Chapter 162 It seems that you have really grown up
Not long after the hunting started, many princes and ministers who had not entered the paddock were still waiting in the camp. While they were drinking and drinking tea, they listened to the spies from the front reporting on the achievements of each family's children, and they all wanted to see whose children could succeed.
Come out on top on the first day. When hearing about a nephew's outstanding performance, colleagues will compliment each other and say, "Tiger father has no dog sons, and his descendants are formidable." When hearing about a nephew whose performance is unsatisfactory, everyone will comfort and encourage each other, so the scene
It looks like everything is harmonious.
Xia Houshu came rolling in on the red dust and successfully attracted everyone's attention.
Xia Houyuan was chatting with his colleagues when he suddenly saw his daughter running back in a state of embarrassment, with someone tied behind her. An alarm bell rang loudly in his heart. He couldn't help but cover his chest and slowly stood up.
Xia Houshu's eyes swept over everyone and quickly locked onto his father's figure. Regardless of any etiquette and rules, he rode directly to the middle of the field and shouted towards Xia Houyuan's position: "Father,
Cousin Ruoqian was injured by a black bear. He is seriously injured and needs medical treatment urgently!"
When everyone heard that there was a black bear, everyone had different expressions. Some were concerned about the battle situation, some were worried about whether there were any casualties, and most of them secretly prayed that their children would never encounter the ferocious beast in the forest. Compared with whether they could get it,
The most important thing is the emperor's favor, including personal safety and life.
"Did you encounter a black bear?" Xia Houyuan looked nervous, "Are you injured?"
"I'm fine, father." Xia Houshu replied.
When Xia Houyuan heard that his daughter was not injured, his heart sank into his chest before returning to his chest. However, it was not a good thing for him as an uncle that his nephew was seriously injured.
"Father, where is cousin Ruoyu?" Xia Houshu asked as he continued to search for Xu Ruoyu in the crowd, but still found nothing.
Ever since Xu Shangyu began to study Taoism, he rarely attended such feasts. Every time, Xu Ruoyu, the Crown Prince of Rong'an, appeared on behalf of the family head. However, due to his age and seniority, he did not have enough weight in front of the princes and nobles.
So even if he was present, it wouldn't have much effect.
Xia Houyuan didn't pay attention to Xu Ruoyu's whereabouts. He looked around and still didn't see his nephew. Also missing was his uncle Zhong Zan. He was muttering in his heart, but he walked quickly.
I went over to see how strong my nephew was, and asked someone to invite Commander Chen.
The commander-in-chief of the surrounding officers and soldiers was named Chen. After he noticed something strange, he quickly ran over.
"Commander Chen!" Xia Houyuan immediately waved to him, "This man is my nephew and the son of the Marquis of Rong'an. Please call the doctor as soon as possible!"
Commander Chen was ordered to be in charge of the security affairs of Nanyuan Paddock. Naturally, he did not want to see anyone injured here, especially since the injured person was the nephew of the Duke of Yue and the son of the Marquis of Rong'an. Needless to say, Xia Houyuan
, he quickly arranged for someone to deal with it.
In a thatched shed not far away, Xu Ruoyu and Zhong Zan were sitting at both ends of the stone table. The two were discussing how to deal with the affair between Xu Ruoqian and Zhong Lufu, while Prince Gong's Mansion and Rong'an Hou's Mansion
The attendants stood outside not far apart to prevent others from approaching.
Xu Ruoyu heard someone mentioning her and her brother's names in a trance, and couldn't help but wander away. She looked outside, and the look on her face suddenly froze.
"It's Ruoqian who's back!" Xu Ruoyu seemed to be talking to herself, "But he seems to be injured!"
Zhong Zan was busy discussing things with Xu Ruoyu and didn't pay much attention to what was going on outside. Hearing this, he also looked over and saw that the injured and half-dead person was indeed Xu Ruoqian, and there was also his daring niece Xia Houshu.
. He couldn't help but take a deep breath, always feeling that wherever his niece appeared, there would be no peace.
Although Xu Ruoyu is a junior, he has long taken over the burden from his father's shoulders in the Ronganhou Mansion where the head of the family, Xu Shangyu, has no business, and has become a veritable head of the Rongan Mansion. Xu Ruoqian was the one he watched grow up, and he also
His biological brother from the same mother has a pure character. Even if he makes a big mistake in the relationship between men and women, the crime will not lead to death. Just seeing him injured like that, the thought of his mother's sacrifice for her children came to his mind.
He looked heartbroken.
Xu Ruoyu cupped her hands towards Zhong Zan and said apologetically, "Prince Gong, we will discuss the matter between my younger brother and Ling Qianjin another day. I'll go over and take a look first!"
After saying this, he ignored his manners and ran out in three steps at a time.
When he first saw Zhong Lufu tying the ribbon on Xu Ruoqian's hand, he was indeed overwhelmed with anger. His first reaction was that Xu Ruoqian had seduced his daughter and wanted to cut him into pieces. But as he and he
Xu Ruoyu discussed it for so long, and after understanding Xu Ruoqian's personality and future, he suddenly felt that maybe the problem did not lie with Xu Ruoqian.
Since it's not Xu Ruoqian, then Zhong Lufu can only do it herself.
Zhong Zan took a closer look at the situation there. One of the people who came back was Xia Houshu, the other was Xu Ruoqian, and there was no one else. Xu Ruoqian and Zhong Lufu ran out one after the other, and the two families sent their troops separately.
He was chased by someone, but so far there has been no news. Now that Xu Ruoqian was found by Xia Houshu and was seriously injured, what about Zhong Lufu?
Zhong Zan suddenly began to worry about his daughter and hurried over to take a look.
As soon as Commander Chen found someone to gently lift Xu Ruoqian off his horse and put him on a stretcher, Xia Houchun came riding up with Zhong Lufu.
Seeing Xu Ruoqian's ignorant look, Zhong Lufu was so frightened that she almost fell off the horse. She seemed to feel no pain, and after standing firm, she ran over to Xu Ruoqian's position, a piece of green clothes covering her body with injuries.
Xu Ruoqian is particularly conspicuous next to him.
Seeing this scene, Zhong Zan felt like someone was punching him in the chest, and he stopped in his tracks. He never expected that he had been working as a secret agent for most of his life, and that he would let his daughter do something like this under his nose.
Something embarrassing is coming!
Zhong Zan couldn't help but hold his forehead and sigh, and then called his followers to come over and explain a few words. The two followers immediately went over and pulled Zhong Lufu away.
Zhong Lufu was shocked and struggled instinctively. She was about to scream when she turned around and saw her father's face that was so cold that it was about to freeze. She immediately stopped and allowed the two followers to take her away. Then she turned back
He glanced at Xu Ruoqian reluctantly.
She knew she had no way out.
Xia Houshu saw everything, but pretended not to see it, because she also felt that Zhong Lufu's presence here was not a good thing. The suspicion and criticism of the people, and the anger of the Cheng family and his son would destroy what the Zhong family's women had managed to maintain.
reputation.
Everyone followed Commander Chen's men to carry Xu Ruoqian to a nearby wooden house. Two doctors immediately began to re-examine and clean his wounds, and then opened the house for the medicine boy to get medicine.
Sisters Xia Houshu and Xiahou Chun are women, and they are waiting outside.
After about two sticks of incense, Xia Houyuan came out. He looked at his daughter and niece who were guarding the door, and said doubtfully: "I heard from your aunt that Ruo Qian originally signed up to participate in the hunting. How could he not continue to do so?"
You went in without changing your clothes? Didn't you send a few skilled people to follow you?"
The two sisters looked at each other and thought that they couldn't hide this matter after all, so they might as well tell the truth.
Xia Houshu thought about it quickly and deliberately said as if he didn't know the importance of it: "Cousin Ruoqian followed Cousin Lufu in, and he hasn't had time to change clothes yet!"
"Ruo Qian and Lu Fu?" Xia Houyuan's brows furrowed into the character "Sichuan", his head filled with doubts and confusion, "How come they are together?"
Xia Houshu couldn't directly say that they had an affair in front of his father, so he said cryptically: "Yes, cousin Lufu just promised to the fifth son of the Cheng family a while ago, and both the Cheng family and his son are here today..."
"Father and son of the Cheng family?" Xia Houyuan immediately looked at the expression on General Cheng Wang's face when he had just greeted him. When he thought about the unusual closeness between Zhong Zan and Xu Ruoyu today, he suddenly realized. He had thought that his two in-laws had hit it off and wanted to be alone.
I found a place to sit down and have a chat, but I didn’t expect that the crux was here!
If an engaged woman has an affair with an unmarried man, is it okay if word spreads about it?
Xia Houyuan took a quick look at his niece and daughter, and then asked, "How did you know about this?"
Xia Houshu glanced at his cousin and replied half-truthfully: "We didn't know that before. Today during the silk ceremony, we saw that cousin Lufu did not go to see Mr. Cheng Wu, but went to Ruoqian.
Cousin. At that time, my second sister, my second sister, and my sister Qingkui all saw it. We were also surprised and thought they were joking." When she said this, she suddenly thought of Zhong Qingkui. Ever since she entered the forest, she had
He never saw her again, so he asked: "Father, have you seen Qingkui?"
"After you entered, your uncle sent someone to send her back to another courtyard, saying that she fell off the horse and injured her foot." Xia Houyuan said, "How could this happen by such a coincidence today?"
Apparently, Zhong Qingkui was implicated by Zhong Lufu.
Xia Houshu sighed secretly. She really wanted to tell her father that this was not a coincidence. This whole thing was caused by the exposure of the affair between Xu Ruoqian and Zhong Lufu. But this kind of
It was difficult for her to talk about the matter as a boudoir girl, so she had to think of a way to change the subject, and said: "The conditions in the forest were limited just now, so I could only simply bandage my cousin Ruoqian. What did the doctor say after the examination?
Will there be any disability in his hand?"
Xia Houyuan feels tight in his chest when he talks about this. Among his nephews and nephews, Xu Ruoqian is probably the one who is the best at reading. Although he is not flexible in dealing with things, his innocence is rare. Now he has injured his extremely important right arm, and also
I don’t know what will happen in the future. And his eldest sister, who values her children and future more than her life, if she finds out about this, what kind of trouble will the discount cause?
On one side is his biological sister, on the other side is his elder brother-in-law, and he is caught in the middle.
Xia Houyuan couldn't help but sigh: "I will find the best doctor for him."
Xia Houshu immediately understood the meaning of his father's words - Xu Ruoqian's arm was probably useless. It was a pity that his good handwriting would probably be difficult to see again in the future.
Xia Houchun looked at their father and daughter and felt that the atmosphere was a bit gloomy, so he said: "Second brother, so many of them couldn't easily kill the black bear. It can be seen that the beast is extremely ferocious. It is lucky that my cousin Xu family can survive."
"
It is indeed a blessing in misfortune. Xia Houyuan can only comfort himself in this way, but what he still has a headache is how to persuade his eldest sister who is not easy to communicate with?
"Shur, you did a great job." Xia Houyuan didn't know what to say, but he just felt very lucky and added, "If the treatment had been delayed, I'm afraid Ruo Qian's life would have been spent here."
Xia Houshu didn't dare to take all the credit, and said quickly: "Actually, it was the second brother who saved him first, I just sent him back in time. Brothers and sisters in the family should take care of each other and support each other. Father does not have to do this
Praise me specifically."
"It's good that you think so." Xia Houyuan nodded happily, "It seems that you have really grown up."
The smile on Xia Houshu's face disappeared without a trace in an instant. Why did she think this sentence sounded weird?