Chapter 301: Discovery
Xiyu was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say something more, but it could be seen that Lin Qi's expression was quite indignant, and he didn't dare to express his opinion, so he nodded hurriedly, and quickly went with Lin Qi to find the wife of the house, Lin Lushi.
The two were running in the corridor, but they collided with Lin Lu's who came to look for Lin Qi, and Lin Lu's hurriedly helped Lin Qi, "Sister Qi, what's wrong?" The face is so ugly? Erniang is going to look for you to have a meal, and the rice in this temple is a must......"
Lin Qi grabbed Lin Lushi with his backhand, and hurriedly walked in the direction of the outside of the temple, "Erniang, we don't have to fast, let's go back quickly......"
Lin Lu's second brother-in-law, King Kong, was confused, and he couldn't hold Lin Qi, who was in a hurry to leave the temple, so he had to try to keep up with her steps, "What's wrong?" You talk to Erniang, maybe Erniang can help you think of ideas. ”
Lin Qi suddenly looked back at Lin Lu's family, and was about to tell his second mother the secret he had heard, but when he saw Xiyu's eyes widening curiously, he looked interested, and then he remembered that he was still in the temple where people came and went. Even if there are few people who come to do things because of the female dependents of Viscount Zhou's mansion today, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be heard, first, it will breed trouble, second, she doesn't want to say such a shameful thing in public, and third, she takes into account Huo Yuan's reputation, so she stopped stiffly and said: "Erniang, it's okay, it's just that I thought of something urgent that I didn't do, so I thought about going back to handle it quickly." ”
"What's the hurry?" Lin Lushi hurriedly asked, the business in the store recently does not need to be handled by them, even the store that Wang Zhou's new franchise is on the track, and the profit is normal, let alone them, and Yi Linqi's temperament can only be called urgent when it involves making money, and nothing else is counted, so she is suspicious.
"Okay, Erniang, don't ask, let's go back quickly." Lin Qi said angrily.
Once Lin Qi showed this impatient expression, Lin Lu would consciously close his mouth, compared to Lin Long, these two girls were more likely to get angry, so she always let her.
After walking a little longer, she remembered something and said, "If we want to leave, we have to say goodbye to the abbot, and we have prepared a meal......
"It doesn't matter if those are the four major monks who are empty, they won't care about these false rites, as for the meal, just send a small servant to notify you later, it's not a big deal, okay, Erniang, let's leave quickly." Lin Qi was so anxious, who knew that this Erniang was still verbose.
When it comes to Huo Yuan, it is difficult for her to calm down, even if she can watch him marry a wife and have children, but she can't match such a rotten thing, this is simply outrageous, the Zhou family is really not a thing, the more she thinks about it, the more angry she becomes, and her pretty face is red with anger.
Seeing this, Lin Lushi didn't dare to refute it again, and asked Xiyu, who had been waiting by Lin Qi's side, with his eyes as he walked quickly, what kind of tricks did these two girls commit?
Xiyu also blinked innocently, how did she know which one the girl was singing? Besides, she has been away from Lin Qi for a while, so she doesn't know what happened.
Lin Lu's inquiry was fruitless, so he had to be anxious in his heart, and it was not easy to ask carefully, and he was tormented in his own heart.
Lin Qi didn't have time to take care of her thoughts, went straight to the parking place of the carriage, and without waiting for the little guy to put down the stepping stool, he hurriedly climbed into the carriage, and pulled Lin Lu up vigorously, seeing that Lin Lu was even more frightened, and was busy reciting Amitabha Buddha in his heart.
The situation of the Lin family and his party hurriedly leaving the temple fell in the eyes of Zhou Zhiqing, who was not far away, only to see her frowning and squinting, and asked the grandmother beside her: "In addition to our Zhou family in the temple, there are outsiders who come to offer incense?" ”
"Back to the girl's words, the old slave asked the abbot, and the abbot said that it was the sisters of Mrs. Xiangyang Hou's family who came to incense, and he was not easy to refuse, and there were not many people, so they asked their group to go to the small Buddha hall to incense, and did not go to the main hall to disturb our practice." Mama hurriedly stepped forward to explain clearly.
"How do you do that? Are we still afraid of the Lin family, who is nothing? The big girl beside Zhou Zhiqing shouted angrily with a tense face, but she was afraid of being listened to what she and her own girl just said.
"Miss Chunhong said it lightly, the Lin family has no official status, but who is Mrs. Xiangyang Hou? Who in the whole capital doesn't know her, the red man in front of the queen, the dignified county lord and Mrs. Hou. Mama sarcastically replied to this unbelievable chunhong, relying on the favor of his wife and the girl, and often doing things that make people angry and unhappy.
Chunhong's face was so angry that she almost crooked, glared at this grandmother who dared to refute her mouth, and then looked at Zhou Zhiqing with an aggrieved face, "Girl, look at it, the slave maid just said a word, and it caused this grandmother's tirade......"
"Okay, Mama is right." Zhou Zhiqing said with a cold face, "Don't pop out of your mouth with everything, what will it sound like when the time comes?" As the saying goes, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, even if Mrs. Xiangyang Hou is from a broken family, she can't match her current status a hundred times, which is not the object of our easy to provoke. ”
She has not yet arrogantly thought that her identity can trample everyone in the capital under her feet, Lin Long She has never been in a relationship, but she knows her fame, and the Huo family's mother Quan Meihuan, who she wants to marry, is precisely Lin Long's biological mother, so she has to give some face.
Xu entered the door of the Huo family with a fetus, so she always lacked confidence, and she didn't need more teachings from her mother Zhou Lou, she also knew that she had to be a man with her tail between her legs now.
Chunhong saw her girl's straight face, pinched the handkerchief, and answered for a long time, "Yes, girl, it's all slaves and maids who think simply." ”
Zhou Zhiqing saw that she was sincerely admitting her mistake, so she turned around and walked towards the hall where she was doing things with a cold expression.
"Girl, let's have some fasting first." Mama stepped forward again to persuade.
Zhou Zhiqing waved her hand, she has no appetite now, the fetus in her womb is still a month old, and she didn't toss her too much, plus her heart is heavy, she doesn't have half a pregnancy smell on her body, but adds a little bit of pity to me.
Seeing this, Mama didn't persuade again, but followed Zhou Zhiqing into the hall.
The atmosphere in the hall was very solemn, Zhou Zhiqing did not step forward to disturb the monk's practice, but sat on the side and prayed with her hands folded, hoping that her lover in the spirit of heaven would forgive her for breaking the promise she had made, and that she would marry someone else in order to keep this little bit of blood and blood between them.
After all, she was still pregnant, and she felt dizzy after kneeling for a while, and then Chunhong and the grandmother pulled her out of the hall.
Zhou Zhiqing was no longer reckless, and went to the dining room where the meal was prepared by a group of girls.
On the way, I saw two little maids of the Zhou family arguing, not only that, but they also seemed to be fighting for something and started to move, she stood there with a straight face, "What are you making trouble?" Forgot where this is? ”
When the two little maids heard the sound, they turned around and saw that it was their own girl, and they hurriedly lowered their heads and stood up, biting their lower lip and feeling a little uneasy.
"What are you robbing about?" Chunhong glanced at the hands of the two, quite a bit of yin and yang.
The two maids had a little anxiety on their faces, and finally couldn't resist Zhou Zhiqing's low air pressure, and one of them stepped forward and handed a sleek and shiny pearl in his hand to Chunhong.
"What is it?" Zhou Zhiqing also glanced at it curiously.
"Girl, it's a big round pearl." Xiyu handed the pearl to Zhou Zhiqing.
Zhou Zhiqing took it over and looked at it carefully, such a round pearl was not hers, she had only seen it in her mother's jewelry box, this was a palace thing, a tribute pearl.
When she saw what it was, she exclaimed, "Where did you get this?" Didn't you go to your wife's place to steal it? ”
"The girl is wronged, how dare the slave and maid steal the wife's things......" The two little maids hurriedly knelt down and wept bitterly and denied it.
"If you didn't steal your wife, where did you get it? Don't hurry up yet. Chunhong stepped forward to train the two little maids instead of Zhou Zhiqing.
The grandmother on the side stepped forward and Zhou Zhiqing said: "Girl, this shouldn't be stealing the wife, after all, they are only third-class maids, and they are not qualified to wait in the wife's side, let alone have the opportunity to steal the wife's jewelry." ”
When the two little maids heard that the mother defended the two, they were busy kowtowing and swearing, saying that they would never steal their wife's jewelry.
Zhou Zhiqing stretched out her hand to stop Chunhong's prepared move, this is in the temple, there is a chance to teach these two maids a lesson, there is no need for her to discipline them in front of the public to leave a bad reputation, as the so-called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles.
"Tell me honestly, where did you come from, I'll spare your lives, or I'll have people bring human teeth and sell you to the land of fireworks." Zhou Zhiqing said coldly.
As soon as the two little maids heard the words "land of fireworks", their faces were immediately full of horror, and they were really sold to that place for a lifetime.
One of the bold maids stood up and said, "Girl, this is picked up in the Buddha hall. ”
"Picked up?" Zhou Zhiqing looked surprised.
The maid pointed to the Buddha hall where Zhou Zhiqing had incense before, "Just now, the two slaves and maids passed by there, and they saw something shiny inside the door, so they pushed the door in and found this pearl." ”
When they saw this thing, their eyes lit up, although they were inferior, but they had opened their eyes in the Viscount's Mansion, and knew that this thing was valuable, so big, so round and so bright, more beautiful than the girl wore on her body, the two of them were happy to hunt, and they were busy looking for it, but they didn't find the next one, so they fought for this one.
This made Zhou Zhiqing see the ugliness of the scramble.
As soon as she mentioned the Buddha hall where she had made a wish to make incense before, Zhou Zhiqing's eyes suddenly widened, her body shook even more, and she suddenly felt a chill in her back.
Chunhong and Mama hurriedly supported her, I don't know what's wrong with the girl?
Zhou Zhiqing struggled to stand firm, pushed the two away, and walked into the dining room with a calm face holding the pearl.
Chunhong turned her head and glared at the two maids who were in trouble, it was really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, in order to grab a pearl, she lost all her face, and she would definitely not give the two of them good fruit to eat when she turned around.
The two little maids shrank their heads and did not dare to respond.
Chunhong hurriedly followed Zhou Zhiqing into the dining room, but Zhou Zhiqing turned around suddenly, so that she almost bumped into it, and hurriedly took a step back and stood with her hands down.
"You said whose family came to offer incense just now?" Zhou Zhiqing asked with a gloomy expression.
"If you go back to the girl, it is the maiden family of Mrs. Xiangyang Hou, surnamed Lin." Mama was more stable in the end, and hurriedly spoke up.
"The Lin family?" Zhou Zhijing's eyes narrowed slightly, and then looked at the round pearl in her hand, since it is a palace tribute, those who can have it are either rich or expensive, the people of the Lin family are not qualified to have it, but Lin Long is an exception, she is a celebrity in front of the queen's mother, so this Lin family has entered the hall before to pray for incense?
Suddenly, her whole body was cold, and she was even more dizzy.
Seeing that Chunhong and Mama were going to help her, she pushed Mama away and pulled Chunhong aside to bite her ear and say a few private words.
Chunhong also opened her eyes when she heard it, it wouldn't be such a coincidence, right? "Girl, can't you scare yourself......"
"You hurry up and find someone to find out the tone, this matter is not trivial, if I can't get well, you don't want to live alone?" Zhou Zhiqing said fiercely, her ugly things can't be known, it's all her big mouth, at this moment she can't wait to punish this big girl who has served her since she was a child, seeing that she is still stunned, she can't help but roar, "What are you still doing?" Hurry up and find out. ”
Chunhong came back to her senses, nodded busily, and quickly rushed out to find the abbot to inquire where the ladies of the Lin family were offering incense and praying for blessings.
As soon as the Zhou family members stared at Chunhong who was rushing away, they secretly chewed the root of their tongues, and they all knew that they knew that although they didn't know all the inside information, they could still guess one or two, so they all secretly looked at Zhou Zhiqing with their eyes.
Mama glared at those good deeds, warned them not to forget that their wife had given a gag order, and stepped forward to comfort Zhou Zhiqing, of course, I had to ask the girl why her face was ruined?
Helplessly, Zhou Zhiqing closed her teeth and didn't reveal anything.
It wasn't until Chunhong rushed back that she got up and pulled her aside and asked in a low voice, "How is it?" ”
Chunhong hurriedly leaned into Zhou Zhiqing's ear and whispered, Zhou Zhiqing was so shocked that she almost fell to the ground, so it is very likely that there is someone hidden in the Buddha hall when she is talking to Chunhong, and then staring at the pearl in her hand, this person is likely to be the daughter of the Lin family.
I heard that the main mother of the Lin family started as a concubine, and such a level of pearl is very precious and rare, Lin Long will not give it to Lin Lu's family, and the biggest possible candidate for hiding will be the second girl of the Lin family, the sister of Mrs. Xiangyang Hou, it is rumored that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou has a deep sisterhood, so it is likely to give this good thing to her sister.
"Girl?" Chunhong was also a little anxious.
Zhou Zhiqing quickly calmed down, bit her lower lip and said, "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of just in case, hurry up and clean up, and we will immediately go down the mountain and go home to discuss with our mother." ”
If her reputation is damaged, the Zhou family will also be impacted, and no one can protect her except her mother at this time.
And Lin Qi, who left one step earlier, sat in the carriage with a heavy heart, and she didn't mean to talk at all, she was now eager to fly in front of Huo Yuan, tell him all the secrets she overheard, don't let him be deceived, and marry a woman who can be a husband.
Lin Lushi looked at Lin Qi, who was silent, and couldn't find what to say for a while, so he could only sit anxiously.
Lin Qi knew that her second mother had something to ask her, but she didn't want to say anything now, feeling the stuffiness in the carriage, she slightly lifted the corner of the curtain of the carriage, and let the cold wind pour in to wake up her somewhat hot head, but her hand was clenched on the hand warmer.
The winter wind is very blowing, and Lin Lu is afraid that Lin Qi will catch a cold if the wind blows, "Sister Qi, this wind is too cold, let's close the curtains of the car." ”
"Erniang, it's out of the way." Lin Qi struggled to squeeze out a smile.
Seeing this, Lin Lu was even more worried.
At this time, a man dressed in a gorgeous suit led the team to beat the horse through the carriage of the Lin family, because the other party's horse speed was too fast, the coachman of the Lin family avoided the side and gave way, saving the conflict, and it snowed again in winter, this road is not easy to walk, in case the carriage overturned because of a dispute, it will be a big trouble.
Lin Qi also glanced at it curiously, they were all people she didn't know, and after the other party passed by, she asked the coachman to hurry on the road, and she was still in a hurry to return.
It's just that she didn't expect it, it was just a glimpse, but the man in gorgeous clothes stopped after the Lin family's carriage set off, frowning and staring thoughtfully at the Lin family's carriage in the distance, the woman in the carriage was so familiar, where did he seem to have seen it? The hand holding the whip tightened even more.
"Lord Wang, we still have to hurry......" The cronies around him stepped forward to remind.
Duan Wang Ye pointed to the carriage in the distance with a horsewhip, "Send someone to follow this carriage, don't alarm the people in the carriage, and then come back and tell the king which carriage this is, and be sure to find out who the woman in the carriage is." ”
Although the cronies were curious about the strange behavior of their prince, they could not make a noise to interfere, so they hurriedly ordered one person to carry out this order.
Duan Wang Ye smiled coldly, that shocking glance finally reminded him of where he had seen this person, this was not one of the witnesses he witnessed during his tryst with the county lord of Jingwangfu that day, this time he was sure that he was absolutely not mistaken, thinking that because of this incident, the reputation he encountered was damaged, and he hated this person who was stabbed out, but he thought that he had dealt with it properly that day, where did he know that he had inadvertently let go of the main master.
His eyes slowly withdrew coldly, and he snorted coldly, this time there is no revenge, there is revenge.
Lin Qi felt a chill on his back for no reason, as if he was attached to something hateful, and shivered again.
Seeing this, Lin Lushi, who had been carefully observing her, ignored Lin Qi's objections, and pulled down the curtains of the good car to block the cold wind from pouring in, "Sister Qi, be careful of catching a cold." ”
Lin Qi touched his itchy nose, "It's okay, Erniang, my body is fine." ”
"It's no joke, what if you get really sick? Didn't you make Erniang worry about death? Lin Lu said with a straight face.
Lin Qi knew that he was at a loss, and he did not insist on his own opinion on this issue, so he could only rely on Lin Lu's actions.
Huo Yuan, who got a few words from Ye Xuyao, hurried home, he hadn't been home for a while, and when he listened to Ye Xuyao's words, he thought that red silk would be hung at the door of his house, how did he know that it was still the same, was this like a happy event? Isn't Ye Xuyao tricking him?
"Master, this hasn't hung a red lantern yet, it's not like a happy event." The little guy on the side, Hanguang, said the suspicion in Huo Yuan's heart.
Huo Yuan glanced at the little guy beside him, according to his understanding of Ye Xuyao, this person has always been cold-faced and rarely talked, how could he make a boring move to play with him, he can only say that this happy event is really a thing, and the reason why he hasn't put on the lights is just because he is afraid that he will know in advance, thus destroying their layout.
Without knocking on the door and waiting for the porter to pass the news, he kicked open the door of his mansion, and when he saw the porter's surprised expression at seeing him, he passed by directly, and rushed to his grandmother to ask for clarification.
At this time, Quan Meihuan was reporting to Huo Zhou's family, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who had always looked at each other unpleasantly, had a high degree of unity of opinion on this issue, so they rarely cooperated.
Huo Zhou's stroke was delayed in a timely manner, and the medicine prescribed was effective and Quan Meihuan did things for her, and she was in a good mood, so the symptoms of stroke were improved again, and she was able to say coherent sentences, "You have done a good job in this matter, and we will inform Brother Yuan on the day of marriage, according to his temperament, for the sake of the Huo family on that day, he will obediently go to marry someone back......
Huo Yuan, who rushed over, happened to hear this sentence outside the curtain, and his teeth couldn't help clenching, it turned out to be true, his grandmother was really planning his marriage, if it wasn't for Ye Xuyao to tell him, wouldn't he have been kept in the dark until the auspicious day they set?
The thought of this fuels an unprecedented rage.
Quan Meihuan in the house spoke up at this time, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, I have arranged it properly, and my cousin-in-law is also very satisfied with our Huo family's arrangements, by the way, this is her dowry list for Zhiqing, mother-in-law, take a look ......at it."
knew that Huo Zhou's loved to listen to this, and sure enough, after listening to her words, Huo Zhou's face bloomed with a slightly crooked smile, and motioned her to hold up the dowry list and let her take a closer look.
Now that the family is in the middle of the road, Huo Zhou's family regards money as very important, which is why she attaches great importance to Zhou Zhiqing, as the concubine of Viscount Zhou's mansion, Zhou Lou's must be generous in her daughter's dowry, so she has always had the highest expectations for this dowry.
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were discussing Zhou Zhiqing's dowry, the sound of the door curtain being torn down forcefully made Huo Zhou and Quan Meihuan look over, and the originally unhappy faces were suddenly surprised when they saw Huo Yuan appear out of thin air like that, and they both swallowed their saliva, and their faces were quite empty.
"Brother Yuan, are you back?" Huo Zhoushi relied on the fact that he was his own grandmother, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile to greet his grandson, "Come, sit down next to grandmother and talk, after being away from home for so long, grandmother can remember you." The eyes motioned to Quan Meihuan to put away the dowry list, which Huo Yuan couldn't see.
Quan Meihuan neatly put away the dowry list, which Huo Yuan couldn't see. "Since you're back, come and talk to your grandmother, she can remember you, and you have to ask several times a day to feel at ease."
Huo Yuan sneered and sneered: "I don't know when you were so harmonious? ”
Huo Zhou and Quan Meihuan were ridiculed by him, and the discomfort on their faces became more obvious, after all, it was common for the two of them to quarrel all day long.
"This, it's not your grandmother's illness, how can I, as a daughter-in-law, still make her old man angry?" Kwon Mi-huan made an excuse.
Huo Zhoushi also tried his best to make his eyes kinder, "Don't embarrass your stepmother, she still has filial piety to me." ”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sang the double reed with the same attitude, but in fact, they wished that the other party would die quickly.
Huo Yuan stepped forward and glanced at the two of them coldly, and said again: "I heard that we are going to have a happy event in our house?" ”
"Brother Yuan, who did you listen to, there is no such thing." Huo Zhou's family denied it in one bite, and he definitely couldn't admit it at this juncture, otherwise Huo Yuan might not be able to do anything.
"That's right, Brother Yuan, your grandmother has always doted on you, how can she lie to coax you......" Quan Meihuan hurriedly squeezed out a smile to accompaniment.
Huo Yuan didn't expect that in order to let him marry the girl of the Zhou family, they would join forces to deal with him, and in anger, he pulled out the long sword in his hand and slashed towards Huo Zhou's big bed.
Huo Zhoushi screamed in fright, thinking that this grandson was going to kill his grandmother, "You, what are you going to do...... I...... I'm your grandmother......"
Quan Meihuan was also frightened and shrunk into a ball, what did Huo Yuan do with his sword? Seeing that the bed made of good mahogany was partially cut off, Huo Zhou's body lying on the bed slipped and fell to the ground, and she suddenly looked at Huo Yuan's sword in shock, for fear that he would aim the sword at her in anger.
"Grandmother, you're so sad for me." Huo Yuan responded in a deep voice, "If you dare to do it, you must dare to respond, you must have this consciousness when you are engaged behind my back." ”
"You, you unfilial grandson, I'm your grandmother, what about your betrothed? Don't you know that this marriage event is set by the elders? Zhiqing knows books and etiquette, and comes from a famous family, what is not worthy of you? You say, you say one, and I'll serve you today......"
Huo Zhou, who was overly frightened, shouted loudly, and she didn't believe that Huo Yuan dared to kill her.
Huo Yuan's hand holding the sword bulged out, and he was extremely disappointed in this grandmother for the first time, how could she be so selfish? Does he think it's good? He is the one who really wants to live.
At this moment, Huo Yan, who rushed to hear the news, rushed into the house, but saw his son raise his sword and stab at Huo Zhou's family, he immediately called out in shock, "Rebel son, that's your grandmother......"
Huo Yuan held a sword flower and aimed it at Huo Yan when the sword brushed the frightened Huo Zhou, "Dad, you also have a share." ”