Chapter 72: Shaoqin
"You, what did you say?"
After figuring out his current situation, Ouyang Kang was not happy that he had finally confirmed his identity and was accepted by the Ouyang family, nor was he moved by Ouyang Zhuang's brotherhood, so that he lived in the luxurious room that originally belonged to him. After Ouyang Dashao understood the whole story, he first became angry.
"How can you let Sister Mu go alone? She has no relatives and no reason in the capital, where do you let her go as a girl? What does she do when she meets the bad guys? Help me up! ”
"Young Master, where are you going? The doctor said, you can't stand the wind. ”
"Don't be long-winded, I'm going to look for her!"
"Young master, you can't go!"
Seeing that the maids couldn't stop it, they had already alarmed the back house, and the housekeeper Feng's mother came out and said sharply, "Young master, please respect yourself!" That sister made it clear last night that she was not from our family, and besides, she kept falsely accusing our family and saying that she would burn her, is such a person worth looking for? ”
Ouyang Kang sneered and got out of bed, "If you don't frame it, let's wait for it, just throw an orphan girl who has no relatives and no reason outside the house, my grandmother has never taught me, the Ouyang family can do such a thing!" She is indeed not from my family, but she is a villager of my family, and she is the one who came to the capital with me from the countryside! The tree is thousands of feet high, and the leaves fall back to the roots. Mom, you are from the capital, but I am afraid that you have never been there in your life, and you will never go to our hometown in the countryside. But I grew up in the countryside, and I never thought that I would never go back when I came to the capital in this life! So I can't do such a thing, and I can't let the fathers and villagers in the countryside point to the ancestral grave of the Ouyang family and scold us for being so unrighteous in the future! If you don't want to look for her, I'll find her myself! ”
He pushed away the maid who was holding him next to him. The top-heavy ones go out. Feng's mother scolded her face blue, and she didn't say anything when she blocked her breath. And so it goes. A group of little maids didn't dare to move.
Ouyang Kang's heart was cold, it seemed that his "young master" was nothing more than that. He gritted his teeth. I stumbled and wanted to go out. But after taking two steps, a pair of hands stretched out and firmly supported him.
Ouyang Kang knew who he was, but he was extremely reluctant to see this face. Before he was about to shake his hand and push him away, he listened to Ouyang Zhuang speak, "Since my brother must go, why don't I accompany you." You go and order the car, and then get a cloak for the eldest young master. ”
Mother Feng's face stiffened, "Big young master." You're going to take the exam in two days, and Madame can say that you won't be allowed to go out these days. ”
Ouyang Zhuang sank his face, "What young master?" The eldest young master is sitting here, and I'm the second young master. In the future, if there is a mistake, go out of the slap yourself! ”
What is this? Can it be regarded as a compensation for his own future for so many years? Ouyang Kang is not so simple, and he will not accept this younger brother's "kindness" because of such a few words.
Ouyang Zhuang looked at him. His eyes flashed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Soon, the carriage was ready, but the Tan family also sent people. Mrs. Jean...... The second young master went over to speak. ”
Looking at Ouyang Kang again, Ouyang Zhuang said, "Send the eldest young master to the car first." I'll be right away. ”
Why do you want to do this? Ouyang Kang turned his head to hold the hand of the maid Aqi and left.
Ouyang Zhuang went to see Tan. Just one sentence, "If my mother still wants me to play." Don't say anything now. If there is anything, wait until I get back. ”
Tan was speechless, and waited until his son was far away before slapping the table hard, "Who am I doing this for?" ”
Outside the door, the maid who just wanted to come in to say goodbye, Ouyang Mumei, who was only five years old, suddenly cried in fright. Fortunately, Aunt Yuan saw the opportunity quickly, covered her daughter's mouth, and quickly carried her down.
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old brother who looked a little slippery looked at Tan's face, but still smiled and came in, "Mother is angry again for that irrelevant person?" If you are really annoyed, it is better to hit your son a few times to get angry. ”
Tan glanced at him, and his face finally eased by three points, "You are sensible, and you are more considerate than your brother." ”
The concubine of the Ouyang family, the original second young master, and now the third young master Ouyang Lian stepped forward to pour a cup of tea for the Tan family, "My brother is naturally a hundred times stronger than me, and my mother doesn't need to worry, when my brother comes back, it's good to talk about something." ”
Tan took the tea and took a sip meaningfully, "Okay, I know that you are filial, you don't have to pestle in front of me, go down and read." ”
"Yes." Ouyang Lian slowly retreated.
It's just that as soon as he came out, he fell into the complaint of his mother-in-law, Aunt Wu, "What are you going to do with what is going on there?" Don't you see that my wife is upset? You're lucky to be out of the way today, but if you annoy your wife, who can protect you? ”
"Auntie, don't worry, I never counted on you." Ouyang Lian raised his feet and walked away disdainfully, secretly resentful, if it weren't for her concubine's background, she would have had such a hard time?
The concubines in this year are still divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the first class is like Aunt Yuan, who is from a serious good family, but the family is in the middle of the road, so she has to devote herself to her father as a concubine. The second class is like the most favored Aunt Zi at the moment, given by officialdom friends, there is always a bit of affection behind it, and the worst is a concubine like Aunt Wu.
To put it mildly, if Ouyang Zhuang's eldest son has an accident in the future, the family's title and property will not all fall to Ouyang Lian. What's more, there is a young master with a correct name and a smoother speech? Ouyang Lian felt that his life plan was suddenly disrupted by this eldest young master who suddenly appeared, and he had to think about it again.
And Ouyang Kang, who left home, is not stupid, the first person to find is the Fire Dragon Team who came last night.
"This is Yirenfang, and General Gongsun is here."
None of them exchanged opinions, but Ouyang Zhuang just guessed Ouyang Kang's mind and brought him here directly.
Ouyang Kang's eyes flashed, and he awkwardly held this younger brother's hand and got out of the car.
The place is not wrong, but Nianfu does not know where to go.
The guards didn't hide it from them, "That sister got up early in the morning and went out, and she didn't say where she went." Maybe I'm looking for a house, right? ”
But Ouyang Kang thought about it and said. "Go to Shengpingfang."
Ouyang Zhuang glanced at him, and there was a little surprise in his eyes. But seeing that Ouyang Kang didn't want to explain, he didn't ask much.
He was much more familiar with the capital than Ouyang Kang, and quickly brought people to the place.
Although it was broad daylight, it was quiet and there seemed to be no people, except for the soldiers walking around, there was no one around.
Ouyang Zhuang was still wondering if Ouyang Kang had made a mistake, and saw that brother squatting on the ground as if he had eyes on the back of his head. Almost melted into the background wall in front of the girl.
"Sister Mu, why are you sitting here? Found someone? Or will they ignore you? ”
Nian Fu Mumu raised his head, and a pair of Danfeng's eyes, which were always extremely energetic, were empty at the moment, and they were so dim that they were sad.
Ouyang Kang's heart sank, "What's wrong?" ”
The girl replied dumbfoundedly, "I asked." They say, there is no such person. ”
Ouyang Kang was stunned all of a sudden, without this person, what does that mean? It was a false address deliberately reported by her father. Or did you deceive their family at all?
"Did you ask clearly? Maybe it's the people of the previous dynasty, but the people of the current don't know the way? ”
The girl tugged at the corners of her mouth and squeezed out a smile that was so bleak that it was worse than crying, "When the war was raging in the previous dynasty." There have been many deaths here, but none of them are surnamed Mu. ”
The girl never thought that she would come all the way here. I have worked so hard to find here, and I am even ready to be the daughter of a criminal minister. As a result, the words asked were - there was no such person.
Who the hell is her father?
Who is her husband?
That made Hui Niang wait for fifteen years, and looked forward to it for fifteen years. Who is the man who has believed in it for fifteen years?
She's a fifteen-year-old Nianfu, which father is she reading?
Tears finally couldn't help but fall from the corners of his eyes, and instantly surged into a river.
Nian Fu stared at the neighborhood where the family of the prisoner was still imprisoned, and it was as quiet as death, eager to dig three feet into the ground and find out that person for questioning.
"Why is he trying to lie to us? Whoever he is, he said! Why do you have to lie to us? I didn't think about how he could soar, but since he chose to be someone's father and husband, why would he lie for him? He didn't know what to say, would he harm a woman for the rest of his life? And his daughter, doesn't he know how bullied a fatherless child is? ”
Wiping a handful of tears, Nianfu didn't know if Lu Dao was crying for himself, or for the girl who was originally called Nianfu, "His daughter, when he was bullied since he was a child and joked that he was a fatherless child, where was he?" Where was his daughter, when she was burned by the fire, and when she had such a big cut on her head, and was wounded to death? And his wife, and his daughter, got up early in the New Year to grind tofu, molested people, forced people to court, and even humiliated people in public, and when they quit their relatives, where was he? Where is it? ”
The girl cried and scolded, Huo Di stood up, pointed to the place where Hui Niang had been thinking for more than ten years, and tears rained, "Just for this broken place, his wife has been hanging for fifteen years, just for this broken place, his daughter almost died on the road!" But what are you waiting for? What is it! Mu Shaoqin, you come out! You bastard, you're the most bastard, the worst bastard in the world! You come out, Mu Shaoqin! ”
Ouyang Zhuang stood behind, watching, listening, but couldn't say a word. He could only watch his brother, the brother from the countryside, step by step, hug the girl, and let her cry in his arms.
Actually, brother, I want to cry too, right?
The girl waited for fifteen years to find this place, but what about my brother, is he eighteen or nineteen this year?
Ouyang Zhuang didn't know what to do.
He only knew that he was seventeen years old this year, and he had never left his father and mother for a day since he was born.
He didn't know what kind of life this brother lived in the countryside and how he grew up in the days without his father and mother? Did he miss his father and the person who was supposed to be closest to him?
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In the silent Shengping Fang, someone asked suspiciously, "Why do I seem to hear that someone is shouting Shaoqin?" ”
"Did you hear me wrong? How can anyone in this world know the name of Lu Dao? ”
The crying grew hoarse, and finally faded away. The man let out a soft sigh, slightly stunned. (To be continued......)