General, Madam Called You To Farm - Chapter 436

General, Madam Called You To Farm
Chapter 436 – Dahu (2) 

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“Grandma Zhao told me.” Dahu said. 

Su Xiaoxiao was even more confused. 

Her mind conjured up an image of Dahu, with his baby-faced innocence, squatting in a standard farmer’s pose, chatting earnestly with the aunties and grannies…… 

Su Ergou ah, how did you take care of these children? 

At the end of the alley, Dahu pointed to a house to the east. 

“There’s a nice sound coming from there.” 

Su Xiaoxiao: “Hmm? Really?” 

Dahu said, “During the day.” 

Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t quite imagine what kind of ‘nice sound’ Dahu was referring to, but she did hear something less pleasant nearby.  

Under a nearby large tree, a man in a blue robe was leaning against the trunk, retching. 

In his other hand, he held a somewhat worn-out zither case. 

”Do you know him?” Su Xiaoxiao asked. 

Dahu titled his head and said, “Never seen him.” 

“Wait here.” Su Xiaoxiao said and walked over.

There was no smell of alcohol, so he wasn’t drunk. 

Then that meant that his retching was due to some physical ailment. 

“You……” 

Just as Su Xiaoxiao was about to speak, his hand slipped, and the zither case fell. 

The ground was littered with sharp, jagged rocks. If the case hit them, it might shatter. 

He tried to catch it, but it was too late.

At the last moment, a pair of plump, fair hands caught it. 

”Whew, got it!” Su Xiaoxiao exhaled, then looked at him, “Are you feeling unwell?” 

The man didn’t answer, he merely glanced at her, didn’t even thank her, then took the Zither case and staggered into the eastern house. 

Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrow, “Hmm, was the nice sound Dahu mentioned the sound of the zither?” 

——

Early morning. 

A luxurious carriage stopped at the east end of Lihua Lane.

The carriage driver lifted the curtain open. 

Qin Yanran walked down holding a Guqin. 

She knocked lightly on the gate. 

She had arrived early and feared her teacher wasn’t awake, so she thought of waiting in the carriage.  

But the door wasn’t bolted, and it opened with a gentle knock. 

She entered the courtyard. 

Under the veranda, she saw a young man in a blue robe. 

The young man was sitting on a rattan chair, carefully wiping a guqin with clean silk. 

She bowed slightly, offering a polite greeting for their first meeting. 

The man didn’t even glance at her, just as he picked up the guqin and walked into a side room.  

Qin Yanran frowned. 

Who was that man? She had never seen him before. 

Could it be…… he was the elusive senior disciple under the teacher’s name? 

By seniority, then she should call him ‘Senior brother’.  

“Yanran.” 

Her teacher, Master Zhang, returned from the corridor. 

Master Zhang was in his thirties and had once been a court musician, even teaching the zither skills of several princesses. 

Being able to be one of his disciples, her family had pulled a lot of connections. 

Of course, if she hadn’t had enough talent, then he wouldn’t have accepted her. 

Qin Yanran was the only female student he had taken outside of royalty. 

Qin Yanran’s musical talent even exceeded the princesses’. 

“Teacher.” Qin Yanran greeted.

Teacher Zhang said, “Let’s go to the music room, I will come shortly.”  

“Okay.” 

She wanted to ask about the Senior brother, but in the end she still decided not to. 

——

After walking the pony, Su Xiaoxiao and Dahu went to the Zhenbei Marquis’s residence. 

Doctor Fu had been there for two days, it was time to swap him out so that he could rest. 

The Old Marquis had likely been agitated during the day, so he had a fever at night. 

Doctor Fu had given him some of the fever-reducing medicine Su Xiaoxiao had left behind. 

The old marquis’ pulse was steadier than the first day, and his complexion had visibly improved. 

But he still couldn’t get out of bed like yesterday. 

When sick, one must rest properly. Otherwise, he couldn’t recover. 

The old marquis’s outing yesterday wasn’t because he had improved enough to leave bed. It was sheer willpower that had dragged his frail body there.

Any other elderly person would have been bedridden, barely able to breathe. 

Doctor Fu was exhausted. 

Su Mo arranged a room for him next to the old marquis’ so he wouldn’t have to travel back and forth. 

“That’s fine.” Su Xiaoxiao said.

Xiao Quanzi glanced strangely at her.

This apprentice always acted on behalf of her master.

Su Mo’s expression didn’t change. 

He gave the order, “Go and prepare the side room.”

“Yes.” Xiao Quanzi replied, scratching his head as he went to clean the room.

Doctor Fu was so tired that he could barely keep his eyes open. He didn’t care where he slept. 

“Shall we talk and sit in the study?” Su Mo suggested. 

Then two of them went to the study room. 

Just as he sat down, a guard from the mansion hurriedly came over with a look on his face. 

He was about to enter when he saw Su Xiaoxiao in the room, then he paused again.  

“Come in.” Su Mo said. 

The guard entered and bowed, while clasping his fists, and saluted, “Young master.” 

Su Mo asked, “What information did you find?” 

Seeing that his eldest young master didn’t mind the young lady’s presence, the guard reported the clues he had gathered over the past few days. 

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