome are not strong. I remember that Ladi was in Weizhou, and it's difficult to argue with them , How much tongue wasted!"
"The commander-in-chief is the commander of the three armies. He has discouraged himself first, so how can he cheer up the three armies?"
"Shi Ke is in harmony. The imperial court and the general have different opinions, and they each hold their own opinions, but is it not a hidden worry for the future?"
The men deliberately said some out-of-the-ordinary words, trying to divert the terrifying thoughts away from the mother's heart.But they couldn't do it, Qiniang was only thinking about why Dad hadn't come back until now.In connection with a series of recent facts—these facts have been covered up by the intense wedding preparations, and with the completion of the wedding, it was suddenly exposed prominently. She had an ominous premonition that some great misfortune would befall her on their heads.
The rain in the eaves intensified, and the sound of the rain echoed through the windows and the monotonous sound of copper leaks in the hall.The moments that trickle down the anxiety scale are especially cringeworthy.Just like this, Er Niang sat through Shen Shi and You Shi in a dull manner, watching the bronze arrow pointing to Xu Shi, but Dad still didn't have any information.The people who were sent out to look for it all came back with no definite news.Little by little, the sound of leaking into Qiniang's heart was like a bronze arrow piercing her chest.
"It's getting late. Uncle hasn't come back yet. The person he sent is useless. You go out and look for it yourself." Mrs. Liu Kai reminded Liu Kai, and he stood up abruptly, grabbing a poncho on the body, said:
"Sister Xian, don't worry, I'll go out and look for it myself."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, the two of us will look for it together." Ma Kuo also stood up and said at the same time.
They hadn't left the hall when they suddenly heard a commotion and hurried footsteps outside the door.They rushed out to greet him, only to see that Zhao Long was staggering into the hall supported by several soldiers.Instead of being drunk and flushed like usual, he was pale like a dead man, with his head crooked and his clothes in disarray. As soon as he entered the door, he vomited blood, and then spit out blood profusely.People didn't have time to use the basin to catch it, so he spit on the ground, splashing on everyone's dresses and feet, splashing spots all over the place, he seemed to want to support himself, and made gestures to make everyone panic, But the severe pain in his chest forced him to hold it tightly with both hands.In the interval between pain and vomiting blood, he yelled loudly without thinking, "Gather the iron of Kyushu, make this big mistake... I'm afraid it will be too late to bite the navel...".But this was a sentence that could not be finished. A wave of blood surged up, stopped it, and then the blood spurted out again.He fell into the crook of Ma Kuo's arms, opened his mouth in vain, trying hard to finish the sentence but failed.He passed out in this short-tempered, angry expression.
Ma Kuo and Liu Qi hurriedly moved him into the bedroom.Get on the bed.Mrs. Liu Kai still had a claim. She boiled Sanqi ginseng soup, found Yuanhusan to relieve the pain in his heart, and then said to her husband: "Please come to the emergency department with the doctor Xing, and the husband has to go there in person to treat the pain." He came here. We will handle the matter here." Liu Qi hurried away when he heard that it made sense.
Here Mrs. Liu Qi and Qin Niang poured ginseng soup and crushed medicine powder to the comatose patient together.For a moment, Qiniang thought that her father would never wake up again, and the medicine soup she had poured flowed out from the corner of her mouth.She controlled her sobs, took his hand, and listened to his pulse, lest it stop anytime.The pulse was very small and intermittent.But dad suddenly woke up, muttering something to himself again.Mrs. Liu Kai pushed her and asked her if she heard?At first, Qiniang thought it was an illusion caused by the sound of rain and copper leaks that continued to linger in her ears.She wished but dared not imagine that Daddy could still talk, but he did.Later, the two of them heard clearly together, and it was still the same unfinished sentence: "Juzhou's iron... a big mistake..." but the words were more vague, and then changed an angry expression and added: "... I swear... I swear..." Then I fell into a coma again.
While they were waiting anxiously, Liu Qi finally invited Xing Liang, the medical officer of the Imperial Academy, to come.He checked the pulse and spent a full quarter of an hour, and then comforted the patient with the confidence that he was proficient in his business and said:
"It's irrelevant. The pain is heartache, but the blood is stomach blood. It's not hard work. It can be cured."
Then, with the same confidence, he issued a warning: the patient must rest quietly, lean on the high pillow when the heart hurts, and sleep flat.In the future, you must never drink alcohol again, and if you have to vomit again, your liver yang will be mobilized, and your origin will be destroyed. Even if you invite a god to come, it will be difficult for you to be caught off guard.
Xing Liang, an old medical officer with a deep understanding of the world, can know the affairs of the world even though he is in his small area.Patients from all levels of society have formed a traffic network for him to contact and connect with all aspects. He lives in his own independent kingdom like a big spider, intercepting all social news that falls into his web. .He fully understood and could correctly judge the political factors involved in the sudden illness before him.Even if Liu Kai didn't mention a word, he knew it clearly enough, not to mention that Liu Kai had to briefly introduce the cause of the disease.
The imperial doctor's repeated advice to "do not move the liver yang" fully expressed his sympathy and concern.He left prescriptions and medicines behind, and when he was parting, he came in especially to say hello to the patient.This is not a polite salute from a doctor to a patient, but a heartfelt salute from an ordinary person to a hero who can challenge the powerful.Then shook his head and left.
When the patient was quieter, Liu Qi called the relatives who had gone with him and asked about the progress of the day.
personally replied:
"Today, there are so many officials and guests visiting the Grand Master. The entire room was filled. The Grand Master took a different view of Qian Jue, and was the first to see him. The family followed Si Xiang's orders and accompanied him. At the beginning of his speech, the grand master was very modest and polite, with a smile all over his face, and said, "The Battle of Iron Mountain, Qianju is famous all over the world, and even the imperial court knows the name of Qianju". Qian Xia is willing to say a word, and we will be rich and famous together.'”
"Later, Qian Xia said a few words and offended the grand master. His face slowly sank, and he asked Qian Xia, did he come here out of the intention of being a teacher, or did he come by himself? Qian Xia answered. Tai The teacher asked two hall officials to bring a stack of documents for Qian Jue to read. After a long while, the grand teacher suddenly laughed and said, "Mr. Zhong has already obeyed the order. Yang XX and Liu XX led the troops. It's time to drive to the front line. Where did another staff officer come to Tokyo to obstruct the dispatch of the army, and ruin the temple? Wouldn't this become a strange story overseas?' Then he said two more haha. Ask Qian Xia to read the document clearly, and say it twice , 'Overseas Tales'!
"Qian Jue couldn't hold his breath for a while, and said sharply: "The Taiwei is not playing in an official style. Zhao came here just to obey the order of the official family, to argue with the Taiwei about the gains and losses of the Liao Dynasty, and not to do things like teachers..." The grand master didn't wait for Qian Xia to finish speaking, and started talking nonsense. Qian Xia also bumped into him, opened his beard and scolded: "What...wrong...wrong." The grand master immediately turned his face and dragged voice, ordered to see off the guests. He himself never saw anyone else, so he went back home.
"Walking out of the Jingfu room, Qian Xia was so angry that he wanted to stop the grand master's sedan chair at the gate to quarrel, but his family persuaded him. Qian Xia ran to Fengqiu gate. Qian Xia ran so fast, The family was so angry, how could they catch up with him? Who knew that when they walked outside the city gate, they sat down in a small hotel and called for 'wine' over and over again. I saw him pouring a big bowl straight to his belly I don’t even want to drink and eat. How can I stop it? The family gave the uncle a wink, and changed the light wine, and asked Qian Xia to find out. He slapped the table and scolded: "Could it be that you are also with Tong Guan Form a gang to bully me.' He scolded and threw things at the same time. I don't know how many bowls and plates were broken? The uncle, the bad guy and the drinkers were all shocked. The family members were worried about letting Qianxia stay alone In the store, there was no way to send a letter to my family, and I was extremely anxious. It was not until late that Qian Xia fell to the ground drunk that I had the opportunity to hire a Taiping car to take him back, but he vomited blood again in the car .”
The accompanying narration pierced into Erniang's heart like an arrow.
Such a drastic change made her face up to what had happened in the past two months for the first time. Because she cared too much about her marriage, she didn't see the obvious changes taking place in her father at all.She lied to her father, and she also lied to herself.Thinking that there is nothing worth noting that requires her to take special care of him, so that his bad situation is getting worse day by day, and his resentment is fermenting day by day, finally leading to the serious consequences today.She considers herself largely responsible for this.
Was there really nothing worthy of her attention and concern?no no!The scary thing is that there are too many such facts, too eye-catching, but she just pretended not to see it.How often did dad drink like this?And in that small inn, when father-in-law and elder brother Liu Kai talked at length, how gloomy was father's face!In Fengle Building, when he heard that Wang Fu and Tong Guan were going to pass downstairs, he suddenly let out that strange smile, what kind of smile was that!Also, every time he came back from a friend's house, he would always scold and sit up and down abnormally.Aren't these facts obvious enough to merit her attention?But she didn't take his pain as pain and his anger as anger, instead she secretly blamed him in her heart for his bad temper and bad temper, for not listening to everyone's advice in everything.She didn't go to comfort him in time to heal the pain in his heart, but instead angered him and widened his wound.She was united with almost everyone against him, and made him even more lonely.Therefore, she couldn't forgive the sins she had caused her father.
The profound self-condemnation gave her the idea of demanding atonement for her sins.Since Dad's illness was the punishment for her treachery, she must redeem it, redeem it.She made up her mind that during her father's illness, she would stay by the sick bed every step of the way, serve him, take care of him, and take care of him until he fully recovered.She thought that only when her father recovered from her illness, could the pain in her heart be healed.
She took the time to tell her husband about the decision.
"It should be so!" Her husband answered her with a voice as crisp as a hammer hitting an iron plate.
But in his eyes that gazed at her painfully, she read other languages.She knew, and he must have understood, that they had to, that it was "as it should be," without a doubt.But for them, how embarrassing and painful it is.The days that they could get along with each other are not many, and in a few days, he will go to the front line, and he does not know how soon he will be back after this trip.Now these very precious few days will be taken away by this unexpected event, so that they will have little time left for themselves.
They have been married for only three days.How many unexpected accidents happened during these three days, constantly disturbing them.But it doesn't have to take much time to build a rock-like emotional foundation. The two of them only need to exchange a simple sentence, exchange a painful gaze, and exchange a knowing smile, and it is more than enough to establish that foundation. .The reason: they already had such a deep, solid understanding between them.As far as she is concerned, long before she got married, even before they met, when she was a little girl with a pair of pigtails, she knew him from other people's narratives and compliments.
After he agreed to her request to accompany her father, she smiled sadly at him.The smile expressed her deep guilt—that she was the cause of the pain—and her gratitude for his tolerance.
She understands true love, first of all, is not to ask for anything from the other party, to enjoy something, but to give and bear something for the other party.She remained true to this idea all her life, so his forlorn smile became a distinctive mark in their emotional life.
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