Chapter 3: Marquis of Luyang Township
The next day, when Zhao Yu was still sleeping, Zhou led her husband, Zhao Yu's father, Zhao Jing, to Zhao Yu's house.
Seeing her youngest son leaning on the side and sleeping indecently on the couch, Zhou became more and more happy as he looked at her. He couldn't help but pull her husband's sleeves and whispered: "Husband, look at us, we have a sweet sleep... Tsk tsk, this kid was so handsome when she was a child, and she will definitely be amazing when she grows up. She is really worthy of being my son..."
Zhao Jing, the Marquis of Luyang Township, knew that his wife had always loved her younger son more, and did not care about it when she heard this. She said with a face on the floor as usual: "Last night, I heard from the servants in the mansion that she fell from the tree yesterday and hit her head accidentally. Because of excessive fright, evil energy entered the body. Not only did she lose her past memory, but she also became completely different from the past. Is that true, Zhou?"
"Evil energy enters the body?"
Zhou frowned when he heard this and said with some displeasure: "Who is gossiping in private? I was just frightened and said that evil spirits entered my body is too much!... Are you trying to say that the one in front of me is not my son, but the evil spirit that invaded my son's body? It's simply absurd!"
"Calm down, Zhou." Seeing that his wife was angry, the Hou of Luyang Township frowned and dissuaded him, and then asked, "Have you asked the doctor to diagnose Wu'er?"
"Yeah." Zhou nodded and said, "Last night, an old doctor named He who came from the county town had already diagnosed Wu'er. He said Wu'er's qi and meridians were unobstructed and he had no physical illness. Finally, he prescribed a pair of medicine to calm the mind, saying that Wu'er would be fine if he could recuperate for a while."
"Hmm." The Hou of Luyang Township nodded slightly.
At this time, perhaps because he heard some noise, Zhao Yu, who was sleeping soundly, woke up slowly.
After waking up, Zhao Yu saw two people standing next to his bed, and he was also shocked. It was not until he looked carefully and found that one of them was his mother, Zhou, that he felt a little relieved.
Well, to be precise, Zhou is the mother of his original owner, but given Zhou's great maternal love as a mother and the friendly exchanges between the mother and son yesterday, Zhao Yu no longer rejects calling Zhou a mother.
"Mom, are you...what is it?"
Sitting up on the bed, Zhao Yu asked carefully while secretly watching the man beside Zhou.
He could not guess that the man in gorgeous clothes who appeared in his room with his mother Zhou was probably his father, Zhao Jing, the Marquis of Luyang Township.
Sure enough, seeing that he woke up his youngest son in his sleep, Zhou hurriedly sat down on the bed, patted his son's back and comforted him: "Yeah, it was late at night when your father returned home yesterday. He told him about you for his mother, but since you were already asleep, you didn't come to visit him. Now, your father came to visit you this morning..."
As she said that, she saw that her youngest son still looked dull, as if she had no intention of calling anyone, and she whispered: "Silly child, why don't you call him dad?"
Looking at Zhou, then looking at Zhao Jing, the Marquis of Luyang Township, standing next to the bed with his hands on his back, Zhao Yu felt a little embarrassed.
But in the end, due to Zhou's urging, he still shouted honestly: "Dad."
"Oh, if you take up someone's son's body, you should also call him "My parents."
He comforted himself secretly.
"Um."
The Hou of Luyang Township nodded slightly, carrying his hands on his back, and could not see the joy and anger on his face.
He asked calmly, "Zhu'er, I heard you accidentally fell from the tree in the yard yesterday. What's wrong with you?"
"Okay, there's no discomfort, I just can't remember some things."
Zhao Yu replied quite vividly.
This is not surprising. Although Zhao Yu's mother Zhou was as strange as his father Zhao Jing, yesterday Zhou was obviously stronger and more proactive, forcing Zhao Yu to accept the relationship between the mother and son. Then, by telling past stories, Zhao Yu was full of affection for Zhou. As for the father in front of him, he was just standing there with his hands on his back, and he could not tell that he was close to Zhao Yu at all. It was no wonder that Zhao Yu felt inexplicably restrained and divorced.
Especially when the father looked at Zhao Yu with a stern face and looked up and down with his eyes, Zhao Yu felt more and more restrained and uneasy.
I don’t know how long it took, the Hou of Luyang Township nodded and said, “It’s good that there is nothing to do. Have a good rest. I have something to say to your mother.”
After saying that, he winked at Zhou and turned around and walked out of the house.
Perhaps he noticed that his younger son was stunned, Zhou whispered: "Yeah, don't be afraid, your father is here to see you... In fact, he has always loved you two brothers very much, but he is not good at expressing it."
After hearing Zhou's words, Zhao Yu suddenly realized: feelings are not just about him feeling alienated from that father, but the original owner of his body is actually also afraid of that father.
Asking his son to continue to rest and cover him with a quilt, Zhou turned around and walked out of the house and gently closed the door.
Not far away, her husband Zhao Jing was standing under the tree in the yard, listening to the noisy summer cicada.
"Husband." Zhou stepped forward and greeted her husband.
The Marquis of Luyang Township did not pay attention to his wife at first. He reached out to touch the tree in front of him and said with some nostalgia: "This tree is a little old in the mansion. I still remember that when I was young, I used to enjoy the cool air under the shade of the tree..." Speaking of this, he changed his words: "Today, I will instruct the servants in the mansion to ask them to pull out this tree."
Hearing this, Zhou's face showed a narrow smile.
As she said, in fact, his husband always loved the two brothers Zhao Yin and Zhao Yu very much, but unfortunately, this stubborn and dull man really didn't know how to get along with children, so his two sons didn't want to get close to him.
"I think it's not necessary." After reaching out and holding her husband's hand, Zhou said with a chuckle: "After this disaster, I think the baby should become more mature and will not do such a risky thing in the future. Let's keep this tree, it's still a thing that my husband misses..."
The Marquis of Luyang Township turned to look at Zhou: "Do you think that after this disaster, you will become more mature?... I just saw Wanger, just as the servants said, Wanger was completely different..."
As if he had heard something, Zhou frowned and said with confidence: "Zhu'er was just frightened. There is no possibility that some evil spirit would enter his body... Will your husband believe those absurd statements easily?"
"Calm down, Zhou." Zhao Jing patted the back of his wife's hand. Although his voice was light, he could not refute: "Today, I will ask someone to go to the county town to invite a witch to see if my son is really invaded by evil spirits. I don't know what you think, but what I just saw is that Wu'er is indeed completely different from the past... If it is finally proved that Wu'er's invasion by evil spirits is indeed absurd, and the people in the house can stop arguing, so as not to spread any rumors."
Seeing that her husband had decided on his mind, Zhou was not good at refuting anything, so he could only nod his head helplessly.
Immediately, she seemed to think of something and asked her husband: "Husband, I remember that the wandering alchemist once said that a son would have a disaster at about ten years old. If he could not pass, he would have unfortunately died prematurely; but if he could pass, his future would be unpredictable and his wealth would be indescribable... Could it be that this time?"
“…”
The Marquis of Luyang Township glanced at his wife, then turned to look at the rising sun in the east.
One day ten years ago, it was almost at this time that his beloved wife had just given birth to his eldest son Zhao Yin, but when the whole mansion was panicked, another baby in Zhou's abdomen was unable to be born smoothly. Not only did Zhou's wail in pain, but it also made the whole mansion very anxious.
After all, in this era, women have difficulty giving birth and basically only choose one insurance between adults and children, otherwise it is very likely that they will have two lives.
At that time, Zhao Jing decided to choose to protect the Zhou family, but was strongly opposed by the Zhou family.
Just when the marquis' mansion in Luyang Township was at a loss for this, a wandering old Taoist came to their mansion. Although the old man called himself a Taoist priest, Zhao Jing was more inclined to think that this was a cheating alchemist.
In short, the alchemist told them that another boy in Zhou's abdomen was unable to be born because the time had not arrived, and he had to wait until the sun sets to be born smoothly.
Zhao Jing naturally sneered at this statement, but Zhou believed the old alchemist and forced himself to fight until dusk and sunset.
It is strange that on that day, when the sun sets and night falls, the second son Zhao Yu was immediately born from her mother's womb.
What is even more incredible is that after the second son Zhao Yu was born, the sunset appeared again and looked at him at the Marquis' Mansion in Luyang Township. But after the second son Zhao Yu cried from the house, the sunset disappeared immediately at that moment, as if it was suppressed by some invisible existence.
Zhao Jing still remembers the old alchemist who smiled and explained to him: "This son is the appearance of Xihu."
Zhao Jing asked what Xihu was like at that time, but the old alchemist did not explain anymore. He just asked Zhao Jing for wine and food. After he had enough wine and food, he said goodbye and left.
There is another thing that Zhao Jing did not tell Zhou, nor anyone, that is, the old alchemist had seen the faces of Zhao Yin and Zhao Yu, and said to him with a smile: "Congratulations to the village marquis, these two sons are all the kings!"
This sentence really shocked Zhao Jing at that time.
As the name suggests, the appearance of a human king is a leader of a person in the country, at least tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, and more importantly, it is not controlled by others.
Logically speaking, shouldn’t this face appear among the royal children of this country?
Why did it appear at the Marquis' Mansion in Luyang Township? And two appeared at once?
Although Zhao Jing is a marquis of Luyang Township and is considered a hereditary family in the area of Luyang County, if you look at the entire country, the marquis of Luyang Township is really insignificant and cannot be called a king at all.
But why are his two sons born with the appearance of a human king?
"Husband? Husband? What's wrong?"
Zhou's concerning inquiry came in his ears, interrupting Zhao Jing's memories of the past.
"nothing."
Zhao Jing shook his head slightly.
His wife's words did evoke some memories of Zhao Jing and made him feel a little worried.
If you are born in the royal family and have the appearance of a human king, this is of course a complementary combination; but if you are not born in the royal family, you have the appearance of a human king...
To be honest, this is not necessarily a good thing.
Chapter completed!