It was another day off for the private school. Zhan Feiyu heard the sound in the yard, put down his book and walked out.
"Sister." Little Niuniu was only three years old. When she saw Zhan Feiyu at the door, she called out in a sweet voice.
Little Niuniu ran over and hugged Zhan Feiyu's legs. She raised her head and looked at Zhan Feiyu pitifully with her round black eyes, "Sister, she's gone."
"Sister is going to study." After touching Niuniu's head, Zhan Feiyu looked at Erlang beside him, "Second brother, why are you and Niuniu here?"
In the past, in the Zhan family, except for Zhan Dalang, a cousin who looked down upon his younger brothers and sisters, the remaining four children got along very well.
"Grandma made some sweets, and my dad asked me to bring some for you to eat." Erlang has a kind-hearted nature, which is not like his dad at all, but is somewhat similar to his uncle Zhan.
"Eat candy." Little Niuniu giggled, took out a piece from her pocket and handed it to Zhan Feiyu.
Farmers are poor and rarely have candy, so they only entertain guests during the Chinese New Year.
Boil the soaked malt for a day and night until it becomes syrupy, add crushed peanuts, add crushed fried rice, stir and pour into a wooden basin to cool.
The man at home wields a wooden hammer and beats the sugar until it is firm. He takes it out and cuts it into pieces with a kitchen knife. It can be stored in an urn for more than half a year.
"Sister won't eat it, give it to Niu Niu." Zhan Feiyu stuffed the almond candy into little Niu Niu's mouth, and couldn't help but laugh when he saw her bulging her cheeks while chewing.
"I still have some, little fish, all for you." Erlang handed over a handful of candies wrapped in lotus leaves, only six or seven pieces, each piece half a finger long.
His eyes flashed, Zhan Feiyu took it and asked casually: "Why did you make so many candies?"
Erlang was a little embarrassed to be asked, but looking at the newly renovated house, thinking of his mother's sour words, and the second aunt's cursing, he knew that the eldest aunt and Xiaoyu who moved out were living better than at home.
"Dad said that we had money at home, so he gave us sweet treats. The eldest brother was beaten again, so grandma made sweets." Erlang laughed when he thought of Zhan Dalang, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face. His face was as swollen as a pig's head.
Erlang heard the quarrels at home these days and knew that the money was actually ill-gotten gains.
When Mrs. Li came back from the vegetable field, Erlang and Niu Niu had already left.
"Mom, do you think the old man will poison the sugar?" Zhan Feiyu asked with a smile, "This is made of almonds. Erlang said half a pound costs fifty cents."
"You're talking nonsense." Mrs. Li glared at Zhan Feiyu angrily, glanced at the marzipan on the table, and said with emotion: "It's only your third uncle who still misses you."
Although Zhan Laosan is lazy, he is loyal. He respects his sister-in-law, Mrs. Li, and also likes his niece Zhan Feiyu. He remembers Xiaoyu even if he has some sugar. It seems that his mother doesn’t know whether he can eat almonds. Zhan Feiyu understands in his heart. No wonder
I dare to send it over to my old house.
In the afternoon, Zhan Feiyu went to Wenxing Study Studio to buy paper. There were often oxcarts from the village entrance to the county. Just pay two cents. Zhan Feiyu didn't worry about going to Li's alone.
Leshan Residence.
The old shopkeeper was deeply impressed by Zhan Feiyu. There were many girls studying in Shangsi County, but there were very few who were valued by County Magistrate Chen and could write the poem "Wo Chun".
"Zhan Xiaomengtong, please come here." The old shopkeeper's eyes flashed. She actually came to see the adult. Could it be that she was not satisfied with the recommendation letter from the adult and secretly wanted to cling to him?
However, the boss had explained that if anything happened to Zhan Xiaomengtong, he would need to help secretly, so the old shopkeeper sent him to the backyard.
The backyard of Leshan Residence is not big, but it is exceptionally quiet. The running water from the pond is introduced into the teahouse, and seven or eight koi carps are swimming in the water.
On the left side of Zhan Feiyu is a half-opened window, and behind the window is an old plum tree with branches. You can imagine how elegant and comfortable it will be to sit here and sip tea when the winter snow falls and the plum blossoms bloom.
After waiting for less than two sticks of incense, Chongguang walked in from outside, poured a cup of tea by himself, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. After drinking three cups in a row, he asked: "Is this a cow's drink?"
"Tasting tea is elegance, and quenching thirst is the purpose." Zhan Feiyu said seriously, and when he saw Chongguang's surprised expression, he grinned and said: "My family is all made of crude tea foam, and I guess even cows don't drink it!"
"Fat girl, you are really my soulmate!" Chongguang pulled up a chair and sat down next to Zhan Feiyu, looking like the two brothers were familiar with each other, "Drink tea only when you are thirsty, so many details can make people...
Die of thirst."
Zhan Feiyu took out the almond candy from his purse and handed it to Chongguang, "Please have some candy."
The hand he just stretched out stopped in mid-air. Chongguang looked at Zhan Feiyu with a suspicious look on his face, "If you show your courtesy for nothing, you are either raping or stealing! Fat girl, you can't be poisoned, right?"
Looking at the smiling Zhan Feiyu, Chongguang became even more suspicious. He almost forgot that this fat girl was also a scholar and full of scheming!
"There is a doctor in the Forbidden Dragon Guard who can detect Li Ren's drunkenness. Uncle Chongguang, what are you afraid of?" Zhan Feiyu raised his eyebrows and smiled like Grandma Wolf, and put a few pieces of almond candy on the table, "A gift from my old house.
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Chongguang's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost, and he looked at Zhan Feiyu with disappointment and pain, complaining angrily, "Fat girl, you can actually do something like let me test poison, won't your conscience hurt?"
After a while, Doctor Ji, the owner of Leshan Ju, came. His left sleeve was empty, and he held a knife in his right hand to cut open a piece of marzipan for inspection.
"It's not poisonous." Doctor Ji said the test results.
"Ji Chaoce, are you sure you haven't poisoned it?" Chongguang looked suspicious, "Could it be some kind of secret medicine that won't be found out in a short time?"
Doctor Ji raised his head and spat back mockingly, "You think you're in the palace? Are you paying for the secret medicine? You sold all Zhan's family and you still can't get the money to buy the secret medicine!"
Zeng Yuquan had Lirenzui in his hand because it was not difficult to prepare the medicine, but it was difficult to find just one medicine. In addition, the symptoms after traditional Chinese medicine were similar to those of high fever. Ordinary doctors could not see it, and would misdiagnose and lead to death.
But the imperial doctor in the palace or the Xinglin master can still detect it as long as he is careful, and detoxifying it is not difficult, but even if the Lao Zhan family poisoned it, it would be just arsenic at most.
Doctor Ji picked up a piece of marzipan and threw it into his mouth. After chewing it and swallowing it, he looked at the wide-eyed Chongguang and Zhan Feiyu with disdain, "Killing for life! If they dare to poison, aren't they afraid of being beheaded?"
The scolded man looked at Zhan Feiyu with a heavy gaze, and suddenly, with lightning speed, he threw a piece of almond candy into Zhan Feiyu's mouth and slapped her back with his hand.
With a grunt, the dumbfounded Zhan Feiyu touched his throat and swallowed it?
"Haha, fat girl, you look like you've eaten Hedinghong." Looking at Zhan Feiyu's shocked and frightened eyes, Chongguang laughed and threw a mouthful into his mouth, "Don't worry, Youji
The doctor is here, even if he takes poison, he can snatch you back from the gate of hell."
After coming back to his senses, Zhan Feiyu stared at Chongguang and squeezed out the words through his teeth, "I will never let you go even if I am a ghost!"
She originally planned to eat a little bit to see if she was allergic to almonds.
With a doctor here and little food, there won't be any problems. Who would have thought that Uncle Chongguang would be so mean!
"Don't worry, we've eaten all three, and we won't die. Fat girl, you're pretending quite well." Chongguang looked at Zhan Feiyu with admiration, who seemed to be really about to die. He could almost catch up with those in the palace who were pretending.
woman.
Zhan Feiyu only felt waves of burning itching on his face. He knew it was a rash without even thinking about it, and he felt a swelling-like discomfort in his throat. The most dangerous thing when allergic is suffocation.
It became increasingly difficult to breathe. Zhan Feiyu's hand holding the edge of the table suddenly tightened. His vision went dark and he fell down.
Chongguang swallowed the last bit of candy, looked at Zhan Feiyu who fell down, and was stunned, "No, fat girl, are you still planning to pretend to be dead?"
"Shut up, something happened to her!" Doctor Ji originally thought Zhan Feiyu was just teasing him, but he also ate the almond candy. It was not poisonous! The piece Zhan Feiyu ate was the one he cut off.
But after turning Zhan Feiyu over on the ground, Dr. Ji knew something was wrong when he saw the dense red rashes on her face and neck.
Chongguang thought the two of them were addicted to acting, but when he lowered his head and looked at it, he was shocked.
Doctor Ji kicked Chongguang, who was stunned, "There is no breath, send him to my pharmacy quickly!"
Half an hour later.
Zhan Feiyu's breath has stabilized, but the rash on his face has not gone away.
Obviously the dense rash looked disgusting, but when he saw her eyes closed tightly and no longer the weird look of the past, Yin Wuyan touched her head distressedly, the little girl suffered.
Under the verandah, Chongguang stood with a gloomy face. When he was holding the unconscious Zhan Feiyu, he had noticed that she was not breathing, but fortunately he was rescued.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Chong Guang raised his head and looked at Yin Wuyan, who was breathing gloomily. He wanted to speak, but fell silent in the end.
"She almost died at your hands!" Yin Wuyan looked at the guilty Chongguang with a cold face and cold eyes, "Since she brought the marzipan, there is no doubt!"
"I understand my mistake!" He knelt down on one knee and lowered his head. He shouldn't have lost his sense. If Doctor Ji hadn't been here today, the fat girl would have returned to the underworld.
"Twenty lashes." Yin Wuyan said the punishment for Chongguang.
The rules of the Forbidden Dragon Guard are very strict. This is also because outside, if you make such a big mistake in the capital, in addition to twenty lashes, you will also be subject to a confinement order of half a month, with only a bowl of water and a steamed bun for three meals a day.
Doctor Ji came over in a hurry with the newly prepared ointment in his hand. He glanced at Chong Guang sympathetically, saluted Yin Wuyan and said, "There is no poison in the almond candy. The little girl cannot eat almonds. I remember that Concubine Chen in the palace cannot eat them."
Crabs, but the symptoms are much milder. Her kind is particularly serious, a little bit can be fatal."
There are a few people who cannot eat some food, which may cause discomfort, but they will not die even if they eat it by mistake. This is the first time Dr. Ji has encountered this situation with Zhanfei fish.
"Nansu, go to Jinlin Village to deliver a letter and tell the Li family's little girl to proofread books in Wenxing Study Room and go back tomorrow." Yin Wuyan said coldly.
A figure in the darkness immediately flew away.
Zhan Feiyu woke up at night. His face was itchy and uncomfortable. When he raised his hand to scratch it, his fingertips were covered with ointment.
Zhan Feiyu sighed, he was indeed allergic to almonds.
With a creak, the bedroom door was pushed open, and Doctor Ji walked in first. Behind him was a little medicine boy carrying medicine, and the strong smell of Chinese medicine suddenly filled the air.
"Check your pulse first and then take the medicine." Doctor Ji put his fingers on Zhan Feiyu's wrist. After a moment, he said, "It will be fine when the rash fades tomorrow."
Looking at the large bowl of dark concoction, Zhan Feiyu got up from the bed, gritted her teeth, and drank it down. The rich bitter taste almost made her spit it out.
"You might as well." Doctor Ji raised his eyebrows. As a doctor, he knew best how bitter this medicine was. This girl was not old, but she was quite fierce.
"Are you going to drink it one spoonful at a time?" Zhan Feiyu said with a bitter look on his face. The taste was simply amazing.
"By the way, Uncle Chongguang?" Zhan Feiyu, who didn't see anyone, asked quickly. Although it was a bit of a mistake, it was still an accident.
Thinking of Chongguang lying on the bed with his back torn open, Doctor Ji looked at Zhan Feiyu intently. Even though he almost died, there was no trace of resentment in the little girl's eyes.
At this moment, Doctor Ji suddenly understood why his seventh master wanted to treat a little girl differently. After staying in the darkness and filth for a long time, this little girl was like a breath of fresh air, making people happy to see her.
Zhan Feiyu frowned, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, "Has Uncle Chongguang been punished?"
He is not a big man, but he is smart and clever. Doctor Ji did not hide it, "Chongguang made a mistake and was beaten twenty times. He has no face to see you."
As a member of the Forbidden Dragon Guard, he couldn't get up after being whipped twenty times. Chongguang didn't have the shame to follow the Seventh Master. He just blamed himself and felt guilty.
As soon as he went out, he saw Yin Wuyan standing in the night. Under the cold and pale moonlight, Zhan Feiyu remembered that when they first met, he was really frightened, and his elder brother's sword was still dripping with blood.
"Brother." He spoke in a crisp voice, and Zhan Feiyu ran over with his short legs, raising his head and smiling, "Brother, don't worry, I'll be fine for thousands of years, I'll be fine."
"You're so sentimental." Yin Wuyan looked coldly at the little girl with bright and shining eyes. She was still covered in dense red rashes, but her smile was still bright. It seemed that she was really fine.
"Brother, let's go see Uncle Zhongguang. Doctor Ji said he was beaten so hard that he couldn't get up." Zhan Feiyu chuckled, looking careless, as if he really wanted to see Zhongguang's joke.
Sometimes he is cruel, but sometimes he is so soft-hearted. Yin Wuyan took the lead in taking the first step.
Zhan Fei followed him up like a fish, and the two figures, one tall and one short, were unusually harmonious in the night.
The light was on in the guest room, and Chong Guang was lying on the bed. He didn't pay attention when he heard the door open. Isn't this slight footsteps Ji... the fat girl is here?
After a while, he got up from the bed and pulled the wound on his back. Chongguang's face twisted in pain. When he looked back, his seventh master still looked stern as usual, but the fat girl smiled unusually cheerfully despite the red rash on her face.
"Uncle Chongguang." Zhan Feiyu walked to the bedside, tilted his head and glanced at the injury on his back, and joked: "We have transformed from close friends to close friends who share the same difficulties."
"Haha, this is a tacit understanding." Chongguang laughed out loud and touched Zhan Feiyu's head, "Are you okay? You will gain wisdom if you eat every step of the way. Don't eat almonds in the future. Your life is almost ruined today.
You're not scared anymore."
Zhan Feiyu rolled his eyes, sneered, stretched out his little finger and gestured, "I originally planned to eat just this little bit."
Who knew that Uncle Chongguang was so mean that he threw half of the piece into his own mouth.
Not only that, he also patted himself on the back. Those who didn't know it thought that he was afraid of his own death and wanted to give him a stabbing blow.
Chongguang glanced at his seventh master with a guilty conscience. If he continued to be mean, he wouldn't need the seventh master to deal with him, he would chop off his claws himself!
"But your grandma is quite cruel." Chongguang mentioned that the people in Lao Zhan's family were full of disgust and disgust.
In the afternoon, Nansu went to Jinlin Village and investigated at the same time. Zhan Laosan bought the almonds at the North and South Shop. Zhan Laosan boiled the malt to make almond candy. Zhan Laosan asked Erlang and Niuniu to give some to them.
Zhanfeiyu.
This is also because children in the village rarely have sweets throughout the year. Zhan Feiyu can now eat and drink without worrying about food and can still study. However, relying on the support of the clan, she cannot eat sweets. Zhan Laosan did something bad with good intentions.
"I guess he was worried that I would take revenge on my second uncle if I became successful in the future, so I acted first." Zhan Feiyu curled his lips.
In this situation, the Zhan family could only eat enough to fill their stomachs. Who would have thought that the grandmother who loved him so much could kill him in the blink of an eye.
Thinking of the conversation she overheard last night, there was no hesitation in the vicious and cold-blooded voice. Zhan Feiyu guessed that if she hadn't killed someone to pay for it, and it would have impeded Da Lang and the others from being able to take the imperial examination, she could have hacked herself to death with a kitchen knife.
Nothing serious happened to Zhan Feiyu, and Chongguang was relieved to recover from his injuries.
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At night, in the study room, two people, one tall and one short, sat across from each other. Yin Wuyan said in a deep voice: "You are so loyal in punishment and reward. How do you explain it?"
Zhan Feiyu, who was asked the question, thought for a while and replied: "It comes from "Shangshu", which states that punishments should be treated lightly, doubts should be punished, and doubts should be followed, which is the highest level of loyalty."
Yin Wuyan handed the letter on the desk to Zhan Feiyu. It was a secret letter sent from the Forbidden Dragon Guard in the capital. It was copied from the memorial written by the top scholar of Jinke to the Holy Emperor, and the core content was Yin Wuyan's question just now.
To put it bluntly, the crime is treated lightly if the crime is suspected. The memorial's sharp words accuse the Dragon Guards of being cruel in punishment for many years, which is contrary to the benevolent government praised by the Holy Emperor.
Zhan Feiyu quickly finished browsing, "The suspicion of crime should be light, and the suspicion of merit should be serious. It is better to be innocent than to kill the innocent. This means that when the evidence is insufficient, it is better to receive a lighter punishment to show benevolence. Big brother,
The Forbidden Dragon Guards often torture and torture them? Is it possible that they will only be tortured after being beaten?"
Yin Wuyan glanced at Zhan Feiyu, who was not afraid, but only curious, and said in a deep voice: "The Forbidden Dragon Guard only listens to the emperor's orders, and officials below the third rank can be killed first and then punished."
The officials in the DPRK and the Central Government had a change of attitude towards the Forbidden Dragon Guards because they were not upright. They were worried that the all-pervasive Forbidden Dragon Guards would find out something was wrong with them, so they twisted into a rope and used the Zhuangyuanlang's memorial as an introduction, with the purpose of weakening them.
Forbidden Dragon Guard.
"If the water is clear, there will be no fish, but there are many pure and good people with clean eyes and hatred of evil. Big brother, you are facing almost all the officials in the court this time." Zhan Feiyu is not a real seven-year-old child.
Corrupt officials are afraid and honest officials are disgusted. If the Forbidden Dragon Guards had not obeyed the emperor's orders, they would have ceased to exist. However, benevolence and benevolent government were used as a breakthrough point in the court, and the emperor would have to be a little worried, unless he wanted to leave a reputation for violence in the history books.
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Looking at Zhan Feiyu, whose brows were furrowed after her words hit the mark, Yin Wuyan felt for the first time that if she were born as a boy, she would definitely leave a mark in the Daqing Dynasty.
"The Forbidden Dragon Guard is besieged on all sides, but it still has the protection of the emperor, and many officials in the court also have leverage in the hands of the Forbidden Dragon Guard. But if you become an official through the imperial examination, the difficulties will be even worse." Yin Wuyan looked at Zhan Fei, whose eyes were clear and translucent.
Fish, will the light in her eyes gradually go out one day?
After a moment of silence, Zhan Feiyu suddenly raised his lips and laughed. His clear voice was firm and decisive, "The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. Big brother, it is endless fun to fight against the sky! It is fun to fight against the earth.
Endless! The joy of fighting with others is endless! The road ahead is difficult, and I will overcome all obstacles!"
Yin Wuyan did not speak again, but picked up the book and started reading.
Zhan Feiyu also picked up the letter and read it again. Putting aside his personal emotions, this is definitely an excellent piece of policy! Written by Zhuang Yuan Lang, the diction is concise, the structure is rigorous, and he quotes from other sources. It is definitely worth learning for a young boy like himself.
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The next day, early morning.
The red rash on Zhan Feiyu's face has faded away. In addition to a few pieces of paper for practicing calligraphy, there are also more than ten books and a box of winter clothes. There are so many things that the old shopkeeper of Leshanju sent a carriage.
come over.
"I'll prepare the pills in half a month. You can take them with you in the future. Even if you accidentally eat almonds, you won't die immediately." Doctor Ji left a word and turned around and entered the backyard. With Master Qi's order,
He had to hurry up.
Moreover, the old lady of the Zhan family is crazy. Who knows if she will attack again. She may tell the Zeng family, or Zhang Xiucai, who is jealous of this girl, and there is no way to guard against thieves.
Neither Yin Wuyan nor Chongguang showed up. It seemed that a secret stronghold of the Zeng family had been discovered. Zhan Feiyu climbed into the carriage and sat down, then returned to the village leisurely.