Chapter 4: A Sudden Clue
He Lin paused, then tilted her head to look at He Mian and smiled without saying a word, but in her heart she was pondering what the original owner called He Mian.
He Mian couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he saw the smile on He Linwan's face, then stretched out his palm and stroked his face fiercely, baring his teeth and saying, "Don't laugh like that, I'm begging you! Brother is going to be grounded and can't go out, I just want you to do a little favor and help my brother bring something in." ā
"What to bring in? I can't go out. He Lin was puzzled.
He Mian gave her a look of "why are you so stupid", and whispered: "Have you forgotten that you are going to the temple to make incense in two days?" I told Yuan Er before, let him help me get a dagger, and then Yuan Er's family will also go to the Baoan Temple to make incense, you help me find Yuan Er's dagger." ā
June 19, two days later, is the enlightenment day of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and when He Linwan was still Yang Weizhen, her grandmother would also take the Yang Mansion female dependents to fast for a day on this day and donate some sesame oil money to the temple.
He Linwan shook his head: "Mother only allowed me to go out today, she arranged for a few maids to follow me, but if anything goes wrong, my mother will lock me up." It's not that He Linwan deliberately didn't help, it's just that Yuan Er is a man when she hears it, how can she, a girl in the house, teach a man outside.
He Mian couldn't help but feel bitter when he heard this, thought about it and begged, "Why don't I let Yuan Er secretly go to you?"
Seeing that He Linwan still didn't speak, He Mian scratched his head, then searched around on himself, and finally took out something from his sleeve pocket and handed it to He Linwan, and said flatteringly: "Good sister, there is only such a thing on my brother for the time being, you take it to play first?"
He Linwan frowned, originally wanting to excuse herself, but when she looked down and saw what He Mian was holding in her hand, her body suddenly froze.
He Mian was still there and continued to mumble: "I know you don't like these gadgets, how about waiting for my brother to get you a good dagger next time?"
He Linwan took the jade pendant from He Mian's hand with a white face, and He Mian didn't notice that He Linwan's hand was as cold as ice.
It was a pendant the size of a little thumb, the green jade stone was carved into a cute little pig, the four feet of the little pig were engraved with the words "Fu Shou Ankang", He Linwan's fingers gently rubbed the small words, and the fingertips trembled slightly.
"Where did this come from?" He Linwan asked as she bit her lip and held back her tears.
"Huh?" He Mian blinked, a little inexplicable.
He Linwan looked up at He Mian, with some anxiety and hope in her red eyes: "Where did this pendant come from?"
He Mian was frightened by He Linwan's appearance, and couldn't help but take a step back and frowned: "What's wrong with you?"
He Linwan closed her eyes, trying to calm herself, she took a deep breath and said to He Mian: "I'll help you bring the dagger back, you tell me where this pendant came from and where its owner is now." ā
He Mian was first overjoyed when he heard this, and then he was a little confused: "This is what I lost to a few days ago in a bet, and I took it when I saw that it was quite exquisite." As for where he came from, I don't know, but Genji always gets his hands on something weird. ā
"The people of the Yuan family will also go to the Baoan Temple to offer incense?" He Linwan slowly held the pendant in his hand and asked with lowered eyes.
He Mian nodded hurriedly: "Go, we have already made an appointment, if he doesn't go, I'll beat him to death!"
He Linwan was thinking about the information about the Yuan family in his heart, the surname Yuan is not common, and the Yuan family who has dealings with the He family should be the family of Yuan Cheng, the right attendant of the military department. However, the Yuan family has no contact with the Yang family, how can the Yuan family have Jie Ge'er's things in their hands?
She naturally recognized that the pendant He Mian had just given her belonged to her younger brother Yang Chengjie, and she personally matched it to Brother Jie on the morning of the accident.
Thinking like this, He Linwan's eyes became sour again.
I don't know where my cousin and Brother Jie are now, and whether they can be fed and clothed.
He Mian looked at He Linwan curiously, touched his chin and said, "What's wrong with you?" I don't know what I thought, He Mian suddenly showed a wicked smile that was understanding, and squeezed his eyebrows shyly, "Eh, you won't really take a fancy to Yuan Er, will you?"
He Linwan was thinking about things in her heart, and she didn't hear He Mian say anything at all, He Mian saw that He Linwan didn't speak but thought that her mind was guessed by herself, and she couldn't help but laugh wildly, and finally patted her chest and said arrogantly: "Don't worry, compared with He Ling's bad girl, brother will definitely help you!"
At this moment, a female voice sounded not far away: "Mian'er!"
As soon as He Mian looked up, he saw that his mothers, Du Shi and Wei Shi, had finished talking at some point and were walking towards them.
He Mian hurriedly glanced at He Linwan and whispered, "Brother will leave first, don't forget that!" After speaking, he immediately ran towards Du Shi.
He Mian followed Du Shi back, Wei Shi came over, and slipped away the little tiger who was secretly wiping his hands on He Linwan's skirt and handed it to the nurse, and then raised his hand and touched He Linwan's forehead, frowning and said, "Why is your face so ugly? Is it hot again?"
He Linwan subconsciously grabbed Wei's hand, causing Wei's to exclaim: "Why are your hands so cold? Go, go back, my mother asked the doctor to come and see." ā
Wei was worried that He Linwan was sick again, so without saying a word, he took He Linwan's hand and walked to the west courtyard, and after going back, he hurriedly instructed Mama Li to invite the doctor to come into the house, but the result was naturally a false alarm, and He Linwan's illness had been cured.
It's just that He Linwan's spirit has always been a little bad, and he doesn't like to talk, until he has dinner at night.
He Guanglie, the third master of the He family, is now in Dengzhou as the commander of the fourth guard, and he has not returned to the house while he is still in office, only the Wei family has a pair of children to eat together in the east room.
Dinner was brought by the maid from the He family's big kitchen, a very common dish, Wei and He Lin put down their chopsticks after eating a small half bowl of rice. But Xiaohuzi's appetite is very good, he doesn't want to be fed, the nurse helped him mix a bowl of rice with chicken soup, he himself held the bowl with a silver spoon, and stuffed rice into his mouth in a big mouthful, staring at the rice bowl with a very serious look and with a little wolf-like ferocity, he himself quickly finished eating two bowls of rice, and after eating, there was still some unfinished. Wei touched his little belly and forbade him to eat any more, so he removed the table.
After the meal, Wei and the nurse took Xiaohuzi to the yard for a stroll, He Linwan sat on the kang in the east room and thought about her thoughts, because she also drank a bowl of medicine before the meal, she was a little sleepy, and finally fell asleep on the kang unconsciously.
I don't know how long it took for her to wake up and hear someone talking. He Linwan opened his eyes in a daze, and found that he was still lying on the kang in the east room, with a pomegranate red cloak on his body, and Wei sat on the Luohan bed opposite and whispered to Mama Li and the eldest maid Ping'er.
They didn't notice that He Linwan woke up, and He Linwan blinked his eyes and closed them again.
"Today, the thrush went to the kitchen to get food, and the chicken soup prepared by the kitchen for the sixth young master turned out to be cold, and the thrush was angry but stumbled a few words with them, but the new steward in the kitchen said that the thrush was guilty of the following crimes, and he wanted to hand her over to Ya Po to sell, and he was about to make a fuss, and finally the cuckoo stuffed some broken silver into the steward and begged for mercy before the matter subsided. ā
Ping'er sobbed quietly as she spoke, "Everyone in the house knows that our sixth young master doesn't need anything else to eat, but he has to ask for chicken soup, and all other dishes are hot, only chicken soup is cold, isn't this a bully to our western courtyard!
Wei didn't speak, but Mama Li spoke: "Wipe my tears away! What is it like to cry in front of the master! Today, there are a lot of stewards in the Bofu, and many people in the kitchen are also newly replaced, and it is inevitable to be negligent for a while, so it is worth making such a big fuss about you?"
Ping'er must have been wronged today, and said while taking out a handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Mama, don't blame the slaves and maids for being angry, the slaves and maids are not wronged if they are angry, but if they all act like this in the future, isn't it the master who is wronged?"
Ping'er had some words before she could say anything, and today in the kitchen, the thrush said that the chicken soup was for the sixth young master to drink, and asked them to help with the heat, but she didn't want to get a few words of cynicism. Because the sixth young master couldn't speak, Mrs. Tai felt unlucky, so she didn't like this great-grandson very much. If it weren't for the attitude of the top that indulged the people below, who would dare to be disrespectful to the young master in the mansion?
Wei sighed: "I have wronged you today, but as Mama Li said, there are too many things in the house today, and the kitchen may just be a momentary negligence." Go down first, and go to my room and get a dime of silver for the cuckoo. ā
Ping'er only came to Wei's to complain, but now that she has said it, she has cried and cried, so she honestly retreated.
As soon as Ping'er left, Mama Li also sighed: "Originally, it was just Mrs. who was locked up, but now the eldest lady has also handed over the housekeeping rights, and Mrs. Tai is also ......" Mama Li originally wanted to say that Mrs. Tai was too partial, but she still swallowed her words because of her identity.
Wei Shi remembered what the eldest lady had told her before, and sighed: "This is also a matter of no choice, what is the trouble of wanting to add to the crime? If the sister-in-law does not let go of power, I am afraid that that kind of thing will appear from time to time this morning, and if you hand it over earlier, it will be less fishy." "************* secretly opened a new book, I don't know if you like this book ~ to the sharp eyes to chase over the collection and recommendation votes ~ o(ā©_ā©)oć»