doctor knife in hand

Jiangzhou General's Mansion

Wang Peng played with the exquisite carved ornaments in his hand, and then looked at the box on the table. The box was open, and the inside was golden. He couldn't help squinting his eyes, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"General, are you still satisfied? Our boss said that as long as we can leave the border of Jiangzhou safely, we will thank you later."

The deputy of Yang and his party brought the shopkeeper of the cargo ship to Jiangzhou General's Mansion. The shopkeeper had a very winking look, and when they met, he was a box of gold bars, which was extremely naked, but extremely effective.

I saw Wang Peng sternly said: "It is the duty of this general to let the cargo ships of normal merchants sail safely in Yangjiang."

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper immediately complimented and thanked: "Thank you, General, I'm afraid that the water bandits will rob the ship if I'm a responsible businessman. If you have a general's words, you can rest assured. I'll go back and make arrangements, and we will drive as usual tomorrow."

Wang Peng waved his hand, and the two went down.

Wang Peng looked at the box of gold bars around the table. He was in a very good mood, and couldn't help telling his side: "Go and inform Wang Zhan that these two ships should not be robbed for the sake of this general. Buy him a drink."

However, the Yanghe Gang even dared to rob an official ship, so how could they just stop there?

Someone from the Yanghe gang said: "Then Wang Peng takes himself too seriously. He is just the younger brother of the emperor's concubine. It's nothing to rely on a woman to get to this position."

"He took the benefits, let us stop, why?"

"That's right, it's fine if it's a small boat. I've investigated the big bosses. Those two boats are filled with silk and porcelain, and they come from the south. They are priceless."

Wang Zhan is originally a cautious character, otherwise no one knows which island in the Yangjiang River he is in.However, there have been more robberies over the years, and the officials who let him catch the handle are one after another, and nothing has happened.

Some time ago, I heard that the emperor sent an imperial envoy, and I was a little worried about the replacement of Jiangzhou General.Unexpectedly, the imperial envoy had a broken leg and could not come out in the prefect's mansion. General Jiangzhou was such a guy, but with a few women and some filial piety, he was allowed to board a pirate ship, so his self-confidence swelled. With every word I said, I lost my composure.

He didn't take Wang Peng's meaning seriously at all.

To rob or not to rob a ship?Of course robbery!

Lu Jin rushed to Huichun Hall, and the shopkeeper Fang was showing the prescriptions and medicines behind the counter. When he saw Lu Jin coming, he took out a letter and gave it to him, and said: "Go inside and wait, I will talk to you later." you say."

So Lu Jin took the letter, walked to the wing of Huichun Hall, found a chair, sat down, and opened the envelope.

This letter was not addressed to Lu Jin, but the other party returned to Shopkeeper Fang. Shopkeeper Fang picked up one of the letters and gave it to Lu Jin, and there was news about Ji's family on it.

It's just that the more Lu Jin looked at this, the tighter his brows became, and his heart sank when he saw it, and then he looked back and forth carefully, the more he looked, the more flustered he became.

When shopkeeper Fang walked in, Lu Jin's face had become very ugly.

"Treasurer Fang, what does this mean? The second son of the Ji family, his wife's surname is not Lu? Could it be that my second sister is not married to the Ji family? Impossible. I met him when he came to pick up his wife. I’ve seen the post too, so I won’t remember it wrong!”

Shopkeeper Fang held a pot of tea in his hand, picked up two teacups, filled each, then took a cup for Lu Jin, and pulled out the letter paper from his hand, "Don't worry, drink some water first, the letter It’s not complete, sit down and I’ll explain it to you in detail.”

Lu Jin took the teacup, took a sip casually, and then looked at shopkeeper Fang with a very eager expression.

Shopkeeper Fang said: "You once said that your second sister got married on your way back to Shuiqiao County and married Ji's family, didn't you?"

"Yes, in a hurry, even the dowry is arranged at will." Lu Jin replied.

Shopkeeper Fang asked: "No one in your Lu family to marry?"

Lu Jin shook his head and smiled wryly: "No, Grandpa and I can't go, and the third sister is not at ease. The second sister... was married alone."

Speaking of this, Lu Jin's heart was full of guilt. He still remembered that the second sister was wearing a red wedding dress, touching his head, and telling him softly with tears in her eyes.

"Ajin, my sister is leaving soon. I won't be able to take care of you and Ayao in the future. You are a man and you have to grow up. Take good care of Grandpa and Ayao. Don't let my sister worry, okay?"

His second sister, who has always been gentle and gentle, has never spoken loudly, is the best to Lu Jin, and she can come first if there is anything, so Lu Jin was the most reluctant at that time, and followed the wedding team all the way to the riverside , I stopped when I had nowhere to go, watching my sister's boat get farther and farther away, and finally disappeared.

Shopkeeper Fang recalled his sad memories, and then asked: "Have you ever seen the marriage certificate?"

This... Lu Jin shook his head slowly, "No, but Grandpa can't make a mistake, and the people who came to pick up the bride are indeed members of Ji's family, and one of them who looks like a housekeeper is still known to Grandpa."

Shopkeeper Fang felt puzzled when he received the news from Ningzhou. After repeated verification of the person who sent the letter, he had a guess, and comforted him: "Don't worry, since your grandfather and Mrs. Ji are good friends, the person who came to pick up the bride is Ji's family, your sister must have entered the Ji's family."

"But didn't the letter say that if the second son's wife's surname is not Lu, then she is not my second sister!"

Shopkeeper Fang sighed, "What if you don't marry the second son?"

Lu Jin was taken aback, "What?"

"I used to be a servant of the grandfather of the Ji family. Later, the grandfather gave me back my contract of sale and released me from slavery. Seven years ago, he let me go back to Shuiqiao County and took charge of the branch of Huichun Church. The Ji family is still familiar. The grandfather of the Ji family gave birth to three sons. The eldest son Ji Rong is now the head of the family, the owner of Huichun Hall, the second son Ji Chuan helps to buy medicinal materials, and the third son does not care. The three families are not separated, and they all live in the old house. The second son of the second house you mentioned is Ji Chuan's second son named Ji Chuanming, but his wife's surname is not Lu, but Liu, who is in the medicinal material business. daughter."

"Then what about my sister, she is now... Could it be that the old man lied to us, my sister is not the real wife at all, but..."

Lu Jin couldn't say that word. He objected when the eldest sister and the prince were concubine, but he was so small and weak that he couldn't speak at all. In addition, the noble concubine in the palace was a matchmaker, and the imperial edict was issued, so he couldn't push it away. He could just watch his elder sister beg for a living under the concubine's hands.

But the second sister, the grandfather entrusted friends from Ningzhou just for the sake of the second sister's better life in the future. Could it be that the other party also bullied them because of their Lu family's bad luck?

"Probably not." Shopkeeper Fang said, "That's what I guessed at the beginning, but I asked, and among the concubines of the Fourth Young Master, even those who have passed away, there is no one named Lu."

Where is the second sister?

"Could it be that she married someone else?" Lu Jin asked with a wry smile.

Shopkeeper Fang nodded, "Very likely."

Lu Jin looked at him.

Shopkeeper Fang said: "Although I have been away from Ji's family for seven years, I have always been in touch with them. I also know the situation of the young masters of Ji's family. Ji's family has a rule that only concubines can be accepted if the main family has not given birth to children for three years." , otherwise you have to wait five years later, so the first two young masters are the same as the second room, and the younger ones are the concubines. Because there is no separation, they are all sorted by age. Seven years ago, the only ones who got married at the age of These four young masters. It's just that the second young master had already married at that time, and the third young master had also set a date, and only the eldest and fourth young masters could match your sister."

Lu Jin immediately asked strangely: "Why is the younger brother married, but the oldest one is single? What's wrong with him?"

In this era, the order of elders and younger is the most rigorous. There will never be an elder brother who does not marry a daughter-in-law, and the next younger brother will ask for it first, otherwise the elder brother will be talked about.

Shopkeeper Fang sighed again, and said regretfully, "Young master has been smart since he was a child, and he is the favorite of the grandpa, but he is in poor health. He has been sick all year round, and the soup and medicine are always in his hands. It is a disease brought from the mother's womb. None of them can be cured. As I get older, the disease becomes more and more serious, and I can’t see people in the end.”

When Lu Jin heard this, his heart slowly calmed down, and he said lightly, "I seem to understand what you mean."

"Well, the eldest lady loves her son very much, and she can't bear him being alone, so she found many matchmakers. It's a pity that a well-matched family is willing to marry Jiao Didi's daughter to someone who won't live long. Wouldn't it make people widowed? It's a small door family, or those who are not favored by concubines are still willing, but the eldest lady has a high vision, and she refuses to wrong the young master to marry a woman who clings to wealth, so she has been delaying until I leave Ji's house without making a decision."

"Shopkeeper Fang, if you say that, you must have inquired about something." Lu Jin's expression was a little cold, with a hint of anger, "Come on, I've already made up my mind."

"I didn't really care about it at first. After I had this guess, I asked people to inquire again. There are not many old people staying in Ji's house, but I can still find one or two. Seven years ago, Ji's family did arrange a wedding, and there was no banquet for friends. The only ones who came were Ji's family, the bride and groom had never come out to meet anyone, but they were at the banquet in the big house. On the second day, there was another woman in the young master's yard, and it must be...your sister. "

Sure enough, Lu Jin stretched out his hand to hold the tea cup, couldn't help but squeeze it tightly, and finally he asked: "Master Fang, I just want to ask you, is the eldest young master still alive?"

Shopkeeper Fang choked for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "Gone, I left three years ago."

Lu Jin closed his eyes. Before his eyes, he could see the third sister sitting on the bed in the new house, full of apprehension and reluctance for her family, with some expectations and shyness, waiting for the fourth young master of the Ji family to take off her hijab. ,grow old together.It's just that I didn't expect that when I looked up, I saw a lifeless and sick child, and then inexplicably changed from the fourth young lady to the eldest young lady, with a husband who could die at any time.

Youth is spent day by day like this, and then widowed.She had no power to resist at all, and let him manipulate her, and she had nowhere to express the hesitation in her heart. How did Lu Xin survive this torment and pain at that time?

Lu Jin's eyes were moist and hot, no wonder she hadn't seen her come back for so many years after she got married, and every gift and reply was as boring as a routine; no wonder there was no news in the past three years, and she wrote one letter after another without getting a reply , In the end, there is no more exchange of gifts during the New Year and holidays!He still only treats her as a wealthy family with deep rules and does not allow her to have much contact with poor relatives of her natal family.He was so stupid, so stupid!Why didn't he realize that there was something wrong with it? How could his second sister ignore him!

Seeing his appearance, shopkeeper Fang couldn't help persuading him: "A Jin, after so many years, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, you have to think about it, at least, your second sister is in a wealthy family, and there will be no shortage of money. With little food and clothing, the eldest lady loves the young master, and if the young master has gone, it must not be bad for her."

Lu Jin squeezed the letter paper and shook her head vigorously, this is wrong, this is self-deception!

The shopkeeper Fang couldn't bear it, the Ji family did not kindly do this, I am sorry for the trust of the old lady Lu, and also made a fool of the girl of the Lu family.

But what can it do, the Ji family is a giant to Lu Jin, even if they come up to them to judge, it won't help.

Lu Jin laughed suddenly, then stood up suddenly, and said decisively: "I have to go and see her, I have to find a way to see her with my own eyes."