Ink Burns

Chapter 69 My Little Hua Tuo

The news that Cheng Xinghe was attacked by bandits and fell into a coma spread like wildfire: Yes, he had been unconscious all the time. If his eyelids moved, he would continue to be fed a bowl of medicine, so that he could not open his eyes.

The first person to wake up was the eldest lady Jiang, who had left Songjiang Prefecture early in the morning to return to her parents' home.

Early in the morning, more than a dozen strong women came to the Jiang family and sealed the sixty-four loads of dowry.

A woman with skinny cheeks stood in the cramped back hall with her hands on her hips and said, "If the young master dies, our daughter will be a widow! While the young master is still breathing, we can get a divorce and still be a good person with a clean conscience!"

The determination to leave is clear.

Come to think of it, this marriage was originally arranged by Lord Liu.

What is Cheng Xinghe like now? The Cheng family has offended a big shot. How could Jiang not know?

It would be better if Cheng Xinghe died quickly, but if he lingered on and refused to see the King of Hell, she would be dragged to death - they had been married for five or six years, Cheng Xinghe had behaved absurdly at first, the Cheng family was in decline now, and they had no children to support them, so why should Jiang stay on this dead ship?

Fortunately, the morals in the Wei Dynasty were good, and divorced daughters of officials could survive.

There is a saying that goes, when it comes to big things, don't calculate the cost.

Shan Yue quickly gave the Jiang family's wife a pair of cards and told her to clean up thoroughly: "Don't leave innocent things in this dirty and messy place--"

Mrs. Jiang glanced at Shanyue and advised: "This thatched house is about to collapse. You, the blue swallowtail butterfly, should pick a good branch to fall on!"

Shan Yue smiled and said, "Wait a little longer. If we are really desperate, we can still seek refuge in your house, right?"

As soon as Jiang left, the next person to come was Master Cheng, who had divided the family property. He came under the pretext of caring for his nephew, but in fact he came to inquire about his nephew's life span.

Master Cheng II cried, "My dear nephew! This is retribution for you! You drove me out, your uncle, and now you are lying here speechless!"

Master Cheng wiped his tears and looked at the two girls standing quietly beside him with their eyes downcast: "Two ignorant bastards! How dare you treat the young master like this! Drag them away and sell them off!"

Shanyue raised his eyes calmly, and Lin Yueyue shrank back and hid behind Shanyue.

Shan Yue didn't say anything, and no one in the Cheng family dared to move.

On the first night when Jiang took away the dowry, Jiang Da took Chen Xiaoquan's family and delivered the indentures of more than ten maids and old women in the room to Shanyue.

As Chen Xiaoquan's family sent him off, they slapped themselves on the face: "You didn't recognize a gold inlaid jade. When you asked for Huang Zhi's indenture, I withdrew my hand and refused to give it to you - slap slap - it's all because of my blindness!"

Chen Xiaoquan's family thought it through: Cheng Xingchu fell, Jiang ran away, Cheng Daxing died, Duan was missing, and the second master Cheng was divided out on the seventh day of Cheng Daxing's death. This huge house is still in the hands of He, and the doctor and shopkeeper of the outer courtyard store are firmly controlled by Cheng Xingyu, the illegitimate son of Aunt Pang - no matter who is in charge of this family, it is not her turn as a gatekeeper daughter-in-law, so it is better to give away the hot potato early!
The current situation of the Cheng family is like the snow that has fallen for three days and three nights in the north. A thick layer of snow is spread on the ground. When you step on it, you don’t know whether it is a trap or gold.

So no one stepped on it, waiting for the weather to warm up, the snow to melt, and everything to become clear.

All the tough guys in Chen Xiaoquan's family gave in.

"Who else dares?"

Shan Yue said with a half-smile: "Madame Lin is pregnant with the eldest young master's child!" After being stunned for a moment, Master Cheng II burst into laughter: "Madame Lin? I was wondering who she is! It turns out that she is the whore who admitted in the mourning hall that day that she had an affair with Cheng Xinghe without a matchmaker! - If she can have an affair with Cheng Xinghe, she can have an affair with others. It's not even clear whose child she is pregnant with!"

"Someone come! Drag her away!" Master Cheng raised his voice.

Shan Yue pursed her lips and smiled: "I see that you look nothing like Master Cheng, and I suspect that you, Master, are not a descendant of the Cheng family! I advise you to turn left and go back to your own home!"

Master Cheng Er puffed his beard and glared, trying to slap him.

Haha, a typical member of the Cheng family.

Shan Yue's eyes flickered slightly: "You can slap me, if I get a scratch on my face, I will go to Lord Liu to make trouble - think about it! The young master went to the Liu Mansion and came back like this, but I am still a good person standing here. You see, will Lord Liu protect me or you?"

Shan Yue smiled again: "If you think that Lord Liu has already become an official and there is no hope for you, then let's ask the Second Young Master to take you to the new prefect, Lord Bai, and see if you can win over the eldest young master lying on the bed, or the second young master who just helped Lord Bai accomplish a great deed?!"

Since people are small, they must develop the ability to use a tiger's skin as a cloak, using the opponent's force to counter it, in order to maneuver among the sharp thorns.

Master Cheng's hand was suspended in the air. Shan Yue rolled his eyelids and whispered, "The two medicine shops that the eldest master gave you are still yours. If you manage them well, you will have enough food and clothing. Even if you raise a little maid or a lame mule, you will have enough to spare. You should be open-minded. Look at your eldest brother and your nephew. They risked their lives to get close to the rich and powerful, but what happened?"

The result was that one had a big hole in the back of his head and the other was lying limp in bed, a cripple.
There's an epidemic going on outside right now!

He doesn't have an extra head or life than others.
Master Cheng Er withdrew his hand and looked at Shan Yue with fear: "Even if the Cheng family is extinct, it has nothing to do with you, a little girl!"

Shan Yue also raised her voice: "In these troubled times, I stand up just to thank Madam Quan for her kindness! All matters of the Cheng family are in the hands of the second young master Cheng Xingyu, and the eldest master's concubines will make decisions together. When the eldest young master wakes up, everything will return to normal, and I will have nothing to do with anything!"

The second master Cheng was also persuaded to retreat without a fight: Cheng Xingyu, that sickly guy, would never live past the age of 20. When he died, even if Lin gave birth to a son, what good would it be if the little boy couldn't even speak? !

There is no need to rush, everything is still uncertain - Master Cheng Er ran away with his head down: I will definitely come back!
It is true that Master Cheng Er is a waste, but he grasped one thing very accurately: we are still experiencing an epidemic, and although the situation has been barely stabilized, it is still a precarious time.

The emaciated patients in the city are still struggling for life and death, not to mention that the epidemic is like grass that grows an inch taller than the wind and cannot be eliminated or cut off.

"It's a corpse."

Cheng Xingyu buried his head in licking ink, his skinny butterfly bones hidden under the white linen clothes: he has become even thinner.

"These are bodies that people are reluctant to burn but cannot afford to bury." Cheng Xingyu wrote a prescription and handed it to the visitor. Seeing that there were still two long lines outside the medicine shop, he let out a long sigh: "Now the casualties have been controlled, but under the patio outside each ancestral hall, there are still more than a dozen bodies that died at the beginning of the epidemic. I have advised every household - if they really can't bear to burn them, they can be transported to the suburbs and a large pit can be dug so that they can be buried in peace."

Shan Yue took the prescription handed over by the patient while listening, and said calmly: "Everyone refused. 'If we bury them together, who will be the one to receive the memorial service when we burn incense and paper in the future? What if my father and mother can't enjoy the incense?' That's what they said, right?"

A trace of surprise flashed across Cheng Xingyu's elegant and kind eyes: "How did you know?"

Even the tone of righteousness is not different at all!
After the veil was put on, Shan Yue couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth: "Because I grew up among this group of people - unlike you, you are a little Hua Tuo who lives in seclusion from the world."

Her mother would definitely say so.

Lord Bai is a new official who is wary of public opinion and public sentiment, but in times of turmoil, an iron fist and a cold sword are needed. A clerk from the Censorate who is on patrol waits for the censor to gather everyone under the city wall, and the war drums that are wider than a man's arm are beating "dong dong dong" non-stop!
　The updates in the past two days have been very slow.
　　Find a way to make up for it later!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)