Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

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Zhou Jinyu said: "The old man was fine when I went back to the academy last time. Why did he suddenly feel bad?"

Zhao Guangsheng's eyes were full of sadness, and it was rare for him to say a whole sentence in one breath just now. When Zhou Jinyu asked him, he felt so sad for a moment that he could hardly hold the teacup in his hand steadily.

Zhao Guangsheng said with difficulty: "Jin...Jinyu, I...I came to...see you, just...to discuss...this matter."

Zhou Jinyu knew that he was sad. After all, although the head of the old hospital was strict, the old man was indeed a kind person.Moreover, the old head of the school took care of Zhao Guangsheng like a father to his son, so if the old head of the school was gone, Zhao Guangsheng would probably be the saddest of all the academy disciples.

Zhou Jinyu said with relief: "Actually, it's not just the head of the old hospital. Every one of us will have such a day sooner or later. Life is impermanent, and you are sad."

Hearing what Zhou Jinyu said, Zhao Guangsheng burst into tears.

Zhou Jinyu also became sad. Zhao Guangsheng cried and said to Zhou Jinyu: "The head of the old hospital... once... is gone, who will... Qiu Lu take over?"

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, and asked, "How do I know this?"

In fact, Zhou Jinyu can probably understand what he meant. Qiulu Academy was built under the order of the emperor himself, and most of the students in it are the children of officials. The top performers in the exams will eventually embark on official careers and enter the court.In other words, most of the rookies in the court are from Qiulu Academy... Therefore, the position of the head of the academy will naturally affect the whole body.

But no matter how many people are secretly coveting this seat, or how prominent the status is, this is after all the painstaking effort of the head of the old hospital for many years. If someone disturbs it, the head of the old hospital may not die peace of mind.

Zhao Guangsheng thought that Zhou Jinyu didn't understand him, and he was even more speechless when he was in a hurry, his face turned red.

Zhou Jinyu sighed, and said frankly: "Elder brother, don't worry, I understand what you want to say, you don't want Qiu Lu to fall into the hands of outsiders and become a tool for them to fight for power, right?"

Zhao Guangsheng gave Zhou Jinyu a grateful look, and nodded vigorously.

Zhou Jinyu gave him a gentle smile: "Probably not." After all, Emperor Tianshun was not a fool, so how could he let the Qiulu Academy, which he supervised and built to supply fresh blood to the imperial court, become a tool of party struggle? ?

"No?" Zhao Guangsheng was puzzled, but he didn't ask any more questions.

He tried his best to calm down, and then he said to Zhou Jinyu: "The old...the head of the hospital... said...to see you...before he dies."

Zhou Jinyu was startled again: "Huh? See me? Did you just say you want to see me?"

Zhao Guangsheng nodded: "...Yes."

Zhou Jinyu asked again: "Is that today?"

Zhao Guangsheng nodded again.

Zhou Jinyu tilted his head and glanced at Xiao Baozi, who was obediently sitting at the table not far away. Xiao Baozi was sitting with his two small arms propping up his chin, and was about to fall asleep, but when Zhou Jinyu saw him, he also As if sensing something, he raised his small head and looked at Zhou Jinyu with a sleepy look.

Zhou Jinyu secretly sighed in his heart, his cub's problem of falling asleep after eating was exactly the same as his own.

Zhou Jinyu thought for a moment, although she didn't understand why the old head of the hospital asked her to see her by name, but as her former mentor, even if Zhao Guangsheng didn't come to see her, she knew that the old head of the hospital would take the initiative to visit her, knowing that time was running out. Then he agreed: "There is no delay, I will let you go now."

Zhou Jinyu had already stood up, and Zhao Guangsheng also stood up with her, but Zhou Jinyu waved to Xiao Baozi: "Come here."

Little Baozi walked towards Zhou Jinyu with small steps.

Zhao Guangsheng was stunned, "This...is this?"

Zhou Jinyu said slightly apologetically, "I'm worried about handing this child over to someone else. I'm afraid he will go with us."

Although Zhao Guangsheng was puzzled, it was not an urgent matter, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhou Jinyu said hello and left the mansion, and the carriage drove all the way to the gate of a mansion on West Street.

This is an old house. Open the door and enter. There is only a small yard. There are two rooms in the north, and there are no east, west and south. Two rows of bamboo are planted in the yard, and there is a well in the middle of the yard. nothing else.

Zhou Jinyu could vaguely remember that she came here a few years ago when she was studying in Qiulu Academy.

One day after school was over, it was rumored that a new oiran lady came to Baoxiang Pavilion, so the young prince Sun Hao went to Baoxiang Pavilion with a few princes from the Marquis Mansion to watch the excitement, and she happened to eat badly that day, Sun Hao didn't ask her to go with him, but let her go first.

But she didn't expect that the consequence of her being alone was that she was ambushed by Li Wei'an halfway, and Li Wei'an poured cold water on her body. It was still winter, and the cotton padded clothes on her body were soaked in cold water. Her teeth were chattering.

The head of the old hospital happened to pass by and took her back to a nearby mansion.Zhou Jinyu only remembered that the teacher's wife hadn't passed away at that time. She remembered that the teacher's wife was a very gentle person. She prepared new clothes for herself and cooked a table of dishes for her. In the small house, everything began to become warm and friendly.

With a "creak", Zhao Guangsheng had already pushed open the door.

A pungent smell of medicine came to the face, the room was dark, the windows were closed tightly, and there was no light to be seen.

The people inside heard the movement, coughed for a while, and said hoarsely: "Is the Jinyu here?"

Zhou Jinyu immediately bowed to the source of the voice in front of the door: "Yes, the head of the old courtyard, the students are here to see you."

The head of the old hospital said weakly: "Come in, everyone else should go out."

Zhou Jinyu quickly and respectfully replied, "Yes."

She looked back at Xiao Baozi and Zhao Guangsheng outside the door, and said, "Brother, I'll go in and talk to the teacher for a while, but I'll trouble you to take care of this kid for a while, he doesn't know much about talking, just watch him and don't let him Just walk around."

Zhao Guangsheng responded immediately: "Okay...okay, you go in...in."

Zhou Jinyu nodded, walked into the little house that smelled of medicine, and closed the door smoothly.

As soon as the door was closed, the room was plunged into darkness again.

Zhou Jinyu walked to the bed in the dark, the whole room was quiet, a little scary, she could only hear the heavy breathing of the head of the old courtyard, it seemed that it was extremely difficult without taking a breath.

She picked up the torch on the table and lit the candlestick beside the table. The light from the candlestick was dim yellow, not very bright, but she finally managed to see clearly the emaciated appearance of the head of the old courtyard.At this time, the head of the old courtyard was lying on the bed, with a haggard appearance, and he no longer had the aura of scolding Fang Qiu at the beginning.

Zhou Jinyu felt like crying, the moment she saw the head of the old courtyard, too many memories of those years suddenly flooded her mind.At that time, she was really too mischievous and caused a lot of trouble for the head of the old hospital.At that time, she was "fighting" with Li Wei'an all day long. Come out and scold.

Although these things have been going on for a long time, Zhou Jinyu can still remember him from time to time when he was furious.Besides, before that, Zhou Jinyu had always had the image of an old man blowing his beard and staring at the head of the hospital. Now seeing him lying down on the bed, it was inevitable that Zhou Jinyu would feel sad.

Even if she just comforted Zhao Guangsheng and told him that life is impermanent and death is inevitable, please don't be too sad.

She opened her mouth, unable to utter a word, and finally held back her tears and asked, "When did you get sick, and you didn't send someone to notify me, if you sent someone to notify me earlier, I would tell you what I said." Please ask the doctor to prevent you from becoming so ill."

The head of the old hospital just gasped and said: "Life and death are fate, and my time has come."

When Zhou Jinyu heard this, the tears that had been suppressed fell down suddenly, as if his heart was caught by something.

"I called you here because..." The head of the old courtyard suddenly stopped and coughed violently for a while, but he couldn't stop it no matter what.

Zhou Jinyu hurriedly clutched his chest to give him relief, and went to the table to pour water for him. She brought the water to the bedside, and wanted to help the old man sit up and let him drink the water. But he shook his head and said stubbornly, "Don't drink!"

Zhou Jinyu put the water back again.

The head of the old hospital continued: "I called you here, one reason is that I have something to tell you."

Zhou Jinyu said: "The students are all ears."

The head of the old courtyard couldn't open his eyes anymore, holding his last breath, he said: "When you first studied in the academy, a few days later, someone came to the academy and asked me about your life experience."

Zhou Jinyu was startled, and suddenly became cautious: "Ask you for me? Do you know who it is?"

The head of the old courtyard shook his head and continued: "Although they are all dressed up and speak the Central Plains dialect, I felt that they were definitely not from the Central Plains."

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while, and said, "Students have written it down, thank you for telling me this."

The head of the old courtyard continued: "Later, the academy flooded, and only one thing was lost in the academy..."

Zhou Jinyu asked, "What is it?"

The head of the old courtyard said: "Someone took your student status in the chaos, and your birthday was recorded in it. I once suspected that it was those people who did it, but I didn't see them coming again, so it was nothing."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Well, the student wrote it down, but it's been a long time, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find it if I look back. Then what's the second thing you said just now?"

"The second thing...cough cough...cough cough..." the head of the hospital was about to say, when suddenly he coughed again.

Zhou Jinyu frowned and said, "Have you taken any medicine today?"

The head of the old courtyard shook his head and smiled calmly: "I'm afraid I won't survive tonight."

Zhou Jinyu suddenly fell silent. She didn't want to face death so close, especially if this person was her former teacher.

The head of the old hospital comforted: "Don't be sad, people will always die."

Zhou Jinyu nodded, repeating as if trying to persuade himself: "People will die, I know."

The head of the old hospital smiled, and continued to order: "The second thing is that after I die, you have to do one thing for me."

Zhou Jinyu immediately assured: "You can rest assured about what happens after your death. The students will definitely make arrangements for you to sleep with the teacher's wife and let you leave with dignity."

"I'm not talking about this with you," the head of the old courtyard shook his head: "After I die, Lord Long Live will definitely come to Qiulu Academy, and you will give him the letter in my hand at that time."

The head of the old hospital said, and took out a letter from under the pillow at the head of the bed, which he did not know when he had prepared it.

Zhou Jinyu took the letter and asked doubtfully, "Why am I handing it in?"

The head of the old hospital did not answer, he had already wasted too much energy and said too many words today, at this moment he had already closed his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Zhou Jinyu didn't dare to interrupt, packed the letter in his hand, and retreated respectfully.

Xiao Baozi and Zhao Guangsheng were sitting next to the bamboo not far away, Xiao Baozi had a serious face, Zhao Guangsheng seemed to be trying to talk to him, but seeing Xiao Baozi's serious face, he dared not say anything Well, the two of them just sat there without saying a word.

Zhou Jinyu took the little bun and said goodbye to Zhao Guangsheng. The carriage went all the way back to Zhou's house. As soon as she got back, Zhou Xiaoshan greeted her and said that the eldest princess had sent her a letter again.

Zhou Jinyu took the letter as soon as he got it, and in a hurry, he cursed "brazen" without even reading it, so he stuffed the letter directly into his sleeve.