under the tree drinkers

?Zhou Hanzhi is the eldest son of Zhou Shangshu in the Ministry of Rites, and Zhou Shangshu is very fond of him.His biological mother died early and was always raised by his aunt, who had no children and treated him very well.

Until the age of 11, Zhou Hanzhi has been Zhou Shangshu's precious son.In Fengrui's 15th year, when the first snow fell, Zhou Shangshu's second son was born. Aunt Ruan brought Hanzhi's little brother over to show him after dinner on the full moon day.

Zhou Hanzhi carefully hugged his younger brother, under the silver and vermilion brocade, the younger brother's skin was soft, his eyebrows were light, and his body smelled like milk.He gently rubbed his younger brother's face, and Aunt Ruan looked at him and smiled lovingly.Zhou Hanzhi suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head and passed out.

He was woken up by being splashed with cold water. In the twelfth lunar month, the biting chill penetrated the cotton wool.Father sat in the hall with an angry look on his face.Zhou Shangshu threw the teacup in his hand to the ground angrily, his face was livid.The splashed broken porcelain scratched Zhou Hanzhi's face, and blood flowed down the corner of his eyes.

"Niezi! Tell me what good deeds you have done! I actually raised you, a bastard that no relatives recognize!"

"My son doesn't know." Zhou Hanzhi looked up in horror, "Father...why is father so angry?" He shivered, half from the chill outside and half from the inside.

"Hehe, you're still here to ask me?" Zhou Shangshu held a whip in his hand, "You threw your own brother into the pond, isn't it madness or something? Hanzhi, I really didn't expect it! I didn't expect it! "He was in tears, and his whip trembled.

"It's not me...it's not me...I didn't do anything..." Zhou Hanzhi knelt back with a pale complexion, and several servants blocked his retreat, "Father is not me!" He shouted hoarsely.

"Master! Master! Don't you know what's going on with Zhi'er?" Mrs. Wang ran over from the small garden, her cheeks flushed red with tears dried by the wind.

"Family ugliness should not be publicized, beat..." Zhou Shangshu covered his face, "Thirty lashes, after beating, throw it in the backyard, I have the right to drown my two sons as if it was snowing." He threw the whip on the ground, and walked away dejectedly. out.

Mrs. Wang was struggling outside the door. She saw Zhou Shangshu walk out the door and knelt down on the ground.

"Master, don't you trust Zhi'er and me?"

"Ma'am, you're pregnant, you'd better have a good rest... Don't worry about such a wicked child."

Zhou Hanzhi's clothes were torn apart by the whip, blood and water were mixed together.He was crawling on the ground covered in cold sweat, trying to shake off the whip that hit him.He was covered in cold sweat, his hair was messy sticking to his face, Zhou Hanzhi still hadn't figured out what happened.But he knew that he would never win his father's favor again like before.

It's so cold, it's cold and it hurts.Zhou Hanzhi woke up from the dream, and when he touched the corners of his eyes, there were cold tears.The thin quilt was neither warm nor hot, so he smiled helplessly and sat up.It was snowing outside the window, and the moonlight was very bright.His peach tree stood alone in the snow, its dead branches covered with snow.

He begged Uncle Fu to buy the peach tree with the jade pendant left by his biological mother. At that time, Uncle Fu asked him, "What tree do you want to buy, young master?"

"Just buy a tree that can bloom and bear fruit." Zhou Hanzhi recalled pushing open the door and rubbing his hands.The peach tree has been growing for five or six years, and the flowers bloom very well in spring, and the ground is light red with a gust of spring breeze.

There are people walking around outside the courtyard, this secluded and desolate corner of the mansion, I am afraid even the servants are too lazy to come.Zhou Hanzhi was about to enter the house to warm up with a pot of water, when the door of the courtyard suddenly rang.The sound of knocking on the door at night was clear and clear, and it was neither too fast nor too slow. It could be imagined that the person who came was a refined person.

Zhou Hanzhi was a little curious, he glanced through the crack of the door, only saw a delicate lantern and a flickering candle.He hesitated a few times before opening the door, the Shangshu Mansion was on the left and right, so there would be no robbers in the middle of the night.

Standing outside the door was a young man in purple clothes and a golden crown, handsome and handsome, holding a lantern in his white hands.The young master in purple saw him stunned for a moment, then smiled and bowed, "I'm taking the liberty. I've heard that the plum blossoms in Shangshu's mansion are full of red plum blossoms. I forgot my way after the banquet today. How dare I ask you?" road."

"It's okay." Zhou Hanzhi lowered his head, "This place is remote, go straight along this road, you will see the first bridge and get on the bridge, then go south through the plum forest, and you will arrive at the flower hall in less than a moment."

"Thank you, young master lives here alone? Can you be lucky enough to be famous?"

"I'm just a servant, and my humble name doesn't sound good."

"My servant, Qin Ronggu." Reflecting the candlelight, Qin Ronggu's eyebrows were warm.

"Young Master Qin, let's go, be careful when skiing." Zhou Hanzhi was a little cold, and he shivered slightly.

"There will be a period later." Qin Ronggu left.

It's the prince, Zhou Hanzhi closed the door. "How can we see you again." He shook his head and put a few pieces of charcoal into the brazier.In my whole life, I can only look forward to the imperial examination.Living alone in this place, I don't show up for ten and a half months, and no one asks me except Uncle Fu.After all, in the eyes of others, I am a murderer, so I can't avoid it.It doesn't matter who framed him back then, because he is already a person who has been forgotten in the corner.What's the use of arguing, it's just getting darker and more annoying.

On the second day Uncle Fu came to knock on the door early in the morning, his expression was a little strange.

"Uncle Fu, what's the matter?" Zhou Hanzhi asked while washing his face, Uncle Fu handed him the face towel.

"Master, I have new clothes today."

"Uncle Fu, how many times have I told you not to call me Master, what are you doing wrinkling your face when you have new clothes?" He wiped his hands and took the clothes in Uncle Fu's hands, the material was delicate.Zhou Hanzhi was a little puzzled, he hadn't touched this kind of material for a long time.

"Uh...uh...hiss—this...young master, the crown prince came to the house yesterday."

"Ah."

"Did he see you?"

"Ah." Zhou Hanzhi nodded, not feeling anything wrong at all.

"This... the crown prince told the master that he wants to beg someone in the mansion, and that's you."

Zhou Hanzhi paused, "What did the master say?" He felt himself trembling again, and he hoped that Uncle Fu would say that his father refused.But the clothes in his hand reminded him that Zhou Shangshu must have agreed.Asking for someone, hehe, I am an item in this mansion, and I can give it away to anyone.

"Master agreed, you pack up for a while and the little old man will send you there."

"Fau Bomo is just joking, what does the crown prince want me to do? I can't be a man of letters, but I'm just a useless person in my family."

"Don't underestimate yourself. The little old man knows that you were wronged, but Aunt Ruan can't throw the child away by herself."

"Well, Uncle Fu, go out and let me clean up."

"Then I'll go out first." Uncle Fu sighed and left, closing the door by the way.

Zhou Hanzhi burst into tears all of a sudden, what am I?What is it to give to the prince?There will be a fixed period in the future. It turns out that this is the fixed-term method.

He looked up at the peach tree outside the window. He might not see it bloom this year, so he had to ask Fu Boduo to take care of it and not cut it down.For this family, he shouldn't have had too many fantasies, but what should he think about the prince?Zhou Hanzhi knew that he did not work for the prince, he knew what he was capable of, but the prince could not know how capable a person is just by looking at his face.

He touched the slightly cool water in the copper basin and washed his face carelessly.

Uncle Fu was waiting at the gate of the courtyard, Zhou Hanzhi opened the door, he was wearing a long gown with silver pattern and water blue background, he was not very skilled but he managed to put on the accessories on the clothes, his hair was tied with a white jade crown, his eyes were like lacquer.

He only carried a small bundle, "Let's go."