Chapter 267 Returning to One’s Ancestors

"But my mother doesn't know many words, and my father has to work all day, so he won't teach me at all."

Lu Yun said with a crying voice: "Grandfather is also busy, and we rarely see him."

"What does this have to do with me?" Chang'an didn't intend to give this child hope: "I am also busy."

Lu Yun sobbed and said: "But you are my aunt and my mother's cousin, don't you care about the relationship at all?"

Chang'an really looked at this girl with new eyes. He didn't expect that she would be as good at controlling people as her mother, and even the words she said were the same idea.

"Lu Yun, your mother and I are not cousins. Your mother's father killed my grandfather. She is just the daughter of a murderer. Our families are enemies."

After Chang'an finished speaking, he ordered the maid: "Take Lu Yun out, and then drive the gatekeeper out of the house."

She didn't believe that a little girl of this age would avoid the sight of the maid and run into the inner courtyard.

The maid agreed and said to Lu Yun: "Miss Lu, please follow me to find your mother."

Lu Yun's tears fell instantly and she turned and ran out of the inner courtyard.

On the way back with her mother Song Xiyue, Lu Yun cried and complained: "Mom, they are all bad people! Especially the second aunt! She is so rich and lives in such a big house, but she is unwilling to help me."

Song Xiyue wiped her daughter's tears and said distressedly: "Yun'er, since you know their viciousness, you must live better than them in the future, no matter what means you use.

Also, you are the eldest daughter of the Lu family, and Lu Xiangxiang is just a bastard born by a bastard. As long as your second uncle dies, all her family property will be yours!"

Lu Yun's tears were not dry yet, and she asked with hope: "When will the second uncle die?"

Song Xiyue smiled and said softly: "Soon, mother has invited the plague god. As long as Song Changan's family gets smallpox, they will die soon."

"Invite the plague god? What is that?" Lu Yun was puzzled.

Song Xiyue looked around and whispered, "It's a long story. I'll tell you later."

In fact, she bought a bellyband that a child with smallpox had worn from a wandering Taoist priest. She wrapped the thing inside the baby's clothes and wrapped it with a blue cloth.

For this, she took several baths and put all her clothes in boiling water before giving the gift.

Lu Yun's brows relaxed slightly, holding her mother's hand and asking: "Mom, why didn't you marry my second uncle, but married someone like my father?"

Song Xiyue sighed: "Don't you want to marry me? It's just that the marriage was snatched away by Song Changan, that bitch!"

Lu Yun's eyes widened: "So marriage can be snatched?"

"Of course!" Song Xiyue said: "Everything in life must be snatched. If you don't snatch, others will snatch it. Then you will get nothing."

Lu Yun said with disdain: "Second aunt is so shameless that she actually did such a thing."

"Of course." Song Xiyue said absent-mindedly: "She not only snatched my marriage, but also my mother."

If Song Changan hadn't run away to the capital, maybe I would marry Lu Jingzhou in this life and become the wife of the fourth-rank prefect.

Back to the farm, Song Xiyue and her daughter waited and waited, but they never heard the news that Changan's family had smallpox.

But Cai and her son Lu Yuanjin had a fever.

Seeing this, Lu Huainian quickly invited a doctor to treat the mother and son.

As a result, the doctor immediately picked up the medicine box and ran out when he saw the two people's symptoms.

Lu Huainian was anxious and hurriedly chased after them and asked: "Doctor, why are you running? What disease do they have?"

"Smallpox! They have smallpox!" The doctor covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and said: "Your whole family must be isolated from outsiders, otherwise it will be contagious!"

After that, he ran out.

Lu Huainian was stunned and immediately asked his followers to inform his son Lu Jingzhou.

He also told the followers not to contact outsiders and to talk at a distance of three meters.

The followers agreed, rode on horses and rushed to the city.

The farm is more than 20 miles away from Anding City. If they run at full speed, they will arrive in more than half an hour.

The followers followed their master's words and stood outside the yamen and shouted: "Sir! Someone in the farm outside the city has smallpox! You should think of a solution!"

When the people around heard it, they immediately moved eight meters away from the follower.

Lu Jingzhou came out of the yamen and was surprised to learn that his stepmother and brother had both contracted smallpox.

Then he thought of the fact that Song Xiyue and her daughter and Jin had come to his house a while ago, and he couldn't help but worry about the safety of Chang'an and the children.

Lu Jingzhou immediately ordered the yamen runners to gather, all wearing masks and taking tools to go to the farm outside the city.

He wanted to seal the farm, and the people inside were not allowed to go out casually.

At the same time, he asked people to go to the pharmacy to buy detoxifying herbs, bring them to the farm to boil, and distribute them to the yamen runners to drink.

Inside the farm.

Song Xiyue never expected that the first to get smallpox were her mother-in-law and Lu Yuanjin.

She was panicked and a little excited at the same time.

If the old woman and her son died, she and her daughter would be able to get the money and jewelry in the hands of the old woman, and she was happy just thinking about it.

"Buddha bless me and Yun'er to never get smallpox! I am willing to give up my husband and mother-in-law's lives in exchange."

Song Xiyue knelt in front of the portrait of the smallpox god and prayed devoutly.

However, her prayers did not save her from the disease. Soon, Lu Yun also developed a high fever and had rashes on her face and body.

Song Xiyue was terrified and hurriedly cut mugwort from the front and back of the house to boil water for her daughter to wash her body and face.

As for her mother-in-law and Lu Yuanjin, Jin was there to take care of them.

Jin had been vaccinated against cowpox when she was a child, so she was not afraid of smallpox infection. She cut honeysuckle and perilla and boiled water for her mother-in-law and husband to drink.

After all, Cai was old and could not stand such a high fever. She died in a few days.

At this time, Song Xiyue also had a high fever. She was so confused that she seemed to see her grandmother and mother waving at her.

Although her grandmother was not dead, Song Xiyue was frightened for no reason and did not want to pay attention to them.

Suddenly, Old Zhao said: "Xiyue, I met your grandfather. He is a high official in the capital. His name is..."

Song Xiyue did not understand what her grandmother meant, and did not even hear the last name clearly.

But she heard one sentence clearly, that is, her grandfather was a high official in the capital.

"Grandma! What did you say just now? Say it again?" Song Xiyue was surprised and hurriedly walked a few steps forward to ask.

Then she heard Old Zhao continue: "Take your brother back to the capital. He should be the grandson of the Marquis' Mansion."

Song Xiyue's eyes lit up.

My brother is the grandson of the Marquis' Mansion, so isn't she the daughter of the Marquis' Mansion?

"Grandma, what is the name of the Marquis' Mansion?" Song Xiyue asked anxiously.

Old Zhao: "Marquis Chengyi, your grandfather is the second son of the old Marquis Chengyi. Back then..."

Song Xiyue was almost knocked unconscious by this sudden happiness.

When she was about to ask again, she suddenly woke up.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Jin was pouring medicine into her.

Song Xiyue grabbed Jin's hand gratefully and thanked her intermittently: "Thank you very much. Wait, wait until I recognize my ancestors, and you will live a good life with me."