How to work

Hong You brought over the small report written by Xing Zuo, frowned and tore it up after reading it.

Xing Zuo's movements were not as fast as Hong You's, and he tried his best to grab back some scraps of paper, with a distressed expression on his face, "What are you doing, you have to report it to the prince!"

If this child dies one day, he must be stupid.Hong You patted his head, "Hey, follow me back to stand guard."

Now that the lord has arrived, I must have seen some things. I was already in a bad mood, but you still add fuel to the flames, do you think life is too long!

Everything was gone, so Xing Zuo had no choice but to follow Hong You, sighing as he walked, thinking of what happened just now was even more sad, and with a mournful face, he tugged at the corner of Hong You's clothes, "Xiao You, what should I do if I was caught by the princess..."

Hong You: ...

Lu Li walked in the direction pointed by Xing Zuo, and he saw Linjiang Tea House soon after.It's just that although the distance is not far, the crowd is too crowded, and he can't walk through it for a while.Not in a hurry, he let others go first, and walked slowly with the flow of people.

It is inevitable to have some encounters with people.There were all kinds of people in the crowd, there were always some people with indecent appearance and smell, Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief, only worried that it would be too late to go back.Twilight has come, Zhou Quan is afraid that he will come over to hold a banquet with them.

He walked all the way, not noticing that he was an outlier in the crowd.A young man with a face as handsome as the bright moon, with picturesque eyebrows and a smile on his mouth, alone and defenseless, it is inevitable that there will be one or two crooked people who want to attack him.It's a pity that before these people's claws reached out, a stone flew from an unknown direction, with such force that it could break a person's wrist bone!

People naturally dare not move after suffering a dark loss.As Lu Li walked, he gradually noticed why he often heard screams?I looked around and everything was normal, thinking that I was supercilious.But after walking a few more steps, he felt thorns on his back, as if someone was secretly staring at him.He turned around quickly and vigilantly, the lantern was blurred and the crowd was like a weaving, and he really couldn't see anything...

Lu Li's eyebrows slanted slightly, maybe it was an illusion?

After walking to the Linjiang teahouse, Shen Wansha came over before he even stopped, "Young master was scared to death, I thought you lost it!"

Lu Li smiled bitterly, "Isn't it because the young master is too blind to walk?" He reminded him that the reason for walking away was because he was staring at a girl in a fiery red dress.

Shen Wansha patted him, "Go! How can the young master be such a superficial person! It's just that the material on that girl's body is really strange. The young master is in business, so the focus is naturally different from yours." As if to hide his remorse, Shen Wansha walked back with Lu Li, "Don't be too happy, we have to go back quickly, maybe Zhou Quan will be here!"

Lu Li: ...Who on earth is too happy to miss leaving?

The garden planned for Lu Li and Shen Wansha was a single family, elegant and unique, so Zhou Quan didn't bother to place the banquet elsewhere, and asked the largest restaurant in the city to send a table of waiting noodles in the small garden A reception banquet was set up.

The small garden was originally beautiful, but now there are lights hanging everywhere, and the orange light extends from the veranda to the water pavilion. Coupled with the warm spring breeze and the refreshing fragrance of flowers, the atmosphere is really beautiful.

The three of them were all young people, and there was no sense of distance when they chatted. Shen Wansha was lively and lively, Zhou Quan was friendly and caring, and both the host and the guest were very satisfied with the meal.

Before Zhou Quan left, Shen Wansha told him about going to the Bai Mansion, and Zhou Quan agreed with a smile, "Because my family and the Bai family only have business contacts, it's not about close relatives or close family, so it's better to go there early in the morning to attract People are in a hurry, after noon, I will pick you up again, you two can rest well."

"Thank you."

Shen Wansha and Lu Li sent Zhouquan away, and you helped me to help you walk to the room.

A good banquet is not without wine, the wine that Zhou Quan brought was good, Shen Wansha drank a lot like a greedy cat, Lu Li knew that he was not good at drinking, so he only drank a little with him, but he really couldn't drink in the middle I touched my lips, but I didn't drink much.

Even so, the footsteps are a little fluttering.

He sent Shen Wansha back to the room first. When Shen Wansha fell on the soft mattress, he pinched Lu Li's face, his eyes lit up, "It can be regarded as bringing back your flesh. You have been dying of anxiety for more than a month. It's..."

Are you saying you're fat?

Lu Li looked at his hands and subconsciously touched his face, it's okay...

Shen Wansha pushed him, "Go back to sleep, you have something to do tomorrow...Young Master..." He couldn't help yawning, "Young Master is so sleepy."

This is not too drunk.

Lu Li told his servants to wash his hands and face to wait for him to rest, and then went back to his room.

Although he wasn't drunk, he still felt very tired. After washing up, he climbed into bed and fell asleep.

He slept so deeply that he didn't even know that the window was open. A slender figure came out from the moonlight and stopped in front of him.

Zhao Zhu frowned and looked at the boy on the bed, his eyes were dark and dull, and he clenched his fists tightly.

That night was too absurd, he didn't want to remember it, but he remembered the boy's eyes, he didn't lie to himself, he was telling the truth, he really didn't like himself.

He was so angry that he squandered his energy wantonly, worked without sleep, and pressed himself with high-intensity business affairs, and the figure of a teenager still appeared in his mind from time to time.As if unconsciously, the young man planted a seed in his heart, which slowly germinated and grew, and would pop out from time to time to remind him of its existence.Can't be destroyed, can't be forgotten.

After a month of madness, his subordinates finally couldn't take it anymore, and his body was exhausted to the limit, so he realized that this was not possible.

He, Zhao Zhu, grew up in the storm of wind, thunder and blood. For more than 20 years, what was he afraid of? How could he be defeated by a brat!

He decided to come back, and take back the humiliation he received from here!

On the night he made the decision, he had a good night's sleep, and felt refreshed the next day, thinking that such a decision was extremely correct.

Lu Li humiliated him, saying that everything was self-indulgent, blind-minded, and he didn't like himself at all, so he... let him like himself!

As long as he likes him, he is not wrong!

Imagine that on a certain day in a certain year, when the flowers are full and the moon is full, the young man confesses his love to himself shyly, and Zhao Zhu feels his blood boil.On that day, he must be very arrogant and contemptuously ask him back, don't you dislike me?

Stretching out his fingers, subconsciously worried that he would startle the sleeping person, Zhao Zhu moved very lightly, and slowly slid across the smooth forehead, handsome eyebrows, and plump cheeks...

Talking and laughing with everyone, not aware of the dangers around me, never talking about myself, and gaining weight!

Completely forgetting about myself, living a happy life, really heartless...

Zhao Zhu rubbed the boy's lips with a little force.

Lu Li gave a light 'hmm', not knowing if he felt disturbed, and put his hand over.

Zhao Zhu was startled, and the clouds in his slender eyes rolled.

The rosy lips under the fingertips are slightly warm, the small hands on the back of the hands are slightly cool, and the palms are smooth and soft...

At this moment, my heart beats a little faster.

Zhao Zhu held the hand backhand, a familiar feeling came over him, and his expression softened slightly.The bottom of my heart seems to be soaked in a warm and sweet spring, peaceful and serene, and the years seem to be as quiet as flowers... It makes people reluctant to let go.

On the second day, Lu Li woke up in the morning light, feeling a little sore in his arm, thinking that he had accidentally pressed it while sleeping, and had no idea that someone had been forced to hold his hand in the middle of the night, and he didn't change his posture.

When Shen Wansha got up, he arranged for the funeral ceremony to be sent to Baifu. Since he was going, there should be no lack of etiquette.

After noon, Zhou Quan came to pick them up, and within two minutes, they arrived at Bai Mingtao's residence.

Bai Mingtao is an outsider, his clan is not in Xingyuan, and the time is too short for the clansmen to rush over here. Most of the people who help here wear black gauze on their arms, and few wear filial piety. Lu Li guesses that this person must be very popular.

Those who thanked him with mourning before the funeral, one was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, the other was a boy of five or six years old, probably Bai Mingtao's son, and there was no girl.The etiquette system of this era requires a lot of women. The girls probably keep their filial piety in the inner hall. Lu Li is not surprised, but why is the mistress not here when the two children are here?

Just in time Zhouquan came back from offering incense, and whispered to them, "I heard that Madam Bai mourned too much, and finally couldn't bear it after two days. After thanking the guests this morning, I was persuaded to go back to the room to rest."

Shen Wansha snorted, "I see."

The mourning hall was laid out neatly and solemnly, but within three days, the lid of the coffin was closed to prevent people from seeing the remains of the deceased, "...but why?" Lu Li asked.

Zhou Quan replied in a low voice, "Your Majesty was trampled to death by a horse when he went out. The body was indecent. The housekeeper said that in order not to frighten the visitors, he built the coffin first. And now that the weather is getting hotter, the damaged body needs to be put into the ground as soon as possible." , will be buried in about five days."

"So fast?" Shen Wansha also thought of a possibility, "Isn't the burial custom here a hanging coffin? Why is Master Bai buried?"

Lu Li reminded him, "Master Bai is not a local, and even if he follows local rituals, he will have to be buried for three years before he hangs in the hanging coffin."

Shen Wansha slapped his forehead, "I forgot!"

After offering incense and offering a funeral ceremony to the deceased, it is reasonable for the host to thank him. It is past noon, and it is not easy to entertain and eat, so the steward invites the three of them to serve refreshments in the hall next to them.

Bai Mingtao was the prefect before he was alive, so his social circle must not be small, and the lights are out when people die, so there are many people who are willing to come and give them away, so even at this hour, there are quite a few people in the hall, and most of them are local dignified people.

This kind of time is the time to make full use of it. He told Lu Li and Shen Wansha a few words, and then he was good at dancing with his sleeves.Lu Li and Shen Wansha walked in the garden together, wanting to see if there were any noteworthy personnel events, or to meet servants by chance to inquire about some news.

But after turning around for a long time, there was nothing to gain, and the two of them were a little sluggish.

"The lady has hanged herself! The lady has hanged herself!"

A sudden scream broke the silence, and the sound seemed not too far away.

"Madam?" Shen Wansha was at a loss.

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, and suddenly pulled Shen Wansha to run in the direction of the voice, "Mrs. Fu Yin!"

Bai Mingtao is an outsider, with only his wife and children around him and no parents. In this family, the only one who can be called Mrs. Bai is probably Mrs. Bai!

Sure enough, it was very close, and when I went around the east corner of the garden, I saw figures in front of the small courtyard moving around in a panic.When Lu Li dragged Shen Wansha all the way there, not many people gathered yet.

The courtyard door was wide open, and the room door was wide open. Lu Li quickly walked into the room, only to see plain white silk passing through the beam, and a woman in plain white underwear was hanging above it.Xu Shi was too terrified, and several maids stood aside tremblingly, no one dared to go over and put him down.

Lu Li felt an unprecedented discomfort.After receiving the news from his parents, he rushed over after a long journey, and Bai Mingtao was dead. Just as he was about to figure out how to meet his wife or the old servant and ask about the past, Mrs. Bai also hanged himself.

It was as if something was stopping him somewhere.

It's one thing for me to be ignorant and unwilling, but I tried hard to find an answer, but it ended like this, Lu Li was not reconciled.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he grabbed the maid beside him, "When did Madam hang herself?"

"No, I don't know," the servant girl's voice trembled, "When Chen Shichu was entertaining guests, Madam almost fainted, and the ladies who came to help her persuaded Madam to rest. The servants didn’t dare to move when they came to disturb me. Just now, a cat mischievously ran into the window, and the servants chased it away, only to see Madam, she...she..."

The maid wiped her tears with a handkerchief.Ordinarily, she shouldn't have said these things to strangers, but when she felt that the young man had a kind face and was temporarily confused, she subconsciously said it out.

Lu Li glanced across the entire room.

The window is open, the gauze is fluttering, and the door... According to the maid, it has just been opened.There was a faint scent of calming incense in the room, the objects were neatly arranged, the bed was slightly messy, and there was no sign of struggle.But the hanged man was only wearing plain white underwear, no shoes...

Lu Li quickly observed the surroundings, circled around Mrs. Bai, and touched Mrs. Bai's hand.

Cool.

"Come on, let's carry Madam down together." Lu Li greeted the old lady.

It was so chaotic just now, and there was no backbone, everyone in the room was scared to death.Although the housekeeper and the eldest young master are not here, it would be nice if someone is willing to help.And they are all Madam's servants, how can they watch Madam hanging on it all the time!

Two bold women came over, hugged Mrs. Bai's leg, and lifted it up——

"Be careful, be careful..."

Lu Li reminded, watching the mother-in-law and maidservants carry him down and carry him back to the bed.

"Oh my mother——" the helping maid suddenly jumped up and jumped out, as if she was frightened by something.

"What's the matter, Xiaoyu?"

The servant girl exclaimed, "Madam's heart is still hot!"

A woman boldly probed, "It's just a little warm, not completely cold. Don't make a fuss, you child. It's better to inform the young master first that the wife has passed away, so you should pack up and get dressed."

Lu Li suddenly stretched out his hand to stop it, "No need, madam is still alive."

He remembered that there were many ways to save the dead in the records of redressing injustices, and there was also one about hanging himself.Modern appraisal says this method is unscientific, but Song Tixing can write like that, he must have used that method to save people, and now he has the opportunity, no matter how low the probability is, he has to try it!

"I can save her!"