Hold His Hand

Lu Yanzhou knew that Lu Rong would come over today, but he didn't expect that Lu Rong would look like this.

Lu Rong's clothes were of acceptable material, but they were dirty and didn't keep warm, her shoes were covered with mud, her face was two degrees darker than yesterday and her lips were whiter, making people feel sorry for her after seeing her.

She didn't even have a small bundle, she was only wrapped in a swaddling baby, and she looked like she was in distress.

"Something happened to my family and I couldn't live on, so I came to the capital to look for relatives, but unfortunately I didn't find anyone..." Lu Rong told her what happened before with red eyes, which made the people around her feel very sympathetic.

When Lu Yanzhou went out, Lu Rong said even more fearfully: "Young master, I heard that there is porridge here, so I want to come here to beg for some porridge."

Lu Rong vividly portrayed a woman who was in trouble and was about to die, obviously she didn't want others to know about her relationship with Lu Yanzhou.

This is indeed beneficial to them.

Lu Yanzhou took it for granted, so he left Lu Rong and asked her to choose a room in the newly built house.

Lu Rong chose one and thanked her again and again, saying that she would help with the work.

Lu Rong also mentioned that her husband's family is a small business, so she can not only wash and cook, but also settle accounts.

Lu Yanzhou was overjoyed, and immediately arranged some work for her.

This tossing took about half an hour, and when Lu Yanzhou turned around, he saw that Xie Chengze had come out of the room and was chatting with the abbot of Jingning Temple.

Seeing that he was done, Xie Chengze looked over and smiled.

"Brother Cheng, I'm really sorry for neglecting you." Lu Yanzhou walked up to Xie Chengze in a few steps.

Xie Chengze said: "I'm here to relax, why not be negligent?"

That being said, Xie Chengze was very happy when Lu Yanzhou finally had the time to talk to him. After chatting with Lu Yanzhou for a few words, he took the initiative to ask if there was anything that needed his help.

Lu Yanzhou then found a job for him to do—to name and register the orphans in the temple.

Although the orphans taken in by Jingning Temple had names, they were all called "Goudan", "Da Ya", "Er Mao" casually, and most of them didn't have names. Lu Yanzhou wanted to find someone to give them nice names.

It was a simple job. Xie Chengze sat on the chair that Lu Yanzhou used to see patients, and named those children.

After picking up two, he also looked at the people around him and asked someone to buy some food for delivery.

Xie Chengze had donated money before he came to Jingning Temple, but he didn't donate much—he didn't have much money.

Moreover, he knew that there were tens of thousands of poor people in this world. Instead of donating money to help others, he might as well handle political affairs so that the people can live and work in peace.

But seeing Lu Yanzhou busy back and forth with some children and elderly people today, he also wanted to do his part.

He wanted to buy some food for the children here, and reward Lu Yanzhou as well.

The children's names are decided, and after registration and registration, the booklet must be given to Lu Rong.

Others have come here long ago, but Lu Rong is different, she just came today, Xie Chengze was deeply impressed by her.

Out of habit, Xie Chengze also asked about Lu Rong's hometown.

Lu Rong grew up in the capital and knew that her accent could not be changed, so she said, "I grew up in the capital. When I was ten years old, my parents took me back to my hometown, where I got married and had children..."

Lu Rong used to live in Liuxiang, Huajie, where most of the women couldn't survive and had to do this job. The identity she gave herself now was actually the experience of one of the flower girls.

The Huaniang's husband's family was in the porcelain business, but they were unlucky to meet Dilong and turned over. The porcelain that had just been brought into the house fell to pieces, and all the belongings were lost.

Hua Niang's husband had no choice but to borrow money from someone to buy the goods. As a result, he encountered robbers on the road. Because the goods were bought with borrowed money, he was reluctant to let go, so the robbers chopped off his head.

Hua Niang's husband died, but the porter he hired to buy goods with him escaped home.The porter told the neighbors about this, and people from Huaniang's family came to ask for debts every day. The Huaniang was helpless, and wanted to come to the capital to visit relatives with her child, but the relatives could not be found, and the child was still sick, so she had to sell herself, but even so , did not save the child.

Lu Rong changed Hua Niang's experience and described it as her own, but it was seamless.

Xie Chengze knew that Dilong's turnaround was not serious, and the court did not provide disaster relief, but he didn't want to break a small family because of it, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing him like this, Lu Rong smiled and said, "Master Cheng, I'm not bad, I survived anyway, and now I still have a place to stay."

Lu Rong is really in a good mood at the moment. She was young back then and didn't know much about the Lu family's affairs. After the Lu family's accident, people in the capital never dared to mention the Lu family. They thought the Lu family was dead. Seeing Lu Yanzhou yesterday, Only then did I realize that not only my cousin was alive, but also four cousins ​​were alive.

In addition, her cousin was very organized and arranged the matter of revenge in an orderly manner, which also gave her a lot of peace of mind.

The young master Cheng in front of her didn't have the arrogance of a young master from a wealthy family, and she seemed to be a cousin and friend, so she liked Xie Chengze very much.

"You will definitely get better and better." Xie Chengze said seriously.

Lu Rong smiled and quickly helped with the work,

When Lu Rong was working, she carried her child behind her back. Many country people did this, but Xie Chengze hadn't seen it very often, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances. Seeing that the child fell asleep with his head tilted without wearing a hat, he was a little bit Worried: "If it's cold today, will the child freeze?"

He remembered that the older children in his maternal grandfather's family didn't go out very much in winter. When they went out, they not only wore hats, but also had their mother-in-law beside them to help keep out the wind, or covered their head and face with a scarf.

"It's not bad from the cold, he does this every day," Lu Rong said, "We are small and small, so we don't care that much."

Just as he was talking, the food Xie Chengze had bought was delivered.

Xie Chengze started to deal with government affairs very early, and his mother even found a great Confucianism to teach him. He understands the world and the world, so he didn't buy flashy things.

He had someone weigh [-] catties of the cheapest pastry in the capital, and he had someone buy some stewed eggs and chicken from a stewed vegetable restaurant to send as extra vegetables, and nothing else.

So this afternoon, when the children were drinking porridge, there was a stewed egg and a stewed chicken in the bowl.

Lu Yanzhou's side is even richer. Braised chicken legs, stewed chicken wings, stewed chicken feet are all available, and there is also a stewed pig's trotter. The young monk in the greedy temple drools. up.

"Brother Cheng, you are going to ruin the little monk's morality." Lu Yanzhou laughed.

Xie Chengze was also a little happy when he thought of the little monk's appearance, and said: "Then the lady of the Zhu family who just arrived wants to nurse the child, and this pig's trotter was bought for her, let someone send it over."

Lu Rong told people that her husband's family name was Zhu, and everyone called her "Zhu's wife".

Lu Yanzhou said: "It's better to let her eat in the house. We will eat on the kang. She, Chang Feng, and your guards will eat at the next table... Her room is not warm yet."

Xie Chengze agreed.

Half of Lu Yanzhou's house was taken up by Kang, and the rest was set up with an Eight Immortals table. When Lu Rong was called in, she ate with Chang Feng and the others.

They ate the same food as Lu Yanzhou and Xie Chengze, except for the vegetarian food in the temple, which was the marinated meat that Xie Chengze had someone buy, and Lu Rong also had a whole pig's trotter.

Lu Rong had to rent a house to live these years, and her life was very tight. She seldom ate like this on weekdays, and she had a better impression of Xie Chengze for a while.

After Xie Chengze left and finally settled down, Lu Rong said to Lu Yanzhou, "Xiao Jiu, that Mr. Cheng is a nice guy, which family does he belong to?"

Having experienced too many things in these years, Lu Rong's vision has long been cultivated, and she can see that Xie Chengze is unusual at a glance.

Just that style, just that hand, face and teeth, it's not that a rich family can't afford it.

Lu Yanzhou didn't hide it either: "He is the prince."

Lu Rong's face suddenly changed, her eyes were full of hatred: "Prince? He is the prince?!"

Lu Rong looked as if she wanted to work hard with Xie Chengze, and Lu Yanzhou said, "Seventh sister, I said before that I have become King Rui's staff, and I am on good terms with the prince."

It took Lu Rong a while to calm down: "What are your plans?"

Lu Yanzhou said: "Seventh Sister, I only found out that the Prince has a serious heart disease after meeting him."

"He has heart disease? No wonder such a big man still uses lip service." Lu Rong said immediately.

Lu Rong's powers of observation are astonishing. Lu Yanzhou said: "He lives in seclusion because of his mental illness. He has reached the crown and has yet to marry a wife. Sister, the prince's situation will not become our resistance. On the contrary, we have to protect him."

"Protect?"

Lu Yanzhou said: "King Rui wants to bring the prince down with all his heart. If something happens to the prince and King Rui's family dominates, we will definitely have nothing to do with King Rui. We have to hurt both of them first. It is best to kill King Rui first. "

When Lu Yanzhou said that he was going to kill King Rui, he was very calm, as if it was not difficult, which undoubtedly surprised Lu Rong even more. He always felt that this younger brother was unusual: "Okay, I will listen to you."

Lu Yanzhou started explaining to Lu Rong, of course, the main point was how to deal with King Rui.

Lu Yanzhou really wanted to get rid of King Rui. Firstly, King Rui was really not a good person. The original owner followed King Rui, so he often saw King Rui doing dirty things.

The original owner is also not clear-headed, and even thinks that Rui Wang is so cruel and ruthless that he has the demeanor of a king.

But in fact, King Rui and Jin are worthy of being father and son, both of them are selfish people.

What's more, King Rui wanted to kill Xie Chengze.

It is true that Xie Chengze died under the scheme of the original owner, but besides the original owner, King Rui arranged for others to attack Xie Chengze, but none of them succeeded.

Such a person who might harm Xie Chengze at any time... Lu Yanzhou didn't want to let him go.

But what he told Lu Rong that Xie Chengze and King Rui would both suffer... This is nonsense, and it's just to stabilize Lu Rong.

Lu Rong is quite capable and has many people on hand. He is afraid that Lu Rong will suddenly attack Xie Chengze.

As for what to do in the future... Why did he bring Lu Rong here?One of the reasons is to let Lu Rong and Xie Chengze get along more.

Xie Chengze is a very nice person, and after getting along with her a lot, Lu Rong's heart is not made of iron and will always waver.

What's more, the affairs of the Lu family had nothing to do with Xie Chengze. Xie Chengze was only three years old.

Lu Yanzhou discussed with Lu Rong, teased Lu Rong's children, and reminded Lu Rong to take back the unfinished pig's trotters.

When it comes to pig's trotters, Lu Rong's expression is a bit complicated.

Lu Yanzhou said: "They have ruined my whole family in Lu's family, why can't they eat a pig's trotter from him?"

Lu Rong finally took the trotters back.

The next day, Lu Yanzhou hired someone to build the house, and asked Lu Rong to keep the accounts as a housekeeper.

Others are quite envious when they see it, but they won't be jealous, because Lu Rong is really a neat person, and she calculates accounts very quickly.

In this way, it was very normal for Lu Rong to talk to Lu Yanzhou. When Lu Rong went to Lu Yanzhou's house at night, everyone only thought that she was going to pay a bill and didn't think too much about it.

Lu Rong is tall and tall, with a square face and thick lips. This typical appearance of the Lu family, coupled with her deliberate honest appearance, makes people not associate her with some sexy things at all, not to mention that she is always carrying a child.

Another thing happened on the second day, that is, Xie Chengze sent people to send a lot of books to Lu Yanzhou, and some food.

The food this time was specially delivered to Lu Yanzhou, it was different from the previous day, there were not only pastries made by Chef Donggong, but also marinated beef.

At this time, ordinary people can't eat beef... Lu Yanzhou divided Lu Rong in half.

Lu Rong: "..."

A few days later, the second batch of houses had been built, and Lu Yanzhou took in some more people. He also invited a doctor to treat the people he took in, and learn Chinese medicine from the doctor.

He did this in order to accumulate enough merits as soon as possible to help Xie Chengze heal his heart disease.

It's just that this is ancient times, he has no power and power, and it is still a bit inconvenient to do things, and the speed of accumulating merit is relatively slow.

On this day, when the new clothes made by Lu Yanzhou were delivered, he asked all the children he took in to shave their hair and take a bath, and put on new clothes.

People at this time put a lot of emphasis on their hair, but there were not a few children who shaved their heads. The children saw a lot of monks, and they didn't care about it. Instead, they asked curiously if they wanted to become monks too.Can't eat meat anymore?

Lu Yanzhou said: "You don't want to be monks, you just shave your head, and you can continue to eat meat."

The little monk in the temple burst into tears immediately.

Lu Yanzhou looked awkwardly at the abbot, Baoxiang Majestic, but the abbot pushed the three young monks in the temple forward: "Forget it, you wait until the six sense organs are not clean, so let's return to vulgarity!"

He acted like this, but the three young monks were startled, and they all said: "Abbot, I don't want to go!"

The abbot said: "When you grow up, if you still want to learn Buddhism, you should become a monk."

Seeing this, Lu Yanzhou laughed.

These days, he gets along more with the abbot, and he knows why Xie Chengze likes to come here, and he also likes to chat with the abbot.

The abbot of Jingning Temple didn't become a monk until he was in his 30s, and he had been walking around in his early years. This experience made him very knowledgeable and open-minded.

The three young monks dared to cry with him, and it could be seen that he was very kind to the three children.

The three young monks returned to vulgarity, put on the new padded clothes Lu Yanzhou bought, and ate the meat porridge that Lu Yanzhou ordered.

They were eating when Xie Chengze came again, he was a little confused when he saw a group of bald heads.

Lu Yanzhou laughed: "These children have worms in their hair, so I just let them shave their heads."

In fact, not only the children shaved their heads, but the old people also shaved their heads.

Homeless people don't really care about their hair. Who wouldn't want to become a monk if they can survive the famine year?Entering the palace to be a eunuch is always fought by someone.

These old people have no land, and they can't find work and can only wander around when they are old. If Lu Yanzhou hadn't taken them in, they probably wouldn't survive this winter. They just shave their heads, what is it?

"This is indeed a good idea." Xie Chengze nodded in approval, but when he saw the books related to Chinese medicine placed in Lu Yanzhou's room, he couldn't help frowning: "Are you studying medicine?"

"I'm very interested in medical skills, so I learned it." Lu Yanzhou said.

Xie Chengze didn't quite agree: "It's only three months before Chunwei, you..."

Lu Yanzhou said: "Brother Cheng, I have read all the books you gave me, if you don't believe me, you will test me."

Wang Linyuan is Xie Chengze's mentor, and Xie Chengze has already memorized the books that Wang Linyuan annotated by heart, so he started to ask questions.

Lu Yanzhou could answer all the questions, and even recite all the notes.

Xie Chengze looked at Lu Yanzhou in shock. He gave the book to Lu Yanzhou only seven or eight days ago, and Lu Yanzhou did many other things these days...

Lu Yanzhou smiled and said, "I'm not talented, but I have a photographic memory."

Xie Chengze: "..."

Lu Yanzhou said: "Brother Cheng, let's not talk about this anymore, I bought some sweet potatoes today, shall we go roast the sweet potatoes?"

"Roasted sweet potato?" Xie Chengze was at a loss.

Lu Yanzhou knew that Xie Chengze had been dealing with political affairs since a few years ago.

King Rui was very jealous, but he knew that there was a lot of pressure to do this, especially since Xie Chengze was only a prince, not yet an emperor.

In the past two years, the crown prince was fined to kneel because of his inappropriate handling of affairs.

It was rare for Xie Chengze to come out, so he definitely wanted to relax, so he simply took Xie Chengze to do something that did not require thinking, such as roasting sweet potatoes with a group of children.

Roasting sweet potatoes takes time, and Lu Yanzhou also found some rice and threw it into the fire to pop them into rice crackers, and the children rushed to eat them.

Xie Chengze looked at it strangely. Seeing this, Lu Yanzhou picked up a few clean ones for him: "Brother Cheng, do you want to try it?"

Xie Chengze did not refuse, and tasted it.

The rice crackers had no taste, but he managed to taste some sweetness amidst the children's yelling.

While waiting for the sweet potatoes to ripen, Lu Yanzhou told Xie Chengze some anecdotes about the countryside, which Xie Chengze had never heard of, so he naturally listened with gusto.

"The sweet potato should be almost ready." Lu Yanzhou found a slender sweet potato from the fire, peeled half of it and brought it to Xie Chengze's mouth: "Taste it."

Xie Chengze was stunned for a while, then opened his mouth and took a bite.

Lu Yanzhou couldn't help laughing.

The Xie Chengze in this world was very calm when facing him, which made him a little uncertain about Xie Chengze's thoughts, but now His Royal Highness has already stuttered the things he handed over, and he definitely has feelings for him.

Facing Lu Yanzhou's smile, Xie Chengze paused, quickly took the sweet potato and said, "I'll eat it myself."

Lu Yanzhou didn't do anything else.

In the past few worlds, he never pursued Xie Chengze seriously, and it's good to take his time in this world.

At this moment, Xie Chengze was a little embarrassed by Lu Yanzhou's sudden action. He didn't look at Lu Yanzhou, he looked away, and then saw Lu Rong standing not far away with the child on his back.

Xie Chengze immediately said: "Sister-in-law Zhu, do you want to eat roasted sweet potatoes? It's cold, eating a sweet potato can just warm your body."

Lu Rong didn't show any strangeness in front of Xie Chengze, and said with a smile: "Master Cheng, I used to eat this food a lot, but I don't like it anymore. I want to save my stomach for dry food later."

Xie Chengze heard the words and said: "I brought some bacon over today, sister, let the kitchen steam it, and serve everyone dinner."

Xie Chengze is the prince after all, and he usually puts on airs.

But he loves Lu Yanzhou, and he naturally gets close to Lu Yanzhou and the people around Lu Yanzhou.

Although Xie Chengze didn't come over a few days ago, he delivered food to him several times. Lu Rong was used to giving food to him, so she said right now: "I'll get someone to steam it right away."

When the children around heard this, their eyes lit up, as they wished they could eat right away.

Seeing this, Lu Yanzhou said: "Brother Cheng, don't give away such food anymore. These children eat better than the children in the village. If this continues, someone may deliberately throw the children at me."

"It's because I didn't think carefully." Xie Chengze immediately apologized.

"It's nothing." Lu Yanzhou looked at Xie Chengze with deep meaning, "I know you are thinking of me before sending it. I'm very happy."

Xie Chengze's heartbeat speeded up unconsciously, and his chest was bulging.

Touching his chest, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yanzhou asked worriedly.

"I'm fine," Xie Chengze's expression had returned to normal, "I still have some things at home... I have to go back."

"I'll see you off." Lu Yanzhou said.

Xie Chengze came in a carriage, Lu Yanzhou sent Xie Chengze to the carriage, and then pulled Xie Chengze to talk and refused to let Xie Chengze go.

When Changfeng ran over with a small clay pot, Lu Yanzhou handed the pot to Xie Chengze: "Brother Cheng, this is a snack I made not long ago, you take it to eat...you are too thin, you have to eat well. "

As far as he knew, the prince Xie Chengze was usually busy with government affairs and would forget to eat... It is said that Xie Chengze's appetite is not very good.

So, he made some sesame balls from the beneficial sesame seeds eaten by heart patients, and gave them to Xie Chengze as snacks.

Xie Chengze picked it up, and then Lu Yanzhou stepped aside and watched the carriage go away.

"Xiao Jiu," Lu Rong called out, "Are you... are you too close to him?"

Lu Yanzhou said: "Seventh sister, haven't you noticed? The crown prince likes men, and he is interested in me."

Lu Rong turned pale with shock: "What?"

"I also like men, so the first time I saw him, I found that he likes men..." Lu Yanzhou raised the corners of his mouth, smiling coldly, "I acted like he liked according to the information about him that King Rui investigated... ...After he touched me a few times, he fell in love with me."

"Do you like men?" Lu Rong frowned. She had been staying in Huajie Liuxiang before, so she naturally knew about men and men.

Lu Yanzhou acted like it wasn't a big deal: "Yes, I like men...that's not the point, the point is that the crown prince likes me, so it will be much easier for us to get revenge."

Lu Rong was still a little dazed, and Lu Yanzhou said again: "Speaking of which, His Highness the Crown Prince is quite simple, there must have been nothing before, I didn't spend much time, and he was hooked."

When Lu Rong heard her cousin say that, she felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.

She hated the dog emperor to death, and wanted to kill the dog emperor. Naturally, she didn't want to let the dog emperor's two sons go.

But thinking about all the things Xie Chengze sent these days, and looking at her cousin's unscrupulous appearance... She was a little restless.

She has seen all kinds of people. Although she has not had much contact with Xie Chengze, she can also see that His Highness the Crown Prince is a very nice person. Among other things, there are few nobles in the capital who are like the Crown Prince and do not dislike them at all. children's?

It's fine if you kill someone with a knife, this deceitful feeling...

Seeing Lu Rong's appearance, Lu Yanzhou was in a good mood.

Not in vain did he get Lu Rong here, and he spared no effort to blackmail himself.

After a while, Lu Rong should sympathize with Xie Chengze.

Lu Yanzhou said again: "Seventh Sister, I will go to the capital tomorrow to meet King Rui."

After hearing this, Lu Rong regained her composure, and then said, "Xiao Jiu, you must be careful when the time comes, and don't be noticed by King Rui."

Lu Yanzhou said: "Seventh sister, don't worry, King Rui thinks that I have a deep affection for him and trusts me very much."

Lu Rong: "..."

Blame that damn dog emperor!Her Xiaojiu was such a pure and kind child before, and if the fish she raised died, she would erect a monument for it. What has she become now!

But let's not talk about Xiao Jiu, she is not a good person.

Lu Rong continued to work in a complicated mood.

However, Lu Yanzhou went back to his residence, took out the book Xie Chengze brought him today, and read it.

At the same time, Xie Chengze opened the earthen pot that Lu Yanzhou had given him, and took out a black meatball.

"Your Highness, shall I try first?" Xie Chengze's guard asked.The previous sweet potatoes were roasted on fire. His Royal Highness is not allowed to import this kind of unknown origin.

Xie Chengze said, "No need."

After finishing speaking, Xie Chengze took a bite of the ball in his hand.

The strong aroma of sesame spreads in the mouth... Xie Chengze slowly finished one, and then closed the lid of the clay pot.

He should eat well and take care of his body.

King Rui has always been eyeing the position of prince, and the officials on his side are often targeted by King Rui's people.

The official who presided over the imperial examination this time was a student of his mentor and a loyal princeling. If Lu Yanzhou became a Jinshi and became his senior's disciple, he would naturally be assigned to his side, and he would also be targeted by King Rui.

He always wants to live longer and protect people well.

Thinking of Lu Yanzhou, Xie Chengze regretted not staying in Jingning Temple for a while.

He was afraid that he would get too deep and leave in a hurry, but how could he control this feeling?Obviously, he had just left Jingning Temple, and he had already started thinking about when he would go again.

It's a pity he doesn't always have time to go.

Xie Chengze hugged the clay pot, and began to think about what he had in his East Palace... He planned to choose two, pack them up tonight, and send someone to Lu Yanzhou tomorrow.