After taking care of Yu Xiaoxiu's head injury, He Fangzhi heaved a sigh of relief and gently covered him with a blanket. He turned to the ashen-faced Yu Shu and said, "Don't worry too much. He did bleed a lot, but the injury isn't deep."
Yu Shu touched Yu Xiaoxiu's forehead and asked worriedly, "Is he really fine? Why didn't you wake him up?"
He Fangzhi said, "He lost too much blood. He just needs to stay in bed for a few more days to replenish his Qi and blood."
Yu Shu's heart skipped a beat, but her expression became better after hearing this. She said, "Godfather, look after him for a while. I'll ask him what happened."
After saying that, she waved at Hu Tian 'er, who had brought Yu Xiaoxiu back, and called her outside for questioning.
"What happened to Xiaoxiu? Did he fight with someone? " Yu Shu held back her anger, afraid that she would scare the delicate boy in front of her. When she saw Yu Xiaoxiu being brought back with his head and face covered in blood, her heart almost jumped out of her throat.
Hu Tian 'er pouted and told Yu Shu what had happened. "This afternoon, during riding class, Little Redeemer and I were learning how to ride a horse when a madman came up to him and taunted him. Little Redeemer seemed to know the madman, and he warned him that he was going to expose the madman's dirty deeds. Little Redeemer got into an argument with Little Redeemer and pushed him off the horse. Little Redeemer knocked his head on the ground."
Needless to say, she knew who the madman was. Yu Shu gritted her teeth in anger and asked again, "Where did that person go?"
Hu Tian 'er said disdainfully, "Hmph, that coward. When he saw Xiaoxiu bleeding all over the ground, he was so scared that he ran away on his horse. If Xiaoxiu hadn't asked me to send him home to find his uncle before he fainted, I wouldn't have let that madman go. What the hell is this? "
Yu Shu suppressed the anger in her heart and said gratefully to the young man, "Young Master Hu. Thank you for sending Xiaoxiu back. It's already so late. Go home quickly and don't let your parents worry. "
Yu Shu had only recently heard from Yu Xiaoxiu that this young master was his companion at Baichuan Academy. His father was a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites. Her maternal grandfather was the one she had just met in court yesterday. He was Xue Rui's current immediate superior, the official of the Supreme Court, Guo Huaian, who was known as the 'White King of Hell'.
Hu Tian'er looked at the sky and saw that it was already dark. However, he felt awkward and didn't want to leave. "Elder Sister Yu, what about that madman who beat up Xiaoxiu? We can't just let him go, right?"
"Xiaoxiu hasn't woken up yet. When he recovers, I'll take him to the Academy and ask him about it. I'll have to trouble you to go to the Academy tomorrow. Tell your Academician Song that Xiaoxiu is recuperating at home. He won't be going to the Academy for a while. "
Yu Shu looked amiable on the surface, but she was secretly angry. She thought that no one could beat up their Yu Xiaoxiu for nothing. That bastard Xue Wenzhe, she would teach him a lesson later. [].
Yu Shu sent Hu Tian 'er away and returned to her room. He Fangzhi asked her how Yu Xiaoxiu got injured. Yu Shu said, "He was playing with a classmate when he was riding a horse in class and fell down. As for what happened, we'll have to wait until he wakes up to ask."
He Fangzhi thought that it was caused by the children playing with each other. She only complained a little and didn't pursue the matter further.
Yu Shu took over He Fangzhi's place to take care of Yu Xiaoxiu. She asked him to go to Zhao Hui's room to take a look. In the evening, Yu Xiaoxiu was carried back. When Zhao Hui entered the room and saw it, she was so shocked that she fainted. Fortunately, Auntie Shen held her so that she didn't fall. Otherwise, it would be no laughing matter for her seven-month-old belly to fall.
Yu Shu didn't eat dinner. She stayed by Yu Xiaoxiu's side to feed him soup and water, and wipe his sweat and tuck him in until midnight. Kim Bao, who was always gluttonous and sleepy, didn't have an appetite like her. He lay at the end of Yu Xiaoxiu's bed with his tail tucked between his legs.
Just like that, Yu Shu only felt relieved when Yu Xiaoxiu's fever went down. She stood up and stretched. Listening to the crackling of her bones, she turned around and went back to her room to get a pen, paper, and other tools. Then, she spread out the paper in Yu Xiaoxiu's bedroom and started to calculate.
Out of habit, Yu Shu would calculate the time of calamity for this family every once in a while. She would calculate the time of calamity for the next ten days. If there was a calamity, it was better to avoid it. If there was no calamity, it was better to avoid it. Logically speaking, she should have predicted that Yu Xiaoxiu would have a bloody calamity today. She wouldn't have let him go out today. But the truth was that she didn't predict this calamity at all, so she didn't take any precautions in advance.
Yu Shu thought that she had miscalculated today and blamed herself. So, she made a new formula and used the Time of Calamity Law to check on Yu Xiaoxiu's calamity for the past few days. The result surprised her.
She carefully calculated the four pillars and eight characters of Yu Xiaoxiu three times. The divination showed that Yu Xiaoxiu should be safe and sound today, without any calamity. It wasn't that she had miscalculated, but the truth was that Yu Xiaoxiu was injured and bleeding.
Ever since Yu Shu mastered the Time of Calamity Law, she had never encountered such a situation. In the past, because of the lack of data, she would often encounter elusive numbers, and she couldn't determine what calamity it was. But like this, the result of the divination about the calamity was obviously "none", but in reality, there was "yes". This was the first time. It wasn't that she couldn't calculate it accurately, it was that she couldn't calculate it.
This discovery immediately gave Yu Shu a headache.
Honestly speaking, she was very clear that there was a loophole in her Time of Calamity Law. The results of her calculations were too general and not detailed. She had yet to make up for these shortcomings, and now there was a new problem, which was also what she was most afraid of. To use a word to describe it, it was "blind areas".
Places that could not be reached by the line of sight were called "blind areas", and the answers that could not be calculated using mathematical symbols were also called "blind areas" in mathematics. Take the simplest example: zero divided zero. The answer to this formula could be any number, so it could not be established. This was one of the "blind areas" in division.
And when faced with such a blind area, one could only ignore it. There was no way to solve it.
In other words, the appearance of the blind areas of the Time of Calamity Law meant that from now on, Yu Shu could no longer completely rely on this method to ensure the safety of the people around her.
Otherwise, something like today would happen again. Perhaps the next person to be in trouble would be He Fangzhi, or Zhao Hui.
"Tsk …" Yu Shu crumpled the messy paper into a ball. Looking at the unconscious Yu Xiaoxiu on the bed, she forcefully scratched her itchy scalp.
She did not want to see her loved ones get hurt. She wanted the people around her to be able to live a peaceful and stable life.
She wanted to know more. She wanted to accurately judge what would happen in the future. But right now, she could not do it. She still had a long way to go. She needed to learn more. She needed to learn more about the Study of Yi. Only then would she be able to continuously improve her abilities.
It was easy to say. But it was hard to do. All of the exquisite Study of Yi were owned by the Study of Yi. They were not passed on to outsiders. How could she learn in such a short time?
"If only Master Qing Zheng was here." Up until now, the thing that Yu Shu regretted the most was that she did not learn more from Daoist Qing Zheng. Now, no one knew where he had run off to, and it was impossible to find him.
Then, Yu Shu thought of Jing Chen, but she wasn't sure. But she was not sure if Jing Chen could teach her the mysteries of Mount Longhu Taoism. Moreover, what she lacked the most right now was more systematic learning. For a self-taught Yi Ke, her foundation couldn't compare to those children of aristocratic families who had been exposed to Yi Ke since young, not to mention Ji Xingxuan, who had read a lot of books. Even Xia Mingming was more knowledgeable than her.
Yu Shu clasped her hands together. She knocked her forehead lightly and kept repeating a place, "Taishi Library, Taishi Library …"
It had four libraries that were open to the public. Thirteen Great Yi Masters taught her everything they knew. It was a place where all the Study of Yi families gathered under the name of the Celestial Commissioner. She really wanted to enter the Taishi Library.
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Yu Shu took care of Yu Xiaoxiu last night. In addition, she was thinking about something else. She did not rest much all night. The next morning, He Fangzhi came to examine Yu Xiaoxiu. She took the opportunity to go back to her room to freshen up. She changed her wrinkled clothes and rummaged in the wardrobe. She found an old robe and put it on. She tied up her long hair in front of the mirror and wrapped a scarf around it. She dressed up like the day when she set up the stall in Autumn Osmanthus Lane.
Aunt Cui and Xiang Sui were still living in the inn in the east of the city. She had to find a house for them as soon as possible. She could not let them stay in that crowded place for too long.
Yu Shu brought enough money. She went next door to see that Yu Xiaoxiu had not woken up yet. She told He Fangzhi that she was going to Baichuan Academy and went out.
She rented a carriage pulled by a mule in the market. Yu Shu sat in the shed that was full of a strange smell. She thought about when she would go to Pei Jing's place to get the horse he gave her for her birthday to train. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to go back and forth in a sedan chair.
Yu Shu first went to the inn to see Aunt Cui. The master and servant got up late and were still eating breakfast. They had a basket of steamed buns, porridge and pickles. It was not that Aunt Cui was thrifty. It was just that the inn was remote and there was nothing good to eat other than that.
Aunt Cui was still angry that Yu Shu had implicated her to this extent. She ignored everyone who saw her. She kept a straight face and let Xiang Sui pass the message.
"Sui 'er, ask that unfilial daughter how long she plans to let us stay in this inn."
Xiang Sui carefully turned her head to look at Yu Shu. "Miss, Aunt asked me to ask you."
Yu Shu was not in the mood to play with her, so she sat down opposite Concubine Cui and said, "I'll go out in a moment and rent an empty house for you to stay in. Buy some bedding and bedding, as well as some daily necessities, then you can move in."
Hearing her arrangement, Aunt Cui slammed the table and glared at her. "You want me, a woman, to live alone outside? I only have a useless servant girl. She doesn't even have someone to boil water and cook. How do you want me to live? "
Yu Shu said, "I will find an old maid to cook for you later."
Aunt Cui was still unwilling. She said acidly, "How much money do you have? What kind of good house can you rent? I won't live in that broken down place. Didn't you say that you found a godmother to live with? It just so happens that Xiaoxiu is also there. I want to live with Xiaoxiu. I will pack my things now. Take me there. "
Yu Shu rolled her eyes and said grumpily, "Mother, you should at least think about it. That's my godmother's home, not yours. It's perfectly justifiable for me to live there. What's the point of you going there? You don't even know them. Aren't you ashamed to live in someone else's home?"
Aunt Cui's face reddened. She said angrily, "Why would I be ashamed? You can abandon your biological mother to live a good life and make me suffer. Why would I be afraid of being ashamed?"
"Fine, you don't think it's embarrassing?" Yu Shu continued. "Then aren't you afraid that the Ji family will send people to capture you? Let me tell you first. Third Master knows where my godmother's home is. Who knows, there might be people waiting at the door for you. The moment you show your face, they will capture you. "
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