CHAPTER XVIII

"Ning'er, let's go to the cubicle and rest for a while. Ling persuaded.

Cui Ning has been kneeling in the house for more than ten days in a row, more dedicated than their elders, and the Ling family is very pleased that she is so filial, but she is even more distressed.

"Mother, I'm fine. Cui Ning's voice was hoarse.

Cui Jing and Cui Jing also knelt with them for many days, and Cui Jing followed with red eyes, "Sister, go eat something, you toss a few times, where can your body stand it? Grandmother will not rest assured when she sees you like this." ”

Cui Ning did not move.

Cui said, "If the second sister is willing to kneel, let her kneel." ”

At this time, a small servant came in and bowed and said, "Madam, Uncle Xie is here, and the patriarch asks Ning Niangzi to come over and speak." ”

Cui Ning got up when she heard this.

Ling touched her head lovingly, "Go ahead, don't be afraid, the elders will answer seriously if they ask." ”

Cui Ning nodded and left with the little guy.

When she arrived in the hall, Cui Ning looked around, and the room was full of old men with gray hair, and only a few were middle-aged men.

The patriarch on the first seat was about fifty years old and in good spirits.

After Cui Ning stood still, he introduced the middle-aged man at the top of the guest seat, "This is your uncle." ”

Cui Ning looked over and was a little surprised, the old lady looked like she was in her sixties, but her younger brother seemed to be only in his early thirties, he was quite elegant and handsome, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to the old lady.

"Uncle. Cui Ning bowed to give a salute.

Xie Hao saw that Cui Ning was full of sadness and tiredness, and he had a good impression of her in his heart, and his tone was much softer than before, "No need to be polite." ”

Seeing this, the patriarch's heart was slightly relieved, and he began to ask, "Ning Niang, you were the first to find out that your grandmother had an accident that day?"

"Yes. Cui Ning replied.

"Tell me about it. ”

Cui Ning thought about it carefully, "I was reading in my grandmother's house that day, I forgot the time for a while, and I saw that it was almost noon, and then Aunt Lin didn't call me for breakfast, so I felt a little strange, so I went out to find my grandmother." Who knows...... Who knows......"

She had sorted out her thoughts and began to narrate, but as she spoke, her mind was a mess, full of the old lady's face.

Xie Hao sighed, gave her a moment to calm her mind, and then asked, "What was strange when you found out?"

Cui Ning sniffed, "I think everything is very strange, Aunt Lin doesn't know where to go, the door of the Buddhist hall is closed, it is bolted from the inside, I am afraid that something will happen to my grandmother, so I kicked the door open." ”

"Nonsense!" the patriarch's face was not very good-looking, "how can you little girl kick the door open?"

The door is not paper-mâché, not to mention a child, even an adult has to work a lot.

"Why are you worried about something happening to your grandmother?" someone asked again.

"Because I used to read in my room when my grandmother was doing morning class, and when she finished her morning class, Aunt Lin would come and ask me to eat together, but there was no movement at noon that day. Cui Ning felt as if she was being suspected, and her heart was blocked, "I went to knock on the door of the Buddha Hall, but no one answered from the inside, grandmother is so old, how can I not worry!"

That being said, a little girl raised her foot and kicked the door open, which was a little suspicious.

The crowd was silent.

Xie Hao asked again, "Did you hear unusual sounds when you were reading a book?"

He didn't believe that his sister didn't call for help after being poisoned, and if there was no flaw in Yiqiē, then there was only one possibility - his sister committed suicide.

Cui Ning shook her head.

Thinking of this, she blamed herself very much, if she wasn't so addicted to reading, and went to find her grandmother when it was time to eat, would her grandmother still be saved?

Xie Hao's tight string broke suddenly, and a man in his thirties couldn't help crying.

The old lady's name is Jing, the word is jade, when she was young, she was famous and moved, known as Jiangzuo Xiao Xie, and Xie Daoyun, the former talented daughter of the Xie family, is equally famous. At that time, Xie Chengyu was like a bright moon, and hundreds of schools came to beg. The woman is too good to be picky, and when she was twenty years old, she married Cui Xuanbi, who was three years younger than herself.

thought it was a talented woman and a match made in heaven, but after marriage, Xie Chengyu gradually became withdrawn, and finally simply locked himself in the Buddhist hall and couldn't move an inch.

No one knows what happened.

"When my sister got married, she was so beautiful, she was a family and raised children, and she never had a half-point difference, but now she ended up like this! Write a letter to ask Cui Xuanbi to come back, I want to ask him face to face!" Xie Hao was so sad and angry that he didn't even want to call his brother-in-law.

"Uncle means mourning?" asked the patriarch.

"If you don't mourn Cui Xuanbi, you can't come back to see your wife?!" Although Xie Hao guessed that his sister might have committed suicide, he couldn't let go of the slightest suspicion!

The patriarch was choked up, "According to my uncle's words, I will write immediately." ”

Cui Xuanbi is now the secretary of the military department and has settled in Chang'an. Twenty years ago, when he was not yet the secretary of the military department, he was separated from Xie Chengyu and went to Chang'an with only two concubines. At that time, the Xie family wrote a letter to ask and asked Xie Chengyu to block back.

The matter was discussed clearly, and the clan elder arranged for Xie Hao to rest.

Xie Hao was in the mood to rest, and he was so sleepy that he only squinted for a while before waking up again. Now I haven't figured out what happened, it's not good to tear my face with the Cui family, but in case my sister's death is strange, then the Xie family can't pretend that they don't know anything.

It's a tricky thing to solve.

He couldn't sleep in the house, so he wanted to go and see his sister.

As soon as I got up, I heard a knock on the door.

Xie Hao opened the door and saw no one at first sight.

"Uncle. ”

He lowered his head when he heard the sound, and saw a little old man-like child, looking up at him with his hands behind his back, and introducing himself with a solemn face, "Uncle, I'm Cui Qian." ”

It is Cui Xuanbi's youngest grandson.

"Excuse me. "Even if there is a deep hatred, you can't anger the child, and Cui Kuang is also bleeding from the Xie family's blood, Xie Hao squatted down and hugged Cui Kuang, "Remember uncle?"

Cui Guan said awkwardly, "Uncle, you are already an adult, and you are embarrassed to hold a strange thing like this." ”

Xie Hao was stunned for a moment, and said helplessly, "How did Dao Yu give birth to such an old-fashioned son as you." ”

"However, if Uncle can feel better by doing this, then I am willing to sacrifice a little of a man's dignity. Cui Kuang raised his hand and patted Xie Hao's shoulder as if comfortingly.

"Let's go, go with my uncle and see your grandmother. Xie Hao carried him to the main courtyard.

The old lady lived in the Buddhist hall before her death, but after her death, the coffin was placed in the main courtyard.

The Cui family was not mourned, but Ling Ce and the others, who were guests at the Cui family, had already heard the movement.

In addition to Ling Ce being a relative of the Cui family, it is difficult to leave, Wei Qian and Fu Yuan are both outsiders, so it is not good to bother in people's homes at this time, but they can't pretend that they don't know anything, so after asking the Ling family early in the morning, they came over to kowtow to the old lady together, and then said goodbye.

The group was meeting Xie Hao.

A little guy introduced Xie Hao's identity to Ling Ce, and Ling Ce respectfully saluted, "The kid is Ling Ce, the head of the Ling family, and I have seen my cousin, these two are the boy's classmates Chang Geng and Chang Yuan, come and kowtow to the old lady." ”

Wei Qian and Fu Yuan Shili, "I've seen my predecessors." ”

Xie Hao has no official position, but he is talented, and he is known as the first person in Jiangzuo.

"No need to be polite. Xie Hao guessed the identities of the three of them, and couldn't help but look at Fu Yuan and Wei Qian a few more times.

Cui Kuang really didn't want to be seen, so he first buried his face on Xie Hao's shoulder and pretended to be an ostrich, and after a while, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to force a calm face and arch his hand towards the three of them, "Cousin, Brother Changyuan, Brother Changgeng." ”

"Which one is Wei Changyuan?" Xie Hao asked.

Wei Qian was named, first stunned, and then arched his hand, "It's a kid." ”

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