However, Qu Ning's adventurous idea has not yet had time to be fully realized, due to the change of the strength and weakness of the situation in Beijing, the Tang family marshal announced at the end of the month that he will be two months later, that is, at the end of the year, on the occasion of removing the old and welcoming the new, to achieve the reform and republican form of government, and on the first day of the new year, New Year's Day, the election of the president.

Tang Dashuai also ordered Tang Shaoshuai that he had found a good family for his daughter-in-law, and would marry the Li family, who was very famous at that time, and marry her to Li Benchu, the eldest son of the Li family, who was very famous among scholars.

When Tang Shaoshuai received the letter, his face was pale, and when he returned to the back house, although he didn't hit anything, he kept pursing his lips and almost didn't say a word.

When the news reached Tang Key's ears, she stood alone by the window for a while, and she never closed her eyes that night-her face was ugly, so that the maids who followed her all the way from Kyoto did not dare to step forward, and vaguely felt the impending crisis.

Early the next morning, Tang Jian seemed to have secretly made up her mind, and finally made up her mind, and before dawn, she dressed up and went to the main courtyard to find her brother and sister-in-law.

Qu Ning knew this news for about the same time as the young marshal - she had her own sources from the media, although it was not so conclusive from the mouth of the person concerned, but in terms of other gossip, it was more detailed, and there was more analysis and judgment.

According to the news from the newspaper, Li Benchu was pitiful and cherished jade, but in addition to external women, his eloquent mouth made countless enemies - in Qu Ning's words, he was a mouth cannon king.

In addition, the Li family is such a man, Mrs. Li dotes on him excessively, although he has enemies in Beijing on weekdays, he is also a person who can read people's faces, and generally offended people are reluctantly suppressed by the power of the family.

But such a person, whether it is Tang Shaoshuai who is the elder brother, or Tang Key, the person concerned, will never look down on him.

The reason why Tang Dashuai wants to marry his daughter to him is just to take a fancy to the seats of those neutral people behind the Li family in the Congress, in order to win his chances in the upcoming presidential election.

Qu Ning also knew very well that although Tang Shaoshuai was dissatisfied with this marriage, as a son of man, he might have room for his own marriage, but he did not have complete control over his sister's family affairs unless she was allowed to leave home.

It's just that since he is dissatisfied, this conflict may be inevitable.

She thought about it all night, but she didn't get any good ideas, but this couple, who had not slept all night, got up in the morning, and the four black circles smiled bitterly at each other, and then they heard the maid waiting at the door to tell the third lady to wait at the door, and they were all stunned - what could they say when they saw her?

"Let her in." Qu Ning came back to his senses first and spoke. Since people are here, it is inevitable that she will not turn her out.

Tang Jian entered the door, and in the early morning light, he saw a solemn expression and a dignified color.

At this time, the weather was already extremely cold, she walked all the way from the back hall to the master bedroom, her clothes were thin, and she waited at the door for a while, and even her hair could see the frost that had just begun to melt, but her face did not shrink at all, but was a little more calm.

She came in the door, glanced at Young Marshal Tang who was sitting on the main seat, and looked at her sister-in-law with a look of pity, suddenly smiled slightly, and opened her mouth like a shock: "Brother, do you remember that many years ago, I had a high fever that did not go away, and I was almost burned into a fool?" Glancing at Tang Shaoshuai, she suddenly smiled and said, "Look at me, I'm stupid, my brother was still studying abroad when the incident happened, it was difficult to pass on the message, and it was a few months of twists and turns in the middle, and my mother was afraid that she would delay your homework, and I was afraid that I wouldn't say nonsense and nightmares in the letter, right?" ”

As soon as she opened her mouth, she was talking about the old years, and it was an old thing that was almost confused in her memory-I thought that she would open her mouth because she was worried about her fate and marriage, but somehow, she suddenly felt that her throat choked on this breath.

People who have lived in the era of modern information explosion probably have bigger brains, not to mention that she has not got a lot of information, and in the past, there were also speculations about this, and now Tang Key's actions and words are precisely cut into the point that she has always suspected but cannot be confirmed, so that she clenched her fists at this time, and her eyes wandered back and forth between the pair of brothers and sisters, but she didn't say a word.

She was afraid that what she would reveal was the nightmares and old wounds of the past, so she was afraid that if she didn't even listen to it, she would be angry.

Tang Shaoshuai nodded: "Mother didn't tell me in detail, but I still remember it clearly......" He was silent.

He still remembers his state of mind.

Seeing the wrinkles caused by water stains on the paper, he also wondered if something had happened at home, and his mother was just avoiding the important and light. As a result, although he was in a foreign land at that time, he felt the difficulty of being separated from his relatives, and even once thought about whether to return home immediately. It wasn't until the second letter, when his mother said that his sister had recovered, and that his handwriting was cheerful and relieved, that he finally dispelled this idea.

However, he naturally won't mention these old things to his sister.

Tang Jian raised her eyebrows with a smile, her expression at this time actually had a striking resemblance to Tang Shaoshuai: "Then brother, do you know why I have a high fever and nightmares?" ”

Tang Shaoshuai twisted his flying brows, and quietly looked at this face that was similar to him many times: "Sister, I have something to say." ”

"Okay." Tang Jian nodded, "At that time, I saw someone slap my mother, I saw someone pinching my mother's neck and pinching out a bruise, and I also saw my mother crying sadly, and I heard it with my own eyes. ”

Tang Shaoshuai's face changed greatly.

In Gain's last sentence, Tang Jian was almost painted, and his tone was cold and hard, as if it was another person's voice.

Listening to the whispers she imitated, it was as if the scene of that night had appeared in front of him.

Someone grabbed her mother's neck and forced her to do something, she cried and refused, the man finally thought of his son who was still studying outside, slapped her on the bed, and then he walked out of the door angrily, this anger, let him get to the door, and couldn't help whispering "This old woman is dead when she dies, it's a pity for my good son"......

Tang Shaoshuai couldn't help but stretch out his hand and press it on his chest, at that moment a rare loneliness and gloom appeared on his face, as if he was a lone wolf who couldn't find a companion in the four fields, Qu Ning reached out and held his hand, and sighed softly.

Now Tang Key's words confirmed their previous judgment. The only thing that hasn't been solved is just why.

Tang Jian stared at him tightly, leaning forward slightly, and speaking extremely slowly, but as if filled with some indescribable oppressive force: "At that time, no one knew that I was under the bed...... Then, a few months after the dispute, my mother died. It is said that the mother was poisoned by Aunt Xie and them, but Aunt Xie and the others killed their mother and were not corrected, and no one stopped the elder brother from taking revenge on them like that......" She looked at Tang Shaoshuai and asked word by word, "Didn't my brother think about who he wanted his mother to die?" ”

This sentence of reproach came out, and Tang Shaoshuai took a deep breath.

There were already tears in his eyes, but when he breathed in and out, his eyes had already covered the tears.

Then, he looked at the woman in front of him, and there was only strangeness in his eyes.

He closed his eyes and froze.

"Since my sister asks me so many questions, then I also have a question for my sister, you have been silent about it for so many years, and you haven't even revealed the slightest word, but now you have come to tell me the truth, why?" He looked at her, and there was gradually a fire burning in his eyes, "It's that I'm alone, not enough for my sister to rely on, but my sister has a lot of time to tell me the truth secretly, you know that the mastermind is someone else, and you also know that I have been alone for so many years, and my mother's most beloved is you, but do you have the slightest idea that you want your mother to be wronged and not die so hatefully?" ”

Tang Key's complexion turned white inch by inch.

She swallowed the words that had already reached her lips, because she knew that she was speechless in the face of her brother's questioning.

Finally, she hid her face and cried, tears seeping out from between her fingers: "My brother is so accusatory, I have no excuse." But has my brother ever thought about it, we brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for so many years, and I have witnessed the human tragedy of cannibalism with my own eyes, how can I still dare to believe people, in the eyes of that person, only my brother is such a full-fledged son is important, what is the big deal if we girls in the backyard die? I have to save my own life so that I can tell the truth one day! ”

Tang Shaoshuai's eyes, as she explained sentence by sentence, gradually overflowed with indescribable disappointment.

He was covered by the affection of his life, and his eyes were covered.

But no matter how she explained it, for so many years, she didn't mention anything about the old things, but it was the truth.

In her heart, not to mention the initiator, but to their brother and sister-in-law, I am afraid that it is just a friendship on the face.

is close on the surface, but it is just because he knows that his brother, who has reached adulthood and has his own career, can give her shelter.

She may have cowered at the old events and left a mark of fear in her heart, but when he thought of his mother, who had been buried underground for so many years, he couldn't forgive his sister who saw everything in his eyes but didn't say a word.

Such a sister......

He couldn't help but think that if he had died under stray bullets and died in the conspiracy during the years of his conquest of the south and the north, she would have watched coldly, and would never have stood up for him to seek justice.

Because the brother who died was the brother who was useless to her.

A thousand words, ten thousand disappointments, in the end, to the mouth, but only a faint sentence: "My sister's meaning, I already know it." You go back, marriage, I'll push it off for you. "Even if it's a great deal in exchange.

Qu Ning glanced at him, but he also sighed in his heart.

As an elder brother, this man may have done everything he could, but as a daughter, as a younger sister, the woman in front of him is only the word selfishness engraved in his bones.

Before Tang Jian could say more, Tang Shaoshuai waved his hand tiredly: "This is not an exchange of interests, it's just something I, as a brother, originally planned to do for you." ”

It's just that originally it was because of my love for you, but now, seeing your selfishness in such calculations for your relatives, this is my last responsibility as a brother.

Tang Jian took the last step and turned around, and when the door closed, Tang Shaoshuai stretched out his hand to cover his forehead - for some reason, the Yangguan, which should have been gentle in the early morning, was so golden and dazzling at this time.

After a while, he said to Qu Ning, who had always been sitting silently beside him: "When this marriage is withdrawn, you should quickly find a good family for your sister and marry her off." Girls, in the end, they can't keep it, they stay and stay as enemies, this time the marriage is postponed, there will always be a next time. ”

Qu Ning nodded slowly, and only said the word "good".