Chapter 2 Family Letters
Jin Xiang only felt that a cold sweat had broken out behind his back, and he wondered why the eyes of Fourth Master Ping's daughter were so scary?
He gritted his teeth and said: "What the little one said is the truth, if the third master, the third wife and the third girl don't believe it, just go to Beijing and ask the fourth master, you will know the truth or falsehood." After www.biquge.info finishing speaking, he suddenly remembered one more thing, "Yes, Ping Siye also wrote a letter to send it back." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom.
Uncle Hu snatched the letter, took a big step, and hurriedly delivered it to Mr. Qin. When Mr. Qin received the letter, his hands were still a little trembling, and he tore up the envelope, but after seeing the letter inside, he suddenly calmed down and read the letter in silence.
Qin Hanzhen ran to the left rear of his grandfather, grabbed his grandfather's arm, and stood on tiptoe to read the letter. The letter was a family letter, and the wording was not obscure, almost to the point of vernacular, so Qin Hanzhen could easily understand it.
In the letter, Qin Ping first greeted his parents, saying that everything went well after entering Beijing, and he also met Enchenghou, a relative. Because he had never heard his father say that he had such a relative, he didn't dare to specialize, so he didn't move into the Hou Mansion according to his uncle's wishes, but just went to have a reunion dinner, and chatted with his uncle and several cousins a few times. However, when I got along with them, I had changed my tune.
Qin Ping also said that he was about to enter the Praetorian Guard as an errand. The current position is not only higher in rank than in the past, but also more relaxed and decent, and the prospects for promotion are better. Now that Bianguan Chengping has been in peace for a long time, it is not easy to seek military merits in Yulin, he can't stay at the outpost all the time to work hard, so he doesn't know what year and month he will have to return to his parents to fulfill his filial piety. Besides, my parents are old and have lived in the northwest for a long time, which is too hard. My uncle intends to take his parents back to Beijing for reunion, which he thinks is a good thing. With his own financial resources, it is not too difficult to settle down in the capital. The only trouble is that his wife Guan's maiden family is in Mizhi, and if she is separated from her mother's relatives for a long time, I am afraid that she will be reluctant. But if you persuade the Yue family to move to the capital together, you are afraid that they will not be able to leave their homeland......
Qin Ping also mentioned his younger brother's family stationed in Datong. He said that his younger brother Qin An has been busy with work for many years, and he has little time at home, so many things are handed over to his younger sister He to take care of. The younger brother and sister He may be a woman's knowledge, and she is too strict with her little nephew Zi'er, and she doesn't allow him to go out, but the children are three years old, and they don't plan to hire a good teacher for him, but there is something inappropriate. Even if the He family is a beautiful official, her knowledge is still relatively limited, and she can't be expected to enlighten Brother Zi'er. But Qin Ping is the eldest uncle, and this kind of thing is not easy to say. He asked his father if he would like to ask someone to help his younger brother in the capital, and if he could be transferred to the capital as well, the family would be reunited. At that time, Brother Zi'er's upbringing will be in charge of his father, so there will be nothing to worry about......
Qin Ping's letter was written on three pieces of paper, but he did not mention anything after leaving the outpost, nor did he mention the inside story of the attack on King Qin, and basically said it was homely. Judging by his tone, it seems that his parents should have known that he had gone to Beijing. Qin Hanzhen looked at these words, and already had a guess in his heart, it seemed that he had just wronged this cheap father, he did ask his younger brother to report a letter of safety to the family.
So...... What is the matter with the second uncle Qin An?
Qin Hanzhen raised his head and asked Mr. Qin, "Grandfather?"
Old Mr. Qin had calmed down, he refolded the letter and looked at Uncle Hu: "You take the golden elephant to live first." If it's not early today, everyone is tired, so I'll talk about it tomorrow. ”
Uncle Hu wanted to ask clearly what was written in the letter, but he still respectfully followed Mr. Qin's instructions and took the golden elephant out.
As soon as he went out, Jin Xiang couldn't help but pull Uncle Hu's sleeve: "Good brother, good brother, what the hell is going on? Could it be that the third master and the third wife don't know that the fourth master went to the capital safely...... What the hell is going wrong here?"
"You ask me, how do I know? I still want to ask you!" Uncle Tiger pulled back his sleeve angrily, "I told you to stay at home, which means that I don't plan to drive you away for the time being." You have some eyes. If the old lady asks you anything, you just have to answer truthfully, and don't play with your fancy intestines. When I didn't call you, you honestly shackled in the house. With that, he pushed the golden elephant out of the courtyard gate.
"No, my good brother. Jin Xiang was a little anxious, "Why don't you tell me, what's wrong with the third master and third wife? What's going on at home? Even if I originally misunderstood that the fourth master was gone, now that I know that he is still alive, isn't it a great thing? Why is the face of the third master and the third wife so ugly? The third girl looks angry again? You tell me the reason, and I know the taboo, so as not to accidentally say the wrong thing and offend people." ”
Uncle Hu glanced at him with disgust, thought about it, and sighed: "I'm not afraid to tell you, even if I don't say it, you should know in two days." Uncle is fine, of course, it is a happy event, but ......" he paused, "but the eldest grandmother is gone!
Jin Xiang was shocked: "What? You said the big grandmother ......" He stopped, carefully looked back at the direction of the main house, and hurriedly pulled Uncle Hu down the steps and avoided the corner of the middle courtyard: "How can this be? When did the big grandmother not be?"
Uncle Hu sighed: "It's at the end of August, the 100-day sacrifice of the uncle...... cough, it was exactly 100 days after the accident at the Niujialiang outpost, and the eldest grandmother hanged herself in her house while the family was holding a sacrifice in the courtyard below. My sister was seriously ill at the time and felt that something was wrong, so she desperately climbed down from the kang and climbed all the way to the next room to see, only to find out. When the family heard the sound of the sister's crying and rushed to save people, it was too late. The eldest grandmother is now in a nearby temple, and she just held a 100-day sacrifice a few days ago. Also, for the sake of the eldest grandmother, the in-laws were also sad, and they were a few days later than the eldest grandmother. You say, there are two lives here, even if the old man is safe and sound, how can the old lady be happy in her heart?"
The golden elephant was already stunned when he heard it, and couldn't help but pat his thigh vigorously: "Oh, how can this be?!At the end of August...... At that time, the king of Qin had already left the palace and returned to the palace, and the fourth master of Ping had also lived in the capital for a long time. Fifth Master An should have sent the news back a long time ago, how could it be ......?"
Uncle Hu sneered: "After receiving the news from Yulinwei, the family sent someone to send a letter to the second master and asked him to go home for the funeral." The second grandfather didn't come back, so he only let the second grandmother come back with the child. At that time, the family felt strange. My brother is dead, how can the second grandfather say that he is so busy with official business that he refuses to even go home and burn incense? The second grandmother is still very arrogant at home, and I don't know how many things have happened. The reason why the eldest grandmother hanged herself is inseparable from the actions of the second grandmother. It turned out that the husband and wife had long known that the uncle was not dead, and it was too much to conceal it and not report it! The second grandmother was an outsider, and she had always had a bad character, not to mention her. The second master is too unfilial to his biological parents. When the old man heard the news of his death, he was heartbroken, and his wife is so sick that she can't go to the ground, doesn't the second master know the truth of being a son of man?!"
Although Uncle Hu also watched Qin An grow up, he felt like a nephew in his heart, but seeing that the He family had made so many things in the Qin family, Qin An gave people the impression that he had always protected the He family everywhere, and he also had some dislike for this little master in his heart. Today, when I learned that Qin Ping was not dead, I asked Qin An to report a letter of safety to my family, but Qin An did not do so, and Uncle Hu was angry in his heart. Although he understands the truth of being a servant and does not speak ill of the little master, he is a little emotionally uncontrollable.
Jin Xiang was already dumbfounded when he heard this, thinking that Fourth Master Ping didn't say that their brothers had a discord in the Hou Mansion in the capital? On the contrary, he also said a lot of good things about Fifth Master An, and revealed that when he settled down in the capital and brought his parents, he would transfer his younger brother to the capital as well. Where is this brotherly discord? Also, how did Uncle Hu openly speak ill of Grandma An Wu? And said that she has a bad character, here...... Is there something going on?
Jin Xiang wanted to inquire more clearly, but Uncle Hu didn't want to say more, so he dragged him to the lower courtyard and placed him and his entourage in the courtyard where Wang Fulin and several other students lived. Now the courtyard is empty, and several caves are fully equipped with furniture and hot pot braziers, so there is no need to prepare anything else. As for the guest rooms, they're for the guests. The golden elephant is an old servant, not a guest. If it weren't for the lack of space in the servant's room, he wouldn't even want to arrange a courtyard for the students to live in for the Golden Elephant.
In the main room, Qin Hanzhen watched Uncle Hu take the golden elephant away, and then looked back at his grandfather, Mr. Qin. Mr. Qin got up, took his granddaughter's little hand, and entered the back room.
In the warm pavilion, the Niu family had been dizzy for a while, but now under the comfort of Mama Hu, he has come to his senses. She choked up and grabbed her husband's hand: "Is it true? That letter was really written by Brother Ping......? He's really not dead?!"
Old Mr. Qin nodded silently and handed over the letter. Niu snatched the letter and looked at it, but she didn't mention the content, but she recognized the handwriting, which was the handwriting of her eldest son Qin Ping, and immediately cried out loud and fell into Mama Hu's arms. Mama Tiger also kept wiping away her tears, and whispered to comfort Niu: "Mrs., this is a happy event, don't be sad, this is a happy event!"
Niu cried: "This ruthless obstacle! He didn't tell his family if he had nothing to do, which caused his father and mother to cry and break his intestines; his daughter-in-law thought that she had no hope in this life, so she hanged herself; and his father-in-law was sad and fell ill." Now he's written back like no one, but he told me how to see my in-laws?!"
Old Mr. Qin sat down silently by the kang and said in a low voice, "Brother Ping passed by and met Brother An. Judging by the tone of his letter, it should indeed be Brother Tuo'an who reported the letter to his family. Brother An also had an explanation for the reason why he refused to take leave and go home for the funeral, because he knew that his brother was not dead, and most of the news was handed over to his daughter-in-law. But...... Since Brother An's daughter-in-law knew the truth, why didn't she mention it even after she came back? ”
"Check! must check!" Niu sat up suddenly, with tears on his face, "If it is found out that the slut surnamed He deliberately concealed it and did not report it, even if I don't recognize Brother An's son, I can't let her go! I must ask her to pay for Brother Ping's daughter-in-law!"
She cried a lot, and suddenly remembered something: "Yu Linwei sent Gu Jiao's corpse back at that time, saying that it was Brother Ping, but I couldn't recognize it when I saw it, and I still didn't believe it." Yulinwei's people swore that it was Brother Ping, and we accepted it. Now that Brother An is not dead, who is that charred corpse?" she suddenly became anxious and urged Mama Hu, "Hurry up, send someone to the temple, remove the coffin, and no longer put it with Brother Ping's daughter-in-law's coffin, and change the words on the tablet." ”
Mama Tiger asked, "What is the name of the person?"
Niu was feeling embarrassed, and Qin Hanzhen interjected again: "Grandmother, this is all a trivial matter. Now let's get down to business. He said that she wanted to harm my mother, because she was worried that my mother would pass on Brother Zizi and cause their mother and son to be separated. But since she knew that my father was not dead, there was no way to talk about this succession. What the hell did she do to kill my mother?!"