They say it's sick

Chapter 4

"Uncle Shi, what are you talking about? Now you and my father are the head of one party, why should he order you? I am here this time for some personal matters..."

As Yun Zhi said, he rolled his eyes, a smile spread across his face, and he didn't hide his excitement, "Your Majesty is merciful, please allow my eldest brother to come back for a reunion this year. I will be in Liaobei in the next few days. I have nothing to do at home." Do it, come out early to welcome you."

"Your elder brother is coming back? This is a good thing!" Li Xuan clapped his hands, "Although I haven't been to Beijing for a long time, I also heard that he is currently in the court and enjoying the grace of the emperor, and he is in the limelight. It's also a dignified appearance, after all, it's your father who will raise a son, unlike my family, who is very incompetent!"

"Even if Uncle Shi wants to praise our brother, he doesn't need to belittle his own son..." Yun Zhi smiled and shook her head, "I heard that Brother Li Shao is only [-] years old and already has both civil and military skills. He is diligent in both studying and martial arts. When I was his age, I had to be driven by my dad with a stick every day before I would go to the school grounds."

"Your father is also eager for his son to become a dragon..." Li Xuan laughed loudly, "Today is in a hurry, you just settle down, and I will clean up the dust for you two after I pick up your elder brother!"

Yun Zhi looked down at the table in front of her, and before she could speak, a man in charge hurried in: "General, there are people outside the house asking to see you!"

"You are also an old man in the house, why don't you wink at all..." Li Xuan put down the wine cup in his hand dissatisfied, "I have a distinguished guest right now, no matter who it is, let him come back tomorrow!"

"The villain also said the same thing, but..." the steward said, he took something out of his pocket and handed it over, "He has the token of our mansion in his hand."

Li Xuan took the token and glanced at it, then slowly frowned.

The steward scanned his face, and added: "The boy said his name is Li Yan, and he said that he was named by you, you must know him..."

Li Yan?

Yun Zhi's hand to grab the wine cup stopped in the air, and looked at Li Xuan's face calmly.

For a moment, Li Xuan's face was so ugly that he almost wanted to crush the token in his hand.But taking into account the "distinguished guests" present, it returned to normal almost immediately.

He threw the token back to the steward, with an impatient expression on his face: "How can I remember the poor relatives who have not been in touch for 800 years? Go to the wife and let her arrange it as she likes."

Yun Zhi looked at the steward and retreated awkwardly, lowered his eyelids to cover the emotions in his eyes, touched the wine cup unconsciously with his fingers, and smiled again when he raised his eyes: "Uncle Shi, if you have something to do, just go to work, don't worry about it for us. delay!"

"You're not welcome. A distant relative may come here because the family is in trouble. It's okay..."

Li Xuan laughed, and while ordering someone to refill Yun Zhi's wine, he said, "Nephew, let's continue drinking!"

Yun Zhi turned her head and looked at Chen Jin, and raised the wine cup with a smile: "That's good!"

The sky gradually darkened, but the deep house was brightly lit.

Li Yan followed the young man around, and finally stopped in front of a remote house.

Compared with the carved beams and jade buildings along the way, this house can be regarded as extremely small and shabby, perhaps because no one has lived in it for a long time, there are thick cobwebs hanging on the window paper, exuding a sense of dilapidation from the inside out.

But to Li Yan, as long as the doors and windows are complete and can shelter from wind and rain, other things are not a big deal.

Pushing open the half-closed door, dim candlelight spread out, and a noble lady in brocade clothes was sitting in front of the table.

Li Yan was stunned for a while, his eyes swept across her face, and he smiled softly: "I didn't expect Madam to come here in person... Yes, I spent so much effort to get people to deliver the letter and token, and I have to come to confirm it personally." Is it a counterfeit that came down?"

He took a few steps forward, stopped in front of the lady, deliberately lowered his head and stretched out his face: "Although I haven't seen you for many years, is my face easy to recognize?"

The noble lady frowned, but she didn't attack, her gaze stayed on Li Yan's face for a short time, and then she quickly moved away, pointing to the table table: "You came in a hurry, there are distinguished guests in the mansion today, there is no idle room for a while, Although this place is a bit old, after all, it is the place where you lived when you were a child... There are clothes and food on it, you should stay here overnight and don't run around."

Having said that, she couldn't help but glance at Li Yan again: "Since I'm back, I will be the son of the Li family from now on, and those shameful rural habits will be changed."

Li Yan was looking at the things on the table with relish, and laughed when he heard this: "Since you are so sure that Li Xuan will recognize me, why don't you just send someone to pick me up? Or do you also know that in Li Xuan's heart, I will always They are all unmentionable... evil species!"

The noble lady froze when she heard the last two words, and she sighed after a while: "It's inconvenient for me to mention you, but you are already here now, and the general won't bother with you about the past."

"Not only will he not care about me, but he will definitely accept me back to the Li family and send me to the capital..."

Li Yan sat down on the other side of the table, took a piece of pastry and ate it, "After all, it's hard to say whether the favored Mrs. Ru is a man or a woman in her belly. Right now, Li Shao is his only son. A man who is both civil and military, filial and sensible, sent to the capital as a hostage, not to mention that his wife is unwilling to give up, Li Xuan would not be willing to send such a big weakness to others."

The lady frowned: "You..."

"Aren't you a little surprised that the villains who grew up in the countryside know a lot?" Li Yan raised his head to meet that complicated gaze, "It's nothing, but every time I go to the city these years, I will ask you a little bit. The news from Li's residence, otherwise, maybe one day when I was suddenly sent to take the place of a dead ghost, I would have thought it was someone else's outpouring of kindness to give me a better life."

The lady was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but said: "I made it very clear in the letter that it is a mother's selfishness not to want Shao'er to go to the capital, and it doesn't mean that there will be danger if you go. , is better than wasting time in the countryside."

Li Yan stuffed the remaining half of the pastry into his mouth, licked the residue on his fingertips, took another sip of tea, and then said slowly: "Of course I know this, otherwise I wouldn't have come here on my own initiative, so You don’t have to thank me too much, everyone is for themselves.”

He put down the teacup in his hand, turned his head to look into the lady's eyes, "But I think you are more grateful to yourself back then, after all, if you hadn't let Li Gui take me to the countryside, I might have Reunited with my poor mother!"

"Your mother... died of a sudden illness back then. There are many trivial matters in the house, and you have a special status, so it is not suitable for you to stay..." The lady lowered her eyes, "You were too young back then, and you can't remember many things clearly. Don't talk nonsense when you see the general, and it's best not to mention her, so as not to bring back unpleasant memories of the general."

Li Yan smiled and didn't argue with her: "Don't worry, I won't mention her, but it's hard to say how Li Xuan will feel when he sees my face carved out of the same mold as hers, just like I just said Didn't you also startle when you entered the door?"

"..." The lady was obviously impatient to continue the chat, and she got up straight away: "I have said everything that needs to be said, and the general will see you tomorrow, so I can take care of myself."

"Someone will send a copper stove over later. I'm afraid of the cold, so I want to take a shower with some hot water." Li Yan leaned back in the chair and crossed his legs, "I don't know what this young master of the Li family can do. Time, I have to hurry up and enjoy the blessing!"

The lady frowned, stared at him for a while, but finally said nothing, turned around and left without looking back.

The door was closed from the outside with a soft sound, Li Yan couldn't hold back anymore, covered his lips and coughed.

The herbal medicine I took yesterday had some effect, but it didn't cure the disease. In addition to the bumps and fatigue of the day, my forehead has become hot again.

Fortunately, I have been ill for many years and have rich experience, so it is not difficult to hold on for a while.

After coughing earth-shatteringly for quite a while, he finally stopped. Li Yan groped for the half bowl of cold tea left just now, and poured it down for himself. His gradually blurred consciousness became clearer. He breathed a long sigh of relief, relying on Looking around the old room in front of you on the back of the chair.

The traces of the previous owner were cleaned up many years ago.

Apart from the simple display and the quilts that have just been brought in, there is nothing superfluous here.

In fact, it is not easy for Li Yan to preserve this room. According to Li Xuan's character, it is not surprising that someone would burn it down with a torch.

After all, everything here means unprecedented humiliation to him, and he should no longer stay in this world—including Li Yan who is sitting here at the moment.

In a trance, it seems that I have returned to many years ago, with a hand tightly strangling my neck, my consciousness is lost bit by bit, and I am gradually walking towards death.

Li Yan couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his throat.

There were footsteps outside the door, followed by a knock on the door: "Madam ordered us to deliver the copper furnace to the young master."

"Come in..." Li Yan opened his eyes and spoke with a lazy smile, but he had coughed for too long and his voice was a little hoarse, "Hurry up to boil the water, it's getting late, I've been on the road all day Go to bed early!"

I thought it would be a night of tossing and turning when I changed the place and brought back many dusty memories.

But I didn't expect that none of the images entangled in countless midnight dreams would appear, and it was a rare good night's sleep.

So much so that when he was awakened by the knock on the door, Li Yan was still in a trance for a moment.

He touched his forehead and found that the fever had subsided and his mind was no longer drowsy. Although he was still a little sleepy and weak, it was nothing.

It was already bright, and the sunlight penetrated the window paper and shone into the room, reflecting on the cold stone bricks, leaving behind dazzling spots of light.

Another rare sunny day.

The knocking on the door continued, Li Yan came back to his senses and yawned long, before getting out of bed procrastinatingly.

Standing outside the door was the steward of the mansion, already very impatient because he had knocked on the door for too long, but he quickly calmed down when the door opened, his eyes swept up and down Li Yan, and he spoke indifferently. : "Change your clothes, the general wants to see you."

Li Yan fastened the belt of his jacket slowly, and looked up at the steward: "I don't even give you a stutter when you get up early in the morning, even the death row prisoner in the prison must have a full meal before going on the road?"

"What are you talking about!" The steward glared at him, and pointed to the leftover pastry on the table from the previous night, "Eat two bites quickly, the general is waiting!"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, but he didn't refute any further. Instead, he picked two pieces of pastries and stuffed them into his mouth, clapped his hands, and said vaguely: "Let's go!"