Chapter 34: Births and Disappearances
This little guy was sent by Sheng Lanci: "Second Miss, the master asked the little one to tell you: Ming'er, you and Gongzi will go to Fengfu to congratulate you, please keep an eye on Gongzi, be sure to let Gongzi go back with you, don't let Gongzi go to other places!"
"Where is he going?" Sheng Weiqiao wondered, "His biological mother seems to be gone, right?" or does he want to go back to his brother-in-law?"
The little guy smiled and said, "This ...... The little ones don't know. www.biquge.info I think it's because the son's injury has not healed, and the master is not at ease?"
Sheng Weiqiao snorted: "Since Daddy is so worried, why do you let him go to Feng's house with me?
Having said that, Sheng Weiqiao also knew that Sheng Lanci would definitely count on this son to take over the family business in the future. The Feng family is not only the maiden family of the sleeping crane's mother, but also one of the three powerful families in Nanfeng County. Sheng Sleeping Crane, the future head of the Sheng family, who has already been decided, will have to deal with the Feng family sooner or later, how can he not move around now?
She motioned noncommittally to the little servant to leave, but she made up her mind: "It's just right that the outer room is gone! I won't keep an eye on him! It's good that he will never come back when he leaves!"
Thinking so, he returned to Zhu Huan Xiaozhu, and the green brocade who stayed behind came up to greet him and said: "Miss, Xu Shizi just sent someone to ask about the preferences of the eldest cousin, I heard that you are not here, and said that I will come back later." ”
"Ming'er Brother Xu is also going to Feng's house?" Sheng Weiqiao was slightly surprised, and then understood, "Yes, my grandfather had a birthday before, and he paid tribute to his grandfather in public." Now that my eldest cousin has his birthday, it's not surprising to post to him. ”
Originally, the Feng family focused on the way of businessmen, and there was no development in their careers, so they were not qualified to post to Hou Shizi. But since Xu Baomo gave a junior salute to Mrs. Sheng in public, as Mrs. Sheng's in-laws, their eldest grandson celebrated his birthday, and when he gave a post to the Sheng family, it was reasonable, but he should also give Xu Baomo a copy - if Xu Baomo does not go to his own identity, it is rude if they don't give it.
According to Sheng Weiqiao's current impression of Xu Baomo, this brother is a very humble and polite person, and it is only natural that he should be invited by the Feng family and prepare congratulatory gifts with his heart.
"It's just that although Brother Xu is humble, we can't be too Meng Lang, you go to the guest house and tell Brother Shi that he can go to the eldest cousin, the eldest cousin must be very happy, as for the congratulatory gift, you really don't have to worry too much, just feel free!" Sheng Weiqiao finished instructing Lu Jin, and called Lu Qi, "You go outside and call a little maid, and she will go to the front yard to send a fast-legged little maid, and whisper to the door of Feng's house: Brother Xu will go tomorrow!"
In fact, it was fortunate that she did so: after the Feng family received the news, they were very surprised: "Why did this prince agree?"
――When they posted the post, they really didn't think that Xu Baomo would come to congratulate him in person, mainly Xu Baomo has no direct relationship with the Feng family, if it is Feng Li, the master of the Feng family who is the same generation as Old Lady Sheng, it will be okay. But although Feng Zhiren, who celebrated his birthday this time, is the eldest grandson of the Feng family, he is the same generation as Xu Baomo. According to the identity gap between the two sides, Xu Baomoli will give the Feng family face very much if he doesn't get to anyone.
Therefore, the Feng family was not ready to entertain Xu Baomo at all, and now that they received the news, they couldn't help but feel very embarrassed, "It is said that the prince came to congratulate him in person, and this pomp and circumstance cannot be small, otherwise there will be a suspicion of neglect." However, Zhiren is a junior after all, and he is not a whole number of birthdays, but he is not in accordance with the rules. ”
At this time, the custom is that if there are elders in the family, even if the younger generation is already full of children and grandchildren, they will not solemnly celebrate their birthdays, because it means reminding the elders: I am so old, why don't you die soon?!
In previous years, the birthdays of Feng Zhiren's generation were not so much to celebrate them, but rather a reason to let the aunts go home for a small gathering, that is, to set a table and banquet for them in the side courtyard, and the biological mother cooked a bowl of longevity noodles by herself - this kind of treatment is just to greet his relatives, and it is a little careless to greet Ning Weihou Shizi.
After thinking hard, the Feng family finally thought of a compromise strategy, "This time Zhiren's birthday is not done at home, wrap up the Dangui Ting and let the juniors play!"
Danguiting is the property of Xuanyu's family, not in the county town, but in a osmanthus forest on the shore of Fangfei Lake, a famous green resort outside the city.
Not only are the chefs in this place very skilled, but the interior and exterior decorations are also quite ingenious, and there are also well-known Qing people such as Tianxiang Lou who take turns to perform in the lobby, and you can also enter the private room as a single point to accompany you. Although this companion can't really do anything, the silk bamboo is on the side, and the beauty holds the pot, which can also enliven the atmosphere of the banquet.
If the weather is good, you can also put the banquet in the osmanthus forest, Fangfei Lake: there are hundreds of birds and birds raised by the Dangui Court in the forest, all of them are rich in feathers, can sing and dance, the guests put the wine leaves under the bottom branches, such as in the mountains and forests no one's land, the worldly troubles and hustle and bustle are instantly gone;
…… Xuan Yu's family spent so much effort on a restaurant, the price was naturally not ambiguous, and those who could often come and go here were the top rich and noble people in Nanfeng County. If it weren't for the Feng family's appearance, it was a Hou Shizi who entertained him, and the Feng family might not have agreed to charter the venue - the Feng family consciously did this to show that they attached great importance to the prince's personal visit to congratulate, and it would not break the customs, which can be described as the best of both worlds, thoughtful!
However, there are unforeseen storms and clouds in the sky, and the sky is still clear early on this day, but after the group arrived at Dangui Ting, the scene of introduction and greeting has not yet ended, and the sky is quickly gloomy, dark clouds gather, thunder and lightning are churning, and it is going to rain heavily!
Although Danguiting is less than five miles away from the gate of the county town, there is a way that the son of a daughter can't sit down, and there is a Sheng Weiqiao who can only take a car in the group.
Feng Zhiren and Xuan Yushe therefore solicited everyone's opinions, and decided to send people back to the city to report the news while letting the Dangui Court hold a banquet: "If the rain does not stop in the evening, then we will stay in the Dangui Court for a while, so as not to make the road muddy and cause any problems." ”
As a result, the rain really fell until it was dark, and it didn't stop or get smaller--the three families in the city sent a reply letter in the afternoon, expressing their agreement with this arrangement, but telling them to be careful, especially to not let Sheng Weiqiao fall alone.
"Speaking of which, Miss Sheng San and Miss Shen have not heard any news so far?" Feng Zhiren and the others naturally understood when they heard this, they were worried that Sheng Weiqiao would follow in the footsteps of the two sisters, and there was no news for some reason. In the end, the Feng family is only related to the Sheng family's big house, and they are not familiar with the daughter of the second room and the Sheng family's cousin, so naturally they will not care very much.
After listening to the Sheng family's euphemistic reminder, he mentioned, "How can this be?" The little uncle is offering a reward of 100,000 taels of silver, even if the people who kidnapped them are still not greedy, they should spread the news so that the little uncle can raise the price, right?"
When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, his expression was gloomy and he said, "Maybe there will be good news tomorrow?"
Of course, this is just a good hope, in fact, many people now believe that the sisters are likely to have been killed long before Sheng Lan resigned and offered a reward.
After all, whether it is Sheng Weirao or Shen Jiuniang, they are all girls who are raised in the deep boudoir and rarely show their heads, and it is unlikely that they will be involved in things like hatred and love debts, so no matter how they want to attack them, they are all for money.
The reason why no one has been unveiled is that the sisters are no longer alive, and no one can send them back to the Sheng Mansion safely, once the truth is found out, the murderer will still bear the wrath of the Sheng family - so it will be concealed until now!
Feng Zhiren and the others also thought so, and at this moment, they comforted Sheng Weiqiao with a few meanings, and hurriedly changed the topic: "I heard that my cousin will take the boy's exam next year?"
"It's just a spectator. Xu Wei knew that Sheng Weiqiao had been concerned about Shen Jiuniang and Sheng Weirao in the past two days, even if he reluctantly came to congratulate Feng Zhiren on behalf of his parents, he was not in a good mood, Sheng Sleeping Crane didn't want to completely annoy this sister-in-law, and today he didn't take the lead like he did in Xuanyu Mansion before, and he had been very silent, and now he was asked by the Feng family, so he smiled faintly and said, "Daddy means to let me feel the atmosphere in the next game, in the end, my qualifications are dull, and I am not sure whether I can pass the test." ”
"Speaking of the children's test, although I don't know if the situation in the two counties is exactly the same, I have some experience, and I would like to discuss a few words with the virtuous brother. Xu Baomo interjected with a smile and said, "When I took the children's exam, I ......."
Because today there is only one female guest, and the others are all men.
And the rules of the Feng family and the Xuan Yu family are all passed down from the ancestral lineage, and the other sons share the fur and fur things, and they can only rely on themselves if they want to get ahead. Therefore, among the six brothers of the Feng family, several of them also wanted to take the road of the imperial examination, and they were naturally very interested in Xu Baomo's experience.
But he didn't know that Xu Baomo, who was under their attention, swept over Sheng Weiqiao quietly several times, and saw that the girl who had been designated by his grandfather as the quasi-granddaughter-in-law was listlessly staring at the bowl in front of him, and secretly complained: When he received the post before, he actually didn't plan to come here in person, firstly, it was the identity as the Feng family guessed, and secondly, the missing cousin has no news so far, although no one said that he is to blame for this, but in the final analysis, if he doesn't come to the Sheng family, Mrs. Sheng doesn't need to make this trip in order to entertain him, so the two girls may not be fine。
Xu Baomo felt a little guilty in his heart, and he had been paying close attention to the results of the bounty in the past few days, so he naturally had no intention of going out.
But just when he was about to arrive at the ceremony, he was shocked to learn that the six sons of the Feng family's generation were all unmarried and had not yet married!
He thought of the phrase "cousin and cousin, born a pair" at that time, in order to prevent the Feng family from "snatching" his prospective fiancée, he decided to come over in person to find out about the enemy!
After the result came, the rival didn't find out, but because of his instinctive words to please the prospective brother-in-law, he indirectly snubbed Sheng Weiqiao.
Xu Baomo's heart was full of thoughts, thinking that his big Qiao should not complain about him because of this.
finally survived until the banquet was over, Xu Baomo still wanted to find a chance to say a few good words to Sheng Weiqiao, but in order to show his attention to his most distinguished guest, Xuan Yushe first had to arrange a place for him to live - Danguiting is just a restaurant, not an inn.
However, because of the beautiful scenery around and the good skills of the chef, the family members of Xuanyu's family will occasionally come to stay.
Especially in autumn, when the osmanthus is in full bloom, Xuan Yu Feng will even come over to taste the chef's freshly made osmanthus cake. Therefore, in the location of the lake, a small building was specially built, which was not open to the public, and only entertained relatives and friends who had friendships with Xuanyu's family.
Naturally, they were eligible to move in, and the place was cleaned after the rain in the morning, and some insect repellent herbs were smoked, and the whole small building was filled with a faint medicinal fragrance.
Xuan Yushe and Feng Zhiren insisted on arranging Xu Baomo in the largest and most luxurious room, Xu Baomo tried his best to push this house to Sheng Weiqiao, but he didn't even get mixed up next door to Sheng Weiqiao, so he had to go to live next door to Sheng Weiqiao - on this day, in order to implement the advice of the elders, the room arrangement was like this: with Sheng Weiqiao as the center, Sheng Sleeping Crane and Feng Zhiren were the elder brother and the oldest cousin, respectively.
Next door to Sheng Sleeping Crane was Xu Baomo, and then the rest of the Feng family followed Xuan Yushe.
Although everyone didn't think that there would be any danger here in Danguiting, for the sake of prudence, Feng Zhiren personally went in to check before Sheng Weiqiao entered the house, bolted the window tightly for her, and even lay down under the couch to check that it was correct, and told his cousin not to open the window, let alone open the door casually, so he sent her in to settle down with confidence.
I thought that they were so cautious, and there would definitely be no problem - at noon the next day, the Feng family and Xuan Yushe woke up contented from a sound sleep, but they were told something that made them almost jump into the lake collectively: Xu Baomo, Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Sleeping Crane were all missing!!