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Seeing the sincerity and fear on her face, the gray-haired woman's complexion improved, but her expression was still very cold, and she said in a deep voice: "We will do the things that the master explains, and don't ask what should not be asked, and don't say what should not be said." When she said this, she glanced at the fat old woman, and her face was full of hatred: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, if you dare to say half a word about today's matter, I won't be able to save you." ”

"Yes, yes, I won't say. The fat old woman's voice trembled, only to feel that the wind in the mecca was so cold, she couldn't help but tighten her clothes again, and muttered: "It's so good, why is it so cold, it's almost April......"

The group gradually walked out of the middle road, and her small complaints were also dispersed by the night wind, and disappeared in the silent darkness.

And in a certain courtyard of the Qin Mansion, in the corner where the moon could not shine, there was a figure, just like the fat old woman, who was whispering to herself: "Dead...... Dead end......"

Very soft and thin voice, with a kind of inexplicable contradiction, like extreme pleasure, but also like full of compassion, the voice embedded in the night, there is a low cry of a summer worm: "...... It's a pity...... Three lives...... It didn't work out ......."

The man sighed and said, the whole person shrunk in the corner, like a black spot embedded in the night, the figure was blurry and difficult to distinguish, the only thing that could be seen clearly was the pair of bright and frightening eyes, in this cold spring night, scorching and shining......

At the end of March of the 14th year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty, there was some accident in the Qingzhou Qin Mansion, and three people died overnight, two of which were small mustaches, which are said to have accidentally fallen into the water due to greedy play, and both died. The third person who died was a guard, he suddenly fell ill and couldn't be saved by calling a doctor overnight.

The bodies of all three men were sent overnight.

In addition to the fact that the guard still has some identity, the Qin Mansion helped out a coffin and gave his family some silver, those two little mustaches are cheap, and the deeds are all in the Qin family, who cares whether they are dead or alive?

And everything about that night, the faint eyebrow moon and the fragrance of flowers in the courtyard, the small whispers in the aisle, and the sighing and joyful whispers in the shadows, were finally covered by the mundane trivialities of day after day.

It seems that it is just a blink of an eye, the wind has flown all over the city, and the bright early summer is just around the corner.

With the improvement of the weather, Han'an County, located in the south, ushered in the annual rainy season, and a drizzle will fall at three or five times, washing the white walls and tiles clean, looking at it, as if entering the painting.

The people who have been drought-stricken for a whole year have become particularly active at this time, the rich families of the Shi clan are busy enjoying the rain and feasting, watching the flowers and going out, while the common people of the Han clan are busy with the family affairs and daily access, and the tragic incident that happened in the He family has been ignored by people as if intentionally and unintentionally in this day after day.

After all, no one wants to keep an eye on these obscure things to inquire, do they? Life has to go on, how to live and how to live. As for those private considerations and calculations, they can only be placed in private, and on the surface, everything is still business as usual.

At the beginning of April, the eyes of the entire Jiangyang County scholar clan were all focused on the Xiao family.

As we all know, the seventh day of April is Xiao Gongwang's birthday.

At this time of year, the Xiao family will put on a birthday banquet, which has been a practice for more than ten years.

And this year's birthday banquet is different from previous years. It is reported that the handsome and incomparable Xiao Erlang was only elected by the scholars some time ago, and passed the assessment of the Jiupin County Zhongzheng, and officially passed the county council and the county council.

With the Xiao family, it is not too difficult for the children of the clan to pass the county council, as long as there is a little real talent and real learning, coupled with the reputation of the county, Xiao Erlang's future road will be smooth sailing, and at the same time, his marriage will also start to prepare in earnest.

Speaking of which, among the several Langjun of the Xiao family, the most outstanding character and appearance is Xiao Erlang Xiao Jixun, it stands to reason that his career and marriage should not be delayed until this time.

In fact, there is a reason for this, in the early years, Xiao Erlang insisted on keeping the system for the elders in the clan, got a filial piety, missed the marriage date, and did not catch up with the county council. Later, Xiao Gongwang said that he wanted to polish him well, and deliberately did not report Xiao Jixun's name to the county council, so Xiao Erlang's career was delayed. The same is true for marriage, if a man's husband can't stand up, how can he start a family?

Now Xiao Erlang is twenty-two years old, and he is finally about to embark on the official road, and the talent is extremely good, although there are a few unnamed favorite concubines in the family, and they are a little more romantic, in the end, it is harmless, and it can be said that Lang Jun is the most sought-after in the entire Jiangyang County.

Therefore, this time, Mrs. Xiao plans to take advantage of Xiao Gongwang's birthday, when the Xiao family is full of friends and friends, and the famous families in the county come to celebrate his birthday, Haosheng will inspect and inspect the girls with surnames, and set a family affair for the most handsome Erlang of the Xiao family.

With the reputation of the Xiao family, coupled with the reputation of "the first beautiful man in the county", as long as Xiao Erlang says that he wants to marry, let alone Jiangyang County, it is the adjacent Hanjia, Yuejun and other counties, and there are also groups of scholars rushing to ask for this family business.

Therefore, this time Xiao Gongwang's birthday banquet can be described as a lot of attention, but all the families with girls in the family are like great enemies, and they can't wait to buy out the silk shops and jewelry stores in Pingcheng, and some scholars do not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to send people to Shangjing, Dadu and other places to buy clothes and accessories, and even let the Caoyun business become more and more prosperous.

Compared with the busy and noisy clan of the scholars, the Qin family's coldness and even depression are particularly eye-catching.

The east wind is warm, blowing through the tall lintel of the Qin Mansion, rolling up and falling, and lightly sweeping the willows, but after all, it can't shake the silence of this mansion.

In addition to the occasional sound of Langlang reading in the genealogy, the Qin family, which was deserted in front of the door, was still the same as the sparse carriages and horses in the past, and no one even watched the door in the gatehouse, because it was useless to watch, and there would be no guests coming to the door after all.

In the west room of Donghua Residence, Lin sat by the desk with a calm face, looking at the account book in front of him with a gloomy face, and he didn't turn a page for a long time.

The plain cloth curtain was blown by the wind and lifted a corner, and a ray of sunlight rolled into the curtain made a soft "snap" again, shaking the sunlight out of the door.

The Xiao family's birthday is a happy event, but this happy event does not include the Qin family, but as soon as she thinks of it, the Lin family feels panicked, although she is sitting in the room at the moment, but the heart is like being fried in hot oil, and it is full of anxiety over and over again.