Chapter 205: West Garden
The sea of people is vast. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter Zhang Gongzi escaped, how easy was it to find his traces? If he took the initiative to find him, it would be really impossible to find him before he appeared.
However, if he came to find the Huang family's sister-in-law when she was out, there were so many people on the street, it would be difficult to stop all the people who came closer, if Zhang Gongzi was thick-skinned, and then shouted in public what was unforgettable about the old relationship with Huang Qingfang, it would only make Huang Qingfang lose face again. Therefore, if he could know his whereabouts in advance, Qin Bai quietly sent someone to control him without alarming outsiders, that would be the best result.
After Huang Qingfang learned the news, she proposed to her sister-in-law that she would not go out for the time being, just stay in the inn, and at the same time send more family members to guard around the yard. If that Zhang Gongzi gets the letter and finds the inn, then as soon as he shows up, his family will be able to rush up and restrain him, saving him a lot of trouble.
Mrs. Huang Jincheng understands her hard work, but she is unhappy for her sister-in-law. Obviously, the surname Zhang is shameless, why should Huang Qingfang give up the opportunity to go out to play, just to set up a trap for him to get in? She only advised her sister-in-law: "Sister Fang, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing, there is a sister-in-law." Sister-in-law has brought your brother's own soldiers, and they will be able to protect you. You just have to go out with your sister-in-law, you should play, you can eat, and you can buy whatever you want. If that bastard surnamed Zhang dares to take a step closer to you, my sister-in-law will tell him to come and go! What is the use of you hiding in the inn and not going out, and only letting me go to have fun? How capable can that surnamed Zhang be? Can I find out if you have not followed me out? Naturally, when I saw our carriage, I was about to run out, and the result was not the same? If you go out with me, maybe you can see his miserable appearance now. He hurt you a lot, you should also take the opportunity to take a good breath!" is clearly instigating the sister-in-law to take the opportunity to take revenge on Zhang Gongzi.
Huang Qingfang couldn't cry or laugh a little, but she also knew in her heart that her sister-in-law was thinking about herself, so she no longer insisted. However, in the choice of places to go out, she consciously chose a few places with beautiful scenery but quiet environment - which means that there are few people. This is not only to make it easier for the Qin and Huang families to take people, but also to prevent Zhang Gongzi from shouting loudly and talking nonsense before being gagged, which once again affected her reputation.
The sister-in-law of the Huang family had the intention of fishing, and went out to play for several days in a row. Probably considering that the family was ugly, they didn't call Niu's. It just so happened that the Niu family was not very interested in the temple they went to, so they rested in the inn, and occasionally went out with her husband Qin Bai to a nearby teahouse to drink tea and eat snacks, listen to the commentary, and felt quite comfortable.
However, Qin Hanzhen practiced painting with Zhao Mo in the study for a few days, and he thought about it quietly, and wanted to go out to play again. She heard that the aunt and sister-in-law of the Huang family were going to Xiyuan Temple tomorrow to offer incense, and remembered that she had come to Suzhou to travel in modern times, as if she had missed this scenic spot, and she thought it was quite fresh, so she also wanted to go together.
Qin Bai did not object: "The scenery of that place is not bad. If you want to go, go and see. With the Huang family with me, I don't have to worry about you. "He made an appointment with someone in advance, and he will go out tomorrow, so it is not good to accompany his granddaughter.
Qin Han was really overjoyed. Niu couldn't help but complain: "All of you have something to do, isn't I the only one left? ”
Qin Hanzhen smiled and hugged her arm and said, "If grandmother is bored, do you want to play with me?"
Niu Shi glanced at her: "That's it, I'm too lazy to run that leg." As soon as I heard what Sister Fang said, I knew that there was a long way to go. I'm too old to toss. You should also be careful, go out with others, don't be as casual as in front of your own family, be sweet, be thoughtful in etiquette, don't make any willful requests, just follow the host. ”
Qin Hanzhen smiled and agreed one by one.
At this time, Zhao Mo raised his head and said, "Uncle and grandfather are going to make an appointment to meet those famous people in gold and stone?" You have the same temperament as them, but I don't know anything, and I just sit for a long time with my uncle and grandfather. My cousin wants to go out with Mrs. Huang and Miss Huang, they are all women, and it is inconvenient to be accompanied by a man. Although there are pro-soldiers and guards, they are all rough people in the end, how can they talk to their cousins, Mrs. Huang, and Miss Huang? When incense is offered in the temple, unless someone is sent to clear the temple in advance, there will always be other strangers. Why don't I go with my cousin, what can I do to help with it?"
Qin Bai frowned and said: "They just went to the incense to worship the Buddha, and by the way, they also had the intention of fishing for that Gongzi to take the bait, what are you going to do with it?" Hanzhen is young, the Huang family deals with private affairs, and you insert it horizontally, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient." ”
Zhao Mo said with a smile: "My cousin is actually inconvenient, I just want to go to the Xiyuan Temple to play." I go with my cousin and can be with her. What the Huang family wants to do, it has nothing to do with us. If I don't go, how can my cousin find an excuse to walk away? Even if she does leave, how can we rest assured? After all, Suzhou is not familiar with the place, so we should be more vigilant. ”
There is some truth to this. Qin Baiyuan still had the heart to take him to meet a few more people, but seeing that he had no intention, he just allowed him to accompany Qin Hanzhen to Xiyuan Temple.
Qin Han was really happy, going out to play alone was actually quite boring. Although there are girls and mothers-in-law, the words are not speculative, so they are naturally not as interesting as Zhao Mo's peers.
So they went to Xiyuan Temple with the Huang family's aunt and sister-in-law the next day. The scenery of that place is not everywhere, Qin Hanzhen especially likes the ginkgo trees and maple trees in the temple, red and yellow, which are particularly gorgeous and dazzling in this late autumn. She suddenly felt that such a good scene had to be drawn immediately. If you miss it, and you think about it in the future, I'm afraid that the impression will not be as deep as it is now.
She now also brought pen and ink, while the Huang family's aunt and sister-in-law went to ask for a signature, she found that there were stone tables and stone chairs nearby, so she immediately ordered someone to take the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, spread out the white paper on the stone table, and quickly painted the autumn scenery of this ancient temple on the paper. Although due to the limited time, she painted in a hurry and was a little sloppy, but she painted everything that should have been painted, and she also used paint on the spot.
Zhao Mo has been quietly by her side, watching her draw, and seeing her stop writing, he said with admiration on his face: "My cousin's painting skills are really beneficial." I see that your autumn view of Xiyuan Temple is not at all like a girl of your age can draw it. ”
Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "This is a blessing with a good view." Besides, my level, that is, bragging among my peers, is not very good. Cousin, don't praise me. ”
Zhao Mo said: "If you should praise, you have to praise." It's a fact that my cousin is better than her peers, so why can't you praise it? I know that my cousin has high aspirations and will only get better and better in the future, so I don't need to be too humble. ”
Qin Hanzhen couldn't help but smile, and didn't argue with him about such a meaningless thing, so he put down the pen and blew a few breaths on the painting, seeing that the ink was still there, and he didn't know when it would dry out, but he didn't know where to get water to wash the pen in the temple, and couldn't help but complain again: "It's really inconvenient." ”
Zhao Mo was about to say something, when he heard a commotion from the direction of the main hall, and the two of them couldn't help but follow the prestige. Ah Shou, who was guarding not far away, was very well-behaved, quickly went to the main hall to take a few looks, and ran back to report: "Brother, Miss Qin, it seems that the Huang family has caught someone." The abbot himself came forward and persuaded them to bring people to the West Garden, saying that the West Garden was now quiet and there were no pilgrims around. ”
Zhang Gongzi was caught?
Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo glanced at each other, and they were both happy. Qin Hanzhen left the painting tools for Qingxing and the others to clean up, and pulled Zhao Mo to the West Garden to watch the excitement.
The West Garden is the origin of the name of Saionji Temple, and it is a garden with excellent scenery. When Qin Hanzhen and the others came over, they greeted the temple and prepared to use vegetarian food here, so they let the monks clear the field early. With the face of Yongjiahou Mansion and Huang Jincheng, Xiyuan Temple naturally did not dare to slack off.
Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo went to a pavilion on the edge of the release pond in the West Garden, where they saw Zhang Gongzi who was embarrassed. He first left the scholar who was waiting with him, and was afraid of being found by Huang Jincheng, so he didn't dare to contact other domestic servants who accompanied him to the south, so he only relied on some jade pendants and fan pendants on his body, and used some silver as travel expenses, and inquired all the way to Suzhou. The Qin family's fleet walked all the way through the canal, all under the banner of Yongjiahou Mansion, and did not hide it from anyone, so Zhang Gongzi found it without much effort.
It's just that when he fled that day, his condition had not yet healed, and he had suffered a lot on the road these days, and now he didn't look like a handsome boy at all, with an unkempt face, a pale face, a haggard expression, sick bones, coughing non-stop, and only the silk jacket he was wearing that had not been washed for a few days, and he could vaguely see that he was a rich man. I don't know if he knows what he looks like now, when he saw Huang Qingfang from a distance, he pounced, and pretended to be affectionate and called: "Sister Fang!"
Huang Qingfang turned his face away on the spot, not wanting to see his dignity again.
Mrs. Huang Jincheng scolded unceremoniously: "There is no shameless bastard! You are also worthy of being your grandfather's own grandson? ! You have really lost the face of your ancestors! Since you were going to make a show that day, you were treacherous, and you said that it was love at first sight with the granddaughter of the Wang family, and if you didn't marry Feiqing, then what did you pretend to be in front of our sister today? As a married man, you came to pester the daughter of a good family, didn't you take our Huang family seriously? !
Zhang Gongzi choked, probably speechless, and didn't dare to talk to Mrs. Huang Jincheng, but looked at Huang Qingfang pitifully: "Sister Fang, I was wrong in the past, and now I finally understand that what I really like in my heart is you." Without you, I don't think about tea, I don't want to eat, I don't have the heart to do anything, for a long time, I'm just afraid that I will die of lovesickness! You just look at our childhood sweethearts for many years, pity and pity me!"
Huang Qingfang said lightly: "Don't dare to be Zhang Gongzi's words, I'm not good, you are close to me, I'm afraid I will restrain you, I'd better not hurt others." ”
Zhang Gongzi was suffocated, and he was also a little sneering: "This ...... If this is the Wang family's indiscriminate release in order to marry me, how can it be taken seriously?"
Huang Qingfang sneered: "I didn't know that the daughter of the Wang family was so humble that she wanted to use this method to climb Zhang Gongzi?!"
Zhang Gongzi was really speechless this time. Although he can be cheeky to pester the girl, he also needs people to have affection for him in order to succeed. Huang Qingfang is obviously tired of him, and he doesn't miss the slightest old love, what can he do?
At this time, Zhao Mo walked over and clapped his hands lightly with a smile: "It turns out that the Wang family's cheekiness has reached this point. I should have written a letter back to tell my father that I would laugh at the Wang family. ”
Zhang Gongzi followed behind the Qin and Huang families for a few days, and naturally knew Zhao Mo's identity, and his face suddenly changed when he heard this.