Xie Zhen didn't expect Tao to stop and listen to him, and while he was happy, he was also guilty, "I'm most sorry for you, Qingqing." Back then, it was my small belly chicken intestines, and I ...... again."

"Xie Jin." Dow interrupted him, "At the beginning of the new year, I don't want to talk about these old things. ”

Although there is no need for expensive rouge gouache maintenance in the past ten years, she is naturally beautiful, coupled with the light food every day, and the mood is peaceful and peaceful.

A brand-new Taoist robe lined her slender figure, and the bell in the hall rang out, and the woman in front of her was like a fairy. However, the expression on her face was cold, and when she looked at Xie Jin, she had long since lost the strong love and hatred of the past, only the calm after the silence, "There is no need to talk about the rights and wrongs of the year, it was my fault that I left the Xie Mansion and failed to fulfill my mother's responsibilities." But Xie Jin, what did you say at the time? ”

She stepped down the steps and stood at the level of Xie Jin, "You said that it was your own flesh and blood, and she would definitely take care of them well, so as not to let them be wronged." But how are the children doing now? Who you want to marry or who you want to like, it has nothing to do with me, but Xie Jin, when facing children, do you really feel guilty? ”

"I know that I used to avoid it, and I neglected many things." Xie Jin's words were bitter, "Qingqing, the children miss you very much, everything happened back then was all my fault, it's been so many years, can you go back to ......?"

"I can't." Tao interrupted him again, "Why did I leave Xie Mansion, why did the children fall into the current situation, Xie Jin, haven't you reflected?" In the capital, there are also many children who are raised by their stepmothers, why is only your dignified Hengguo Mansion so incompetent. The stepmother murdered the daughter of the house, and the human and material evidence was conclusive, but in the end it was just a fluttering punishment to kneel in the ancestral hall? ”

"Qingqing ......" Xie Zhen tried to defend himself, but when he looked up at that sparse face, all the words were stuck in his throat, and it took a long time before he continued: "It's all my fault, first I'm sorry for you, and then I married Luo Shi to come in, and let the children be wronged, even now, I am still so cowardly and indecisive." I am ashamed to be a husband and a father. ”

Standing outside the archway all night to reflect, Xie Zhen jumped out of the Hengguo Mansion and reflected as an outsider, only then did he know how ridiculous his behavior was.

It's like jumping out of the fence to the top of the peak in front of you, clearing the fog that surrounds your head, only to realize how much of a bastard you are. Xie Zhen couldn't wait to say this, hoping that Tao could see his repentant heart and forgive him for his stupidity, as if those remorse were spoken, and they would no longer weigh heavily on his heart.

However, why should Dow listen to these feelings of his?

She was not moved at all, but just flicked the sleeves of her robe and said, "Since you know that you are ashamed of being a father, you should make up for it." Xie Jin, everyone's eyes are staring. Not wanting to stay with this man for a few more moments, Tao was in no mood to continue walking, so he turned around and went back to the Taoist temple.

Standing in front of the statue of Sanqing, with green smoke in his nose, Tao realized that his mind was in chaos.

Not for Xie Jin, just for the three children.

When she decided to leave Xie Mansion, she has never regretted it to this day. It's just that those three children have become a dream that weighs on my heart when I dream back at midnight, which makes people worry and hurt. She gave birth to them, but she failed to take on the responsibility of a mother, only to be lonely and angry and fled away from the Taoist temple, every time she remembered Xie Jun's crying and begging at that time, Tao felt that her heart was in a ball.

However, if it was said that she would return to Xie Mansion, it would be impossible.

Tao stood silently for a long time before lowering her eyelids - the mistake had been made, and she could only try her best to make up for it.

*

Xie Xuan and Xie Jun were sitting in a rattan chair, making a pot of tea and slowly peeling pine nuts to eat, next to Xie Tang holding a string of jade nine rings in his arms, racking his brains to think hard about the solution.

Because Xie Jun was set to leave the cabinet in May, and now there are only four months left in the house, the three sisters and brothers have cherished it very much recently, Xie Xuan sticks to his sister, needless to say, even Xie Jun has a nostalgic feeling, and runs to the courtyard whenever he is free.

He suddenly had no effect after a long time, so he had to lie on the table in frustration, looking at Xie Xuan with round eyes, "Sister......"

"Solve it yourself, you really won't ask me again." Xie Xuan continued to peel pine nuts slowly, looking at his brother's bulging face, and snickered secretly. Although the memories of my previous life are not very pleasant, I occasionally use them to tease my brother, but it is also interesting.

Xie Xuan didn't speak, just lay on the table, looking at Xie Xuan pitifully. Such a coquettish Xie Xuan was the most powerless to parry, so he had to pick up the nine links and teach him how to solve it. Just as he was talking seriously, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and then remembered Fang Zhou's voice, "Fifth girl, why are you here, hey, slow down......"

Before the voice fell, Xie Yue's body had already appeared in Xie Xuan's sight.

She was wearing a goose yellow shirt today, which was originally the most delicate color, but now it was stained with some dust and mud. Xie Xuan looked up at her in surprise, and heard Xie Yue say, "It's noisy, where did you go!" ”

"Isn't it yours to make a noise, ask me what I do."

"They all saw it just now, and the quarrel has been in this courtyard for half an hour! Xie Xuan, did you secretly hide it? It's almost noon, and you haven't eaten yet, do you want to starve it! Xie Yue's aggressive questioning seemed to identify Xie Xuan as a "cat thief".

Xie Xuan was also a little annoyed, "Why am I hiding the noise?" ”

"Who knows! The maids in my courtyard have seen it, and the noise is in this courtyard! Xie Yue's eyes looked around, not like he was lying.

Xie Xuan didn't like Xie Yue, but he also felt sorry for the noisy one, and thought about it, the noisy little guy ran around every day, and it was common to come to this West Cross Courtyard, and it loved to make noise, but don't really get stuck somewhere and get hurt, so he said to Fangzhou: "Take someone to look around the house." ”

Fang Zhou responded to the order, and took Konoha and others to carefully search the inside and outside of the house, and finally picked up the noise from a remote corner.

When Xie Xuan saw the little cat curled up in a ball, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart - the little guy who was usually alive and jumping around the wall seemed to be extremely weak at this time, and he shrank pitifully into a ball, with a trace of blood on his mouth and his body trembling slightly.

Xie Xuan was shocked when he saw this, hurriedly took it over, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"When it found the noise, it shrank under the girl's bookcase, and frightened the slave and maid, it can't be sick, right?" Konoha had a worried face.

Xie Xuan took a serious look at the cat, raised his head and glanced at Xie Jun, and their expressions were solemn - are you sick? Obviously half an hour ago, he jumped over the courtyard wall and came to the West Cross Courtyard, why is he sick like this now?

Taking a closer look, there was still some gray-green pastry powder on the side of the noisy mouth, Xie Xuan took a little bit on his fingertips, and suddenly remembered the pastry that Xie Tang had brought in just now, and his heart trembled. Xie Yue on the opposite side looked at the noise in a daze, as if she was scared stupid, Xie Xuan didn't want to break it in front of her, so she handed the cat to Xie Jun's arms, and then entered the house without saying a word.

On the bookcase by the window, the chestnut cake that Xie Tang brought in was still stacked on the plate of Red Baifu, but it was not as neat as it was at the beginning, and looking at it, it was obvious that it had been eaten noisily.

With a sigh in his heart, Xie Xuan looked back quietly, and saw that Xie Jun and Xie Yue had followed to the door. Because she was suspicious of Luo, she didn't want to reveal it in front of Xie Yue, so she hurriedly moved her hand to the chestnut cake elsewhere, and was thinking about supporting her, when she suddenly heard Luo's cry outside, followed by Xie Jin's cold reprimand, "What do you want!" ”

Xie Yue at the door was particularly keen, and when he heard Luo's cry, he didn't care about the noise and ran out quickly.

Xie Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, asked someone to put the chestnut cake in a bag, and then sent it to Xie Jun with a low voice, "Sister, I'm afraid I've eaten this." ”

"Isn't this my chestnut cake?" Xie Tang was startled and hurriedly silenced, seeing that the two sisters looked wrong, he guessed something in an instant, and couldn't help curling up his small fists.

Xie Jun reached out and took a piece of chestnut cake and looked at it carefully, like Xie Jun asked, "Where did this come from?" ”

"I asked the kitchen to make it, and I used it for my sister to eat, and I still have it there." Xie Tang raised his head and replied.

Xie Jun looked back at the trembling noise, and listened to the posture of Luo and Xie Zhen outside as if they were about to quarrel, so he said, "Let's go, go over and take a look." Liushuang, go to Tang'er, bring all the rest of the chestnut cake, don't let anyone know. Then Fang Zhou and Konoha hugged each other, took the tray, and came to the main courtyard together.

In the main courtyard, Luo was standing behind Xie Zhen sadly, with tears on his face, "...... I endure humiliation like this, for the sake of Yue'er and Ze'er? The master also said that these are your children, and they should be treated equally......"

Before she finished crying here, Xie Zhen had already noticed the three sisters and brothers with strange looks, strode over, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"I ate the chestnut cake noisily, it's not quite right." Xie Jun lowered his voice, handed the noise over to him to see, glanced at Luo Zhi out of the corner of his eye, there was a flash of fierceness, and said in a low voice: "This chestnut cake is made in the kitchen specifically for Tang'er, I have instructed Liushuang to go to Tang'er to get all the chestnut cakes, Dad, do you want to invite a Lang Zhong to come over and take a look?" ”

Xie Zhen couldn't guess what was going on, his face turned cold, and he turned his head and glared at Luo Zhi coldly.

Luo had been paying attention to Xie Jin's movements in the interval between crying, and this time he was suddenly glared at by him coldly, but he was so frightened that he cried, and then with a "hiccup", he tried hard to regulate his breath.

Xie Jincai didn't have the heart to care about this, and when he looked at the tear-stained face, he couldn't help but think of what Luo wanted to harm Xie Xuan outside the Xuanmiaoguan last year, and his heart became more and more disgusted, and he looked around with a cold face, and ordered: "Everyone is not allowed to go out in the courtyard, Mother He, go and invite Lang Zhong to my study!" ”

Mother He was an old servant left by the Tao family back then, and now she is serving Xie Jun in the East Cross Courtyard, and she set off immediately when she heard the words.

The people in the courtyard all felt that something was wrong, and they didn't dare to come out for a while, and they all stood in place, waiting for Xie Jin's orders. Xie Zhen naturally didn't do anything in front of everyone, but only asked Xie Jun, Xie Xuan and Xie Tang to follow him out, and no one else was allowed to go out of Tangli Courtyard.

A few people went to Xie Jin's outer study, because Xie Zhen often rested here, and there was a small courtyard behind the study. At this time, Mother He had invited Lang Zhong to the small courtyard, and Xie Zhen handed the kitten over and told him to take a closer look.

Mother He is very good, and the man she invited will not only treat people, but also show animals. He took some feces and looked at it, and examined the chestnut cake again, and at the end, he got up and said, "My lord, this is because I have eaten aconitum and bitter almonds by mistake, and the old man prescribes a dose of medicine to pour it down, and it will be fine." ”

"Aconite?" Xie Zhen frowned.

He remembered that Luo Zhi had recently found some bitter almonds because his chest was full of phlegm and his blood was dry, because he was afraid of eating too much and being poisoned, he only ate a few pieces a day, and the others were on the plate.

Lang Zhong arched his hand and said: "Aconitum is a herb, also called aconite, because of its compatibility and processing methods, it will have different toxicity. The old man has seen this chestnut cake, it is mixed with aconite, and it is not a big deal for ordinary people to eat it, but this cat is weak and mixed with bitter almonds, so it will have this symptom. ”

Xie Zhen stared at the chestnut cake for a moment and said, "You said that there are aconites in the pastry?" ”

"Yes." Lang Zhong lowered his head slightly.

"What's the downside?"

"If you don't eat much, it's okay, and some people use it as medicine to get its effect of restoring yang and chasing cold, but this thing is very toxic and can't be used more." Lang Zhong stroked his beard, as if he didn't care very much, and suddenly remembered something, and added: "There are not many aconites in this chestnut cake, it doesn't hurt to eat it, but it can't be used for a long time, otherwise it will gradually turn pale, and the speech will be slurred. ”

"Idiot......" Xie Xuan hurriedly swallowed the words behind in surprise, and his expression had changed greatly-in his previous life, Xie Xuan was disgusted by the old lady because he became stupid, could it be caused by this aconitum?

For a while, his face became extremely ugly, Xie Xuan subconsciously took Xie Tang's hand, trembling slightly.

Xie Zhen was calm, thanked Langzhong, and was about to send him out.

Xie Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Dad, Tang'er likes to eat pastries, I'm afraid I eat a lot of chestnut cakes, do you want to ask Lang Zhong to help take a look?" ”

Saying this, Xie Zhen realized something, and hurriedly asked Lang Zhong to help Xie Tang take a look.

After Na Langzhong finished diagnosing his pulse, his face gradually became suspicious from the initial calmness, he confirmed it twice, and offended his voice, took a few drops of blood from Xie Tang's fingertips, and carefully examined it twice before saying: "Strange, strange!" The little boy has the poison of aconitum in his body, but the time is not long, not more than ten days. But although there is aconitum in this chestnut cake, even if you eat two or three plates of it every day, you may not be able to have so many ......" After all, he is a person who is used to walking in the Houmen Mansion, and he stops when he points it-

There are a lot of aconitum in the body, and since the aconitum in chestnut cake is limited, it must also be in other diets!

If it's just a chestnut cake mixed with it by mistake, then it's okay to say, but if all the food has aconite, then the matter is too strange!

Xie Jin's face was already gloomy, and he sent someone to send Lang Zhong out, and then turned his head and instructed the three sisters and brothers: "This matter must not be publicized, I will find out." Recently, Yu'er lived in Tangli Courtyard, Jun'er, you take care of it personally, and you use your small kitchen for food and drink. ”

Xie Jun hurriedly responded, Xie Zhen saw Xie Xuan looking up, as if he had something to say, and felt guilty in his heart.

If it was left in the past, Xie Xuan's reaction like this, he would only think that the little girl was scared and would not take it to heart, but since he drank and talked with Han Jue's master and apprentice that day, he only knew how many things this little daughter had in her heart, and how much worry and fear she had.

He bowed down and said to Xie Xuan: "Don't worry, I know how strict this matter is, you just have to take care of your brother." ”

Xie Xuan pursed his lips, and was a little unaccustomed to being comforted by Xie Xuan so seriously for the first time, so he could only nod and say, "Hmm." Then he took Xie Zhen back to Tangli Courtyard, and he had palpitations - if he hadn't eaten the chestnut cake by mistake today, who would have known that Xie Tang's diet would have aconite?

This thing will not be abnormal when you eat less every day, but over time it will make people become stupid, but it is really murderous and bloodless!

It's just that the little cat suffers such a sin, and after pouring the medicine, the poison is discharged, and it is so uncomfortable that it screams. You have to compensate it well when you go back.

When the three sisters and brothers returned to Tangli Courtyard, Luo had already stopped making noise. Because of the suddenness of the incident, she couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, Xie Yue didn't know what was wrong with the plate of chestnut cakes, the mother and daughter only knew that they were noisy and ate bad things, and they also wondered if there was something wrong with Xie Xuan, but they didn't know the specific thing, so they could only look black.

Xie Xuan didn't reveal anything, and after a simple salute, the three sisters and brothers went to the East Cross Courtyard.