Chapter 94 The Childe Looked A Little Familiar
Wu Zongyuan was very surprised when hearing the accent of his native place. He knew his accent might reveal where he came from, but he couldn't speak any other languages, so he tried not to talk so much.
Hearing the Beijing accent of Huang Husheng, he asked, "Are you also from the Capital?"
Huang Husheng nodded, "Yes. I planned to return to hometown to visit my relatives, but I was trapped here. Fortunately, they are so kind-hearted that they let me live in their family, or I can never return to hometown."
Wu Zongyuan tilted his face to one side thoughtfully for a long time. Then he asked, "May I have your name?"
Huang Husheng was old enough to be his grandfather, so he felt a little surprised when he suddenly heard him ask his name.
But he replied, "My last name is Huang and given name is Husheng."
Wu Zongyuan's face changed, "Are you an imperial physician?!"
Huang Husheng was more surprised and took a close look at his appearance. He felt the young man looked like the childe......
He was terrified but did not dare to reveal the identity of Wu Zongyuan, "Yes, I am working in the Imperial Medical Institution."
From his look, Wu Zongyuan could see that he had guessed his identity.
But it didn't matter because Huang Husheng took a neutral stance. Above all, both of them were stuck here and didn't know when they could return to the Capital.
"Doctor Huang, why did you come here?"
Huang Husheng sighed, "Just my luck! The Emperor approved me to return to hometown to visit my relatives. People were suffering from a famine when I came back. To help those poor victims, I built a soup kitchen outside. But those victims was so ungrateful that they stole money from my home under the cover of night, and burned my house......"
"I escaped at the same night and met Jiuyue on the road. She took me home."
Wu Zongyuan, "......"
It was too miserable for Huang Husheng, who was an official serving the court.
Huang Husheng would never forget this painful experience.
"I'm so sorry for your loss." said Wu Zongyuan after a moment of silence.
Huang Husheng also sighed, "Well, where there is life, there is hope. I'll come back a couple of days later."
Wu Zongyuan nodded and was ready to go to bed. But Huang Husheng continued, "May I feel the pulse for you?"
Though he hesitated slightly for a moment, Wu Zongyuan reached out his wrist.
Huang Husheng rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hand on the pulse. He withdrew his hand after a long time.
"Don't worry. You are in good health."
Wu Zongyuan merely said, "OK". He then climbed onto the bed and pulled over a quilt.
"Good night."
Looking at the empty space left at his side, Huang Husheng was under a lot of pressure. He dreaded to think he would sleep in the same bed with the childe one day!
Su Jiuyue and Wu Xiyuan lived in the room opposite to that of Huang Husheng. Wrapped in a quilt, they two only revealed head. Three books that Su Jiuyue took back were placed in front of them.
Wu Xiyuan liked the books very much. He touched the title page and could feel the rough touch.
He looked up at Su Jiuyue and opened his arms to her. With the quilt slipped off his body, his weak arms were exposed.
"Darling! You're so kind. I wanna hug you!"
Although she could not make head or tail of his action at first, Su Jiuyue felt amused at what he said later.
She also opened her arms to him, "Hug me! Xiyuan is also very nice! I really love you!"
Xiyuan gave her a hug, and the happiness on his face even could be frozen into substance.
However, he was soon down in spirits.
"But I can't read......"
Resting his head on the shallow part of Su Jiuyue's shoulder, he whispered, "Am I a useless person?"
Even he was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, Su Jiuyue could feel his uneasiness. So she patted him on the back and said gently and slowly, "I don't know the characters too. Am I useless too?"
Wu Xiyuan subconsciously shook his head and anxiously retorted her, "No, you are not useless!"
Letting go of him and facing him, Su Jiuyue pinched his handsome face, "Xiyuan is not useless either."
Wu Xiyuan didn't dodge when she pinched his face.
Although he was very happy at what his wife said, he felt that something was wrong.
He displayed a look of pity, so Su Jiuyue silently let go of his face and shook his hand, "We do not know the characters, but the master certainly knows. Let's find him to learn them tomorrow."
Wu Xiyuan became happy again, "OK!"
Though it was late at night, the City of Yongzhou was still illuminated and bustling with people.
A man in a red official robe with gold shoulder pads asked, "Where is he?"
One subordinate stood with his hands down, and hid half his face in the light, which was bright and dark as the torches guttered.
"Your Majesty, we locked down the city and have searched him for half a day, but we cannot find him."
Mu Shaoling gave him a kick, "You idiot! You are just a good-for-nothing bum!"
The subordinate staggered and quickly slumped to his knees, "Your Majesty, calm down! We will open the city gate and look for him
again!"
"I'll give you three days. If you can't find him after three days, you should kill yourself! I don't raise any useless person!"
Su Jiuyue got up very early the next day when the cock just crowed for the first time.
It was still dark outside when she sat alone in the dark room. She gradually resumed her memory.
Hearing the sound of opening the door, Su Jiuyue dressed and got off the bed. She then leant on the window and took a look, and her look became more complicated.
Wu Zongyuan was practicing martial arts outside. Though he was young, he was adept with both the pen and the sword. He was no-run-of-the-mill kind of guy.
Never in her wildest dreams did she think a child she took home would bring such great misfortune to everyone. She dreamed again last night.
In her dream, a crowd of people, who carried swords and wore official boots, killed all the villagers and took away Wu Zongyuan.
She decided not to hide the fact. She opened the door and walked out. Wu Zongyuan stopped practicing and nodded at her to greet her.
With a bit complicated expression, Su Jiuyue just said "good morning" to him, and went to the kitchen to make a fire and make breakfast.
After a quarter of an hour, Liu Cuihua got up. Seeing Wu Zongyuan practicing martial arts, she smiled and praised him before she took the wooden basin into the kitchen.
Seeing Su Jiuyue sitting in front of the chamber of the kitchen range, she burst into laughter, "Jiuyue is the only diligent daughter who can get up so early to do housework!"
But Su Jiuyue frowned and squalled out, "Mum!"
Judging from her look, Liu Cuihua guessed that something happened, so the smile gradually faded from her face.
"Jiuyue, take it easy and tell me what happened."
Su Jiuyue stood up and glanced at Wu Zongyuan outside. She then whispered something in Liu Cuihua's ear.
"What?!" Liu Cuihua was also shocked.
They were soft-hearted, but they didn't expect that taking him home caused the family to get into big trouble......