The auspicious time is approaching, and as a scholar, Cao Peng is naturally not qualified to watch the ceremony.
He, Xia Houlan and others could only sit outside and eat and drink with a group of generals and servants. This was an era of strict hierarchy and clear distinction between superior and inferior. Although Xun Yan usually would have Cao Peng accompany him, but on such a big occasion,
Cao Peng must abide by the rules of this era. Even if Xun Yan valued him, in the eyes of others, he was just a book boy. If he sat at the same table, it would definitely cause displeasure to many people. And Xun Yan would also be crowned
To be ignorant of etiquette was to insult the name of gentleness. This was something Xun Yan could not bear.
The children of the aristocratic family have the splendor of the children of the aristocratic family.
But again, they must shoulder many responsibilities.
Therefore, Xun Yan had no choice but to wrong Cao Peng and others. Fortunately, Cao Peng didn't care much about it. He didn't want to stay among a group of old people. It would be uncomfortable.
Sitting at the banquet outside the village, looking at the brightly lit Lujiazhuang, Cao Peng was not in a calm mood.
While chatting softly with Xiahou Lan, he also pricked up his ears and listened to the conversations between the servants. Cao Peng hoped to get some useful information from the conversations between these servants. But unfortunately, he heard
Most of the news I get is useless.
House slaves dare not make irresponsible remarks about their master's family matters.
If that sentence is incorrect and reaches the ears of the master, life would be worse than death.
Therefore, when everyone talked, they mostly talked about three or four points of the tenth, and no one dared to joke about the host's family affairs, lest it lead to death.
Generally speaking, the content of the conversations between these generals and servants was nothing more than boring gossip, which made Cao Peng feel uninterested.
"Afu, what happened to you today?"
Seeing Cao Peng being restless, Xia Houlan couldn't help but ask softly.
Cao Peng scratched his head and said with a bitter smile: "How would I know? I always feel that something might happen today! But I can't explain the reason..."
"What kind of thing?"
"I have no idea!"
After Cao Peng said this, he looked bitter.
Xia Houlan also shook his head helplessly, "Then I really can't help you."
Cao Peng smiled and pushed the drink in front of Xia Houlan.
He closed his eyes and tried to calm down his mood. The Twelve-Duan Jin Jing Gong had a huge effect at this time. Cao Peng's somewhat chaotic mood gradually calmed down. At the same time, a conversation beside him came into his ears,
It aroused his strong interest.
"I heard that the eldest lady of the Lu family is still unmarried?"
"Well, Miss Lu will be almost 20 this year... I once heard someone say that she is good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is also very beautiful. But I don't know why, and she still refuses to get married. Early
In the past two years, many people have come to propose marriage, but Miss Lu has always refused to nod. She has gotten older in the past two years, so fewer people have come to propose marriage...God knows why."
"I heard something, but I don't know if it's true or not."
"oh?"
"I heard someone say that Miss Lu... seems to like Mr. Lu."
"Which Mr. Lu?"
"Nonsense, which Mr. Lu are you talking about...of course Mr. Lu who got married today."
"It's impossible. They have the same surname, Lu, and they are from the same room. How is it possible...Miss Lu is Mr. Lu's cousin, which is against common ethics. Brother, you can't talk nonsense. If you are beaten by Lu
If the young master knows, he might take your life."
"Am I a fool?" The slave lowered his voice and said, "I heard people mention this incident by chance... You have to keep your mouth shut. If someone hears about it, I will be in big trouble...
...It is said that Miss Lu once wrote many love letters to Mr. Lu."
"Is this really happening?"
"Why did I lie to you... In short, if this matter comes out of my mouth and enters your ears, I will never admit it to death."
"I know I know!"
Another slave laughed and said: "I never thought that such a quiet person like Miss Lu would do such a thing... Hehe, it's against common ethics, it's against common ethics! Fortunately, the Lu family is also from a famous family.
Such a scandal happened to a distinguished family... By the way, are Mr. Lu and Miss Lu really..."
"I don't know about this."
The two house slaves whispered and then changed the topic.
Cao Peng suddenly opened his eyes and turned to look at the two slaves.
"Afu, what's wrong?"
Xia Houlan noticed something was wrong with Cao Peng's expression and asked quickly.
"I think I got it!"
"what do you know?"
Cao Peng didn't answer immediately. He stood up and went to the yard.
"Afu, what happened?"
Xia Houlan also stood up quickly, took two quick steps, and caught up with Cao Peng.
"Human life is at stake, human life is at stake..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a commotion and noise coming from the yard. Immediately afterwards, he heard someone shouting: "Something happened, something happened!"
Two house slaves hurried out of the yard, looking extremely panicked.
Cao Peng shivered in excitement, took two quick steps, and grabbed the slave's arm: "What happened?"
"Let me go..."
The slave obviously didn't want to talk nonsense with Cao Peng and wanted to shake off Cao Peng's hand.
However, Cao Peng's hand was like an iron pincer, tightly holding the slave's arm. Seeing that the slave did not cooperate, Cao Peng became angry, and when he exerted force on his hand, the slave immediately screamed.
Another slave said quickly: "My young master and Miss Gu suddenly fainted... Brother, please get out of the way quickly, we have to go to see your husband for treatment."
Cao Peng felt something in his heart and let go of his slave's arm.
The two slaves didn't care to argue with Cao Peng and hurried out.
Cao Peng and Xia Houlan ran all the way and broke into the yard. At this time, the yard was already in chaos...
"Sir, what happened?"
Cao Peng saw Xun Yan standing in the crowd at a glance, with a panic look on his face.
Seeing Cao Peng coming over, Xun Yan let out a sigh of relief, "Bo Yan and Miss Gu suddenly fainted. It seems they were poisoned..."
"ah?"
Cao Peng blurted out, "Take me there quickly."
"you?"
"Sir, it's important to save people."
Although Xun Yan didn't know whether Cao Peng had the ability to save people, after hearing what he said, he didn't care much and pulled Cao Peng inside.
"Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan..."
In the lobby, a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples was squatting at a loss next to a woman in Jifu.
Hearing Xun Yan's call, he quickly turned around and asked, "Xiuruo, what's the matter?"
"I, a child, said that I can save people... I'm afraid it's too late to wait for the husband to come by now, why don't I, a child, give it a try?"
"this……"
The middle-aged man showed hesitation.
After all, this life is at stake, so it would be a bit rash to put two lives in the hands of a boy.
But what Xun Yan said is not wrong. If the doctor cannot come for a while, wouldn't it delay the lives of two people?
Cao Peng quickly stepped forward and came to the side of a man and a woman who were unconscious in the hall. He squatted on the bed and checked the situation of the two of them. Lu Xun's lips were black and his expression looked very calm; while the girl's condition was better.
, although there are signs of blackening on the lips, there is still breath.
"Come with soap and water."
"ah?"
"Don't ask so many questions, just get it first and then talk."
The house slave glanced at the middle-aged man and saw him nodding.
After a while, the slave brought the soap locust and water. Cao Peng didn't care much, picked up the soap locust and drank it in the water. At the same time, he nervously observed the situation of Lu Xun and Miss Gu. It was obvious that Lu Xun
The poisoning was severe, but Ms. Gu's condition was relatively good.
"Sir, how were they poisoned?"
Without waiting for Xun Yan to answer, the middle-aged man spoke first: "Bo Yan and Xiao Qi had just finished worshiping the heaven and earth, drank a glass of wine together, and were about to enter the room, but this happened."
Cao Peng nodded, found a water bowl, scooped out a bowl of water, dragged Lu Xun up, and poured the soap locust water into his mouth. However, Lu Xun's teeth were clenched, and the soap locust water could not be poured in. Cao Peng couldn't pour the soap locust water into his mouth.
Peng Yi gritted his teeth, lowered his head to Lu Xun's mouth, and blew hard. After taking a sip of soapy water, he blew and poured the soapy water into Lu Xun's belly.
"Find a mother-in-law and follow my method and pour it into Miss Gu."
The middle-aged man finally came to his senses and quickly asked someone to pour soapy water into Miss Gu.
At the same time, several more slaves brought water and soap locust, and followed Cao Peng's method to make soap locust water. After pouring about two bowls of water, Miss Gu shuddered and sprayed it from her mouth and nose.
Come out of the water.
"Go on, don't listen, let her spit it all out."
The taste of the soap locust water was really unpleasant. After Cao Peng drank Lu Xun a few mouthfuls, he couldn't help but feel nauseous.
A young man stepped forward quickly and said, "Let me do it."
Cao Peng recognized this young man as Lu Ji, the son of Lu Kang.
In terms of seniority, Lu Ji is Lu Xun's uncle. But in fact, he is younger than Lu Xun, only eleven years old.
Cao Peng handed Lu Xun to Lu Ji, stood up, and walked to Miss Gu to check. Miss Gu was obviously much less poisoned than Lu Xun, so after drinking a few bowls of water, she woke up and vomited loudly.
She is actually quite delicate and pretty. However, her face is blue, and due to violent vomiting, Miss Gu's hair is messy and she looks very embarrassed.
"Miss Gu, it shouldn't be a big problem."
"What about my brother?"
Lu Xun's younger brother Lu Hao couldn't help but stepped forward to ask.
Cao Peng glanced at him and said softly: "Master Lu and Miss Gu drank a glass of wine together. They may have drank too much, so the situation is more serious..."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Xun suddenly coughed violently, soapy water sprayed out of his mouth and nose, and he immediately vomited.
Sour-smelling vomit sprayed all over Lu Ji.
Lu Ji couldn't help but frown...
"Press his belly to make him vomit."
Cao Peng hurriedly stepped forward, pressed his hands on Lu Xun's abdomen, and violently massaged him. Lu Xun would spit out soapy water from his mouth and nose every time he massaged him.
The middle-aged man watched nervously from the side. He closed his eyes for a long time and let out a sigh of relief.
"Xiuruo, thank you very much...you are an extraordinary boy."
In fact, this enema method of gastric lavage is not too complicated. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, people would use fecal water for enemas to lavage the stomach, and its effect was not much different from that of saponin water. Xun Yan also breathed a sigh of relief and took a photo
He patted his chest and said, "You and I are not as calm as a boy."
"yes!"
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, and his expression suddenly changed.
He picked up a bronze baron from the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "Who is it? Who poisoned it to murder us?"
"The person who poisoned them was not targeting everyone, just Mr. Lu and Miss Gu."
"ah?"
When the middle-aged man heard Cao Peng's words, he was startled at first, and then showed a look of shock and anger.
"Who committed the murder?"
Cao Peng looked at everyone in the hall and seemed a little hesitant.
The look in the middle-aged man's eyes made it immediately clear that Cao Peng had some scruples.
He quickly ordered people to invite the guests out of the hall, and then stayed in the hall. In addition to several brothers from the Lu family, there was Miss Gu's father, a middle-aged man and Xun Yan.
"Afu, you..."
Xun Yan couldn't help but look at Cao Peng with some worry.
"This is Gu Yong and Gu Yuantan, the chief of Shangyu. If you... have anything to say, just say it."
Cao Peng hesitated for a moment and said softly: "May I ask Mr. Lu if he has a cousin?"
Lu Ji raised his head, looked at Cao Peng warily and said, "What do you mean by that? Boyan has a cousin who is the daughter of my eldest brother.
The eldest brother died in the battle at Lujiang, and he was the only one with this daughter. Don’t talk nonsense, my cousin watched Boyan and the others grow up, how could it be possible..."
"If it's possible, you might as well ask Miss Lu to come and we'll find out as soon as you ask."
"If you dare to talk nonsense, don't blame me for being rude to you."
Lu Ji roared angrily and ordered people to go to the back house and invite Miss Lu to come. Lu Hao and other young people from the Lu family looked at Cao Peng with hatred. Obviously, Cao Peng's words just now made Cao Peng angry.
They were very angry because Cao Peng's words were clearly accusing Miss Lu, the cousin who had taken care of them since childhood, of being the murderer of Lu Xun and Miss Gu.
The Lu Xun brothers' parents died young, and it was Miss Lu who took care of them when they were young.
She is called cousin, but in the eyes of Lu Hao and others, Miss Lu is like their mother.
Even though Cao Peng saved Lu Xun and Miss Gu, he still made the Lu brothers angry by slandering Miss Lu as a murderer.
Gu Yong's face was gloomy.
"Sister Wan, she is definitely not a murderer."
Cao Peng did not argue or even speak. He just stood aside quietly without saying a word.
Gu Yong also had a solemn expression. He vaguely felt that there seemed to be a scandal involving human relations. He lowered his head and was silent, while Xun Yan was extremely nervous. He looked at Cao Peng, then at
Looking at the unconscious Lu Xun and Miss Gu, I didn't know how to deal with this situation.
He believed that Cao Peng would not act without aim.
But if Cao Peng said something wrong, it would be the same as offending the children of the Lu family.
When the time comes, how will he end up with Cao Peng?
"It's not good, something serious is going to happen... The eldest lady is also poisoned, she, she, she... hurry up, eldest lady."
Just when the hall was in an unspeakable awkward situation, a maid stumbled out of the inner hall with a panicked look on her face.
"What did you say?"
"Miss, something happened to her!"
The maid screamed in panic, causing the hall to fall into panic again.
"You, you, you..." Lu Ji pointed at Cao Peng and said angrily: "If Wan'er is the murderer, how can he be poisoned? If you slander the reputation of my Lu family, you and I will never give up."
After saying that, he left in a hurry. Lu Hao and others glared at Cao Peng fiercely and followed Lu Ji to the back house.
Gu Yong, on the other hand, stared at Cao Peng with a vigilant gaze.
Xun Yan asked softly: "Afu, what on earth is going on?"
But Cao Peng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said as if to himself: "Sir, there are some things... you and I can't stop it after all!"