Chapter 16: The Dark Tide is surging
Hearing that the man in black had crossed the wall, Dong Xiaoyou hurriedly opened the door and ran out, because more than ten people were injured by the man in black, the family had not completely dispersed, and several brothers and sisters of the Xu family gathered in Meixiang Garden, listening to Xu Ban whispering that it was the second sister Xu Jiang who knocked the man in black back, Dong Xiaoyou was shocked: I didn't expect this second sister who looked graceful to be a heroine, no wonder Xu Rong remembered when he was a child, although the second sister was not very friendly to herself, she never beat herself like Xu Yi and others...... Although Xu Rong was very naughty and rude when he was young, he was a weak woman after all, and she was young, if Xu Jiang, who was born with great strength, really started to do it, I was afraid that Xu Rong's little life would have been gone. Thinking www.biquge.info of this, Dong Xiaoyou was shocked into a cold sweat in her heart, she was more or less speechless that day, if Xu Jiang turned his face with her at that time, what would it be? Thinking about it, I am somewhat grateful that Xu Jiang has never done it to himself.
Dong Xiaoyou suddenly felt a little more awe of Xu Jiang, and this time thanks to Xu Jiang's move, she wanted to take this opportunity to resolve her grudge with Xu Jiang, she bowed generously to Xu Jiang, and thanked her softly: "Thank you for the second sister today, I didn't expect the second sister to have a unique skill, Rong'er admires it." ”
Xu Jiang regained his indifferent expression at this time, and said, "What kind of stunt?" It's just some fist and foot kung fu, and you haven't seen it with your own eyes, so don't talk nonsense. He ignored Xu Rong anymore, turned around and left. made Dong Xiaoyou feel embarrassed and dissatisfied in her heart, hum, this second sister is still the same, it's really annoying. Xu Ban also felt that Xu Jiang's attitude was not very friendly, so he hurriedly pulled Xu Rong with a smile and comforted her with kind words.
Xu Fu ordered the two family members to "escort" Gongsun Leopard back to the Taishou Mansion, and when Gongsun Leopard was carried out of the mansion, he specially said to Biluo: "The son of the Gongsun family is afraid that there will be misdeeds towards the fourth sister in the future, you must take strict precautions, and you must not let the evil ghost in the color sneak into this garden easily." Biluo listened, secretly frightened, early in the morning I heard that this Gongsun Leopard in Xuansu County is incapacitated, notorious, if it is not good for the fourth lady in the future, how can he be worthy of the master's special arrangement? She also quietly pulled a few maids and the servants in front of and behind Mei Xiangyuan, and asked them to be more vigilant on weekdays, especially when the fourth lady was bathing or sleeping, she must not relax. So I said no more of these commandments.
Xu Yi went back and told his mother Mrs. Wang and younger brother Xu Ye about the black-clothed man's trouble with Mei Xiangyuan, and Mrs. Wang was puzzled: "Isn't this Mei Xiangyuan bad luck because it has not lived for a long time?" Why didn't the four girls move in for a long time, and so many things happened? ”
Xu Yi said again: "What bad luck? The evil theory is groundless. But that's not all, it is said that it was the first man in black to be discovered by Gongsun Gongzi at that time. ”
"Which grandson?"
"Mother, that Gongsun Gongzi is the righteous son of Taishou Gongsun Yu, Gongsun Leopard." Xu Yi paused and said mysteriously, "Mother, look... Why did this grandson appear outside the Meixiang Garden at night? I heard that the fourth sister was planning to take a bath at that time. ”
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was shocked and asked, "Isn't it, that Gongsun Leopard is secretly beating your fourth sister's idea?" ”
Xu Yi replied: "I also asked the eldest brother, he only saw the fourth sister for the first time yesterday, this person has always been greedy for beauty, I think he is probably in love with the fourth sister." ”
Mrs. Wang said again: "There is such a thing! Although Gongsun Leopard is said to be too guarded and beloved, he has a good personality and is not a good person, if he comes to pester your fourth sister in the future, what can he do? ”
Xu Yi smiled and said: "The fourth sister is beautiful and captivating, sooner or later she will marry into a wealthy family, this Gongsun Yu Taishou can also be regarded as a figure in Youzhou who is against the sky, if the fourth sister is allowed to marry his beloved son Gongsun Leopard, isn't it also a beautiful thing?" ”
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she shook her head again and again: "No!" That Gongsun Leopard doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, and I heard that he is greedy for women and often harms the women of good families, how can we rest assured that he is such a domineering person? Besides, I heard that he had married the young lady of the Guan family, a big family in Jixian County, last year, how could I let your fourth sister marry him as a concubine? Your fourth sister now has a gentle and pleasant personality, and you must choose a virtuous man, such as the disciple of Gongsun Leopard, and you must not marry him. ”
Xu Yi listened, but he also secretly pondered and stopped talking, but Xu Ye on the side persuaded: "Mother, I also care about this sister, but you don't have to forget, that Aunt Zou invited a Taoist priest to exorcise ghosts yesterday and provoked the fourth sister, I think that although the fourth sister is well-behaved and lovely, she is actually full of scheming, I am afraid that sooner or later she will find out about it, didn't you say that yesterday afternoon she also asked you and Aunt Murong how her mother died?" I'm afraid that the paper can't contain the fire, Aunt Zou is now crazy, timid, Aunt Murong is cowardly, if one day the fourth sister asks about the loss of proportion, and comes out, the fourth sister will definitely tell her father all these things, and at that time, we will not be able to live in peace! ”
Xu Yi listened, and also echoed: "That's true, although I apologized to the fourth sister, but that day, Xu Ban almost said the matter, I really didn't expect the fourth brother to be so stupid, could it be that he still thought that it had nothing to do with his mother's relatives?" ”
When Mrs. Wang heard this, her face changed greatly, and she said, "Don't mention this matter again!" The matter of your four sisters' mothers has nothing to do with anyone in the house, don't say it again! Then she stood up dejectedly and said, "If that Gongsun Leopard really comes to propose, I will agree, but I'm afraid the matter still has to be said by the master." She left Xu Yi and Xu Ye, and went back to the room to rest, she had some heart palpitations, and every time she mentioned Chen, she felt anxious and uneasy.
After Mrs. Wang left, Xu Ye whispered again: "Since this is the case, my mother can be regarded as acquiescing." Then we will go to Gongsun Leopard to ask, if Gongsun Leopard is really moved by the fourth sister, then tell Gongsun Leopard, we can secretly match them, now that my father is out of the house, as long as I take advantage of this time to let Gongsun Leopard do something, and then ...... Even if the fourth sister is unwilling, she can't help it. ”
Xu Yi worried: "Can this be done?" ”
Xu Ye was full of confidence: "Gongsun Leopard is not a safe person, I think he will readily agree." ”
Xu Yi asked again: "If the eldest brother and the others know, I'm afraid even the eldest brother will be angry......
"Although the eldest brother has a straightforward personality, but that Aunt Zou is now a little crazy and stupid, let's understand it with reason, move it with affection, and the eldest brother will eventually agree to this matter."
Xu Yi listened, nodded again and again, and sighed: "It's just...... This is really pitiful for the fourth sister, if she goes to Gongsun Leopard's house as a concubine, I am afraid that she will be bullied by that gentleman in the future, Gongsun Leopard is frivolous and wild, and affectionate, and will definitely find another beauty in the future, and the fourth sister is a concubine, Gongsun Leopard will never pity her. ”
Xu Ye persuaded: "Second brother, no matter how gorgeous and well-behaved the fourth sister is, after all, it is our younger sister, and she is going to get married, and if she stays in the mansion for a long time, I am afraid that it will not be good for us, so we must be decisive in this matter and eliminate this scourge!" Besides, the fourth sister is delicate and lovely, even if it's you and me, don't you love her very much now? No matter how amorous Gongsun Leopard is, he is a man after all, and he is not a ruthless person, so we don't have to worry too much about the fourth sister suffering. ”
Xu Yi listened, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "...... It's up to you, and you'll do these things. After all, he felt guilty about the fourth sister.
That night, outside the city of Liaoyang, Xuanwu County, the man in black fled all the way, and he had already thrown off the Xu Mansion family who had been chasing from the mansion to the outside of the city. He came to a valley, and in front of him was a man with a sturdy figure, who could not see clearly because of the darkness of the night, but who was dressed in extraordinary clothes, and when the man in black saw him, he immediately knelt down and saluted.
"My subordinates have seen Lord Yi!"
"Long Zhao, I have already instructed the two of us to save a lot of etiquette." Although this man's voice sounded young, he was full of majesty, and he seemed to have a good status.
"The subordinates don't dare." The man in black took off the black cloth that was originally wrapped around his face, and his face was delicate, like a beautiful woman carved in pink, but it was a pity for his male body.
"How's it going? Looking at you like this, I'm afraid you didn't find that thing successfully, right? ”
"Yes, the subordinates have infiltrated the Xu Mansion, because it is accurate that the Xu Qian has left the house these days, but the West Chamber, the terrain is not very familiar, so I entered a courtyard, but the information is wrong, there is not a person there, but a young lady lives in, and there are several maids and maids, I wanted to find an opportunity to sneak to the study, but was discovered by the righteous son of the Gongsun Domain, and the Xu Mansion Ding quickly surrounded his subordinates, and I didn't expect that the Xu family had a woman who was good at martial arts, and the subordinates reluctantly put the hidden weapon to get off."
“…… Alas, it seems that our plan has not caught up with the change, and the West Chambers should have been uninhabited, but why is that Gongsun Leopard there? ”
"The subordinates don't know very well, but that Gongsun Leopard was originally a prodigal son, and now it seems that the courtyard is mostly occupied by the young lady of the Xu Mansion, I am afraid that the night will sneak into the Xu Mansion for the sake of the young lady."
"Hmph, I really didn't expect that that mere disciple to inadvertently ruin my big thing! …… Then you didn't leave anything bad for us, did you? ”
"My lord, please rest assured, the hidden weapons that are shot out are all short cones made by Xuansu County, so I am not afraid that they will check it."
"It's just...... I didn't expect that there would be a woman's martial arts that would not lose to you, from this point of view, this Xu Mansion still hides the dragon and the crouching tiger. ”
"It's... The subordinates are ashamed. Long Zhao lowered his head, "The subordinates are not doing their work effectively, please ask the adults to surrender." "Long Zhao has been trained since he was a child, and he knows that once he fails the mission, he will definitely be punished, and the small one will suffer in the flesh and blood, and the big one will die to apologize.
"That's it, now is the time to employ people, now the saint is mediocre, appointing traitors, I heard that the Taiping Dao is now widely popular in the Quartet, I am afraid that in a few years, the world will be in chaos, and when the time comes, I still need you to contribute to me." Although the man was understated, a short sentence contained the thousands of cities in his chest.
"My subordinates have thanked the adults for not killing!"
"Okay, we have to think long-term again, if we don't succeed today, we will inevitably startle the snake, let's not make any moves during this time, and then wait for the opportunity to move."
"Yes."
With that, the two figures disappeared into the valley with the sound of the howling wind.
The next day, Xu Ye personally went to Gongsun Leopard's Mansion to pay a visit and discuss with Gongsun Leopard.
Gongsun Leopard was very happy when he heard this: "If the whole Xu Mansion agrees, then I should naturally take the lead." Then he showed a sly look and asked, "But, aren't your fourth sisters only thirteen years old?" At such a young age, you relatives are in a hurry to marry her out of the house, isn't she threatening you? ”
Xu Ye suddenly looked flustered, but when Gongsun Leopard saw it, his eyes rolled, and he just laughed and said: "Don't worry, brother Xian, my eldest brother Xu Fu and I are good brothers, just by virtue of this, if you have something inconvenient to say, I don't have to ask, fair lady, good gentleman." Your fourth sister will enter my grandson's house in the future, although she is a concubine, I will not treat her badly. In fact, he is just a womanizer, as long as he can get the woman he likes, he will naturally not care about other people's problems.
Xu Ye breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If that's the case, I'll thank Brother Gongsun first." ”
Gongsun Leopard waved his hand generously, and asked: "It's just that I saw that your second sister is also beautiful and moving, and last night she showed her heroism, she is really a heroine among women!" I heard that she is almost eighteen, so wouldn't it be better to marry her to me first? ”
When Xu Ye heard this, he felt a burst of disgust in his heart: Why is this person so insatiable? But there can't be any disgust on his face, just a worried expression: "My second sister is irritable by nature, and she is born with divine powers, if she gets angry with Brother Gongsun, I'm afraid she will hurt you......"
"Well, it's okay. Your fourth sister is still young, so it's better to marry your second sister to me first. Gongsun Leopard had a greedy expression on his face.
Xu Ye's face changed drastically, and he said, "This ...... The second sister has a fierce personality, but she is afraid of her...... In comparison, my fourth sister still has a gentle personality, and you ...... you, Brother Gongsun."
When Gongsun Leopard heard this, he said with a bored face: "In this case, then it's up to you, anyway, as long as you hold the beauty, then I won't lose." ”
When Xu Ye heard this, he was also relieved, so he secretly planned with Gongsun Leopard: "In a few days, our house will arrange for our relatives to go out to worship our ancestors, and when the time comes, ......" The two secretly planned one thing.
But it was said that Mei Xiangyuan's side, since the incident of the man in black, has strengthened its vigilance, in addition to the family patrolling outside every day, Biluo also ordered Ye'er, Mei'er, Yi'er and other maids to take turns guarding the fourth lady every night, seeing that they are so tired, Dong Xiaoyou can't help it, but he thinks that he is indeed powerless, so he didn't dissuade him. In this way, more than ten days have passed, and the whole of the mansion and garden are all safe.
On this day, it is the day of worship of ancestors in Xufu, starting from the fifth watch, Xufu is busy, the firewood house and the upper and lower parts of the house began to prepare the livestock to worship the ancestors and the food that the house needs to go out, the family members are busy with their own carriages and horses, sacrificial ritual utensils, etc., and the maids in the palace garden are also busy, not only to take care of the clothes for the ladies and ladies, but also to prepare their own supplies.
The arrangement of the carriage and horses is: first of all, Mrs. Wang, the wife of Master Xu, and a grandmother, two maids (due to the limited carriage and horses, the female dependents in the general house can only carry two maids to serve all the way) a carriage, and then Murong's, Xu Jiang, and two maids are a carriage, Xu Fu, Xu Ban, and two scholars are a carriage, Xu Yi, Xu Ye, and two scholars are a carriage, Xu Rong, Biluo, Ye'er, and Mei'er (because Xu Rong is the first time to go out to worship his ancestors, in previous years she was excluded, and now she is particularly favored, so she takes special care, Let her bring three maids) a carriage. Steward Chen and several old men in the house had a carriage, and the rest of the men and servants were all riding horses or walking, and they also prepared horses for the four sons to ride, and the number of people on this trip was more than 100 people, which showed the wealth of the Xu family.
Dong Xiao has been looking forward to this day for a long time, since she came to ancient times, she has never been out of the Xu Mansion Compound, which has long made her feel bored, today she can finally go out of the house to play, she is overjoyed, she got up early in the morning, with a burst of anticipation on her face, after Biluo and others dressed her dress, they each packed up the fruits and tea they needed on the road, and put away her jade zither to take it to the carriage. Dong Xiaoyou was a little puzzled: Isn't it just to go out to worship her ancestors, she remembers that when she went to worship her ancestors in that era, she only needed to bring some fruits, paper money, etc., why do you need to be so troublesome? And I saw that the cooks also brought out the pigs and cattle and other livestock...... Only then did I remember that the ancient sacrifices to the ancestors seemed to have to slaughter animals now... It's so pitiful, she doesn't dare to look at it.
But after all, I was able to get out of the house, and I naturally looked forward to it in my heart. The time was almost up, and Biluo came to help her: "Fourth Miss, the hour is almost up, we should also go out of Meixiangyuan to take the carriage." ”
Dong Xiaoyou got up, "Okay, Sister Biluo, I'm not an old woman, I don't need to be helped~~ Or I'll help you!" She giggled and joked with Biluo, who was originally a female gentleman because she had followed her master all the year round, so she acted rigorously and moderately. But these days, he has been subjected to many "teasing" by Dong Xiaoyou, and now he is gradually getting used to it.
Yi'er sent them outside the house, and said with some reluctance: "Sisters, you have to take care of the fourth lady, the outside of the house is not as good as the inside of the house, you must be careful." ”
Dong Xiaoyou was a little embarrassed, because she wanted to take Yi'er with her, but the regulations could only let her bring up to three maids, so she had to leave Yi'er alone in the garden, "I'm sorry, Sister Yi'er." ”
Yi'er smiled slightly: "Fourth Miss don't say this, Yi'er is just worried about the safety of Fourth Miss, but with Sister Biluo and them by her side, it doesn't hurt to think about it, Fourth Miss just take a look at the scenery outside the house." ”
"Hmm~~!" Dong Xiao was jumping with joy, a delicate little face was smiling like a flower, today she was wearing a set of light white dresses, as she turned her body happily and gently, the skirt danced lightly, looking as beautiful and moving as a fairy.
On the other side, Xu Yi, who was looking at the fourth sister from afar, looked at her expectant and excited smile, and suddenly felt panicked and guilty: the fourth sister didn't know that there was already a conspiracy gradually approaching her at this time.