4. Elder Brother (1)
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In front of his mother, he could only hold back the surging in his heart and hurriedly retired under the excuse of "Mr. is still waiting". Before walking out of the back room, he turned his head and gave Zhuang Yu a meaningful look.
Zhuang Cheng, who was guarding the gate of the main courtyard, soon waited for his eldest brother.
In front of a group of servants and mothers-in-law, Zhuang Cheng grabbed Zhuang Yu's collar exposed outside the armor, and said in his ear: "Shouldn't you be guarding your sister in Panshan Nunnery?" β
Zhuang Yu is as old as the eldest brother. Holding Zhuang Cheng's shoulder, in a gesture of closeness between brothers, Zhuang Yu half-dragged and half-pulled Zhuang Cheng to the other side.
"I left the garrison there." Zhuang Yu also lowered his voice and responded: "There are too many people here, go to your study and tell me about your mother's situation?" β
Knowing that the garrison was still in place, Zhuang Cheng felt a little relieved. But as soon as he returned to the study room, what Zhuang Yu said made the book full of anger, and he couldn't tell that it was Zhuang Cheng, a child of the Zhuang family in Longxi, who blew up.
What Zhuang Yu said was: "Mama Jiang said that my mother was not good, so I was so anxious that I hurried back." But when I saw my mother just now, she was already a lot better? β
"Mother has been bad? As soon as you and your sister were gone, she came to see me at my husband's place until I persuaded her to come back. Zhuang Cheng's hand on the table clenched into a fist, and he couldn't stop trembling. When the tip of his nose was so sore that he even felt itchy at the root of his teeth, Zhuang Cheng, who had not completely lost his mind, stood up and knelt in front of his brother: "Brother, don't say anything." You hurry up and go to Panshan Nunnery to pick up your sister back. β
"Mother, when I came back, I said that I had let one of my father's generals pass. At this hour, my sister almost set off and returned. Besides, my mother told me to do something. Zhuang Yu, who got up Shi Shiran, didn't notice anything wrong, and straightened his cloak and laughed: "You." My sister has only been out of the house for most of the day, and she went to the Panshan Nunnery, which had been dotted more than ten days in advance, to pray for her mother, what can she do? β
Zhuang Yu's words to comfort his brother did not have any effect. While his legs were hugged by his kneeling brother, Zhuang Yu met Zhuang Cheng's red eyes in surprise. In Zhuang Yu's eyes, the younger brother, who has always been powerless, said extremely tough at this moment: "I beg you to go to Panshan Nunnery immediately to pick up my sister back." β
"I know that you and your sister grew up together, unlike meβwhen my sister was born, I had to go to the barracks with my father every day." Patting Zhuang Cheng's shoulder, Zhuang Yu said half-begging and half-spoiling, "Hurry up." The daughter of a dignified and loyal general, and there are nearly 100 garrisons guarding it, and it will be fine if I don't go. β
"You don't know when you know!" Zhuang Cheng got up suddenly, threw down this sentence and walked towards the door, but was held by Zhuang Yu's powerful big hand.
"Mother told me to watch you study." Zhuang Yu, who was only fifteen years old, was as powerful as any general, and he restrained his eldest brother's expression and said in a tone that issued a military order: "I will accompany you to see Mr. β
Zhuang Cheng knew that with his own strength, it would be difficult to break free from his eldest brother who grew up in the barracks. But he tried as best he could. It wasn't until his hands were restrained by Zhuang Yu that he gritted his teeth and glared at his brother: "I only hate myself for falling ill when I was a child, and I can only sit in the backyard and read sage books." If I can urinate in and out of the barracks since I was a child, like you, why should I be so fruitless as I am now, and still be restrained by you? β
"You are my brother, what do you want me to do is just say a word, for my brother will do his best for you. But parents are heavens. Mother told me to watch you stay at my husband's place, how can we do something rebellious and disobedient to Mother's order? In the barracks, Zhuang Yu, who had Zhuang Wangshu's unique demeanor, patiently and softly persuaded: "Just do my brother a favor and listen to my mother's words, okay?" β
Seeing Zhuang Cheng gritting his teeth and turning his face away, Zhuang Yu had no choice but to slightly reduce the strength in his hand. Considering that Congwen's younger brother could not escape his control, and he had a love for growing up with his sister, Zhuang Yu let go of Zhuang Cheng.
"My sister rarely goes out of the house, don't say you're worried, don't I worry? Yes, Panshan Nunnery is far away from the town, and there is a possibility that the Yi tribe may appear, but my mother asked my sister to follow the whole house. The people around me were all hand-picked by my mother, and there were garrisons guarding outside the nunnery, aren't we worried in vain? Pressing Zhuang Cheng into the chair, Zhuang Yu patted him on the shoulder from behind and said, "Listen to my mother." Before dinner, the two of us went to the door together to wait for my sister to come back. β
When Zhuang Cheng's shoulders began to tremble, Zhuang Yu thought that his brother was just indignant that he could not move freely. But when he subconsciously raised his head to look, he saw two lines of clear tears flowing out of the corners of Zhuang Cheng's eyes. Zhuang Yu, who had never seen a man cry, had a blank mind and was stunned.
"The people around me are all picked by my mother...... Zhuang Cheng, who was tearful and laughing, turned his head to look at him, and sighed in a crying voice: "The bad people around me are all picked by my mother." β
"What do I not know?" Zhuang Yu, who woke up from the shock, squatted in front of Zhuang Cheng and asked, "What happened?" β
"If you don't tell you, you're not going to let me go, are you?" After receiving Zhuang Yu's nod in response, Zhuang Cheng closed his eyes and let the tears flow out of his eyes. "A few days ago, my mother called me over, saying that she would let me marry the Guo family next year."
"Miss Guo Jiaqi is also my mother's niece, and my mother once mentioned her to me. You'll be fourteen next year, and you should make a family appointment. After nodding in agreement, Zhuang Yu frowned: "What do you want to say?" β
When he opened his eyes and looked at his brother, who was completely a copy of his father, Zhuang Cheng simply confessed: "The night before, I stood outside my sister's courtyard for one night. This is the first time I want to go to see Shuo'er, but I didn't go in. I...... I don't know what it's like to see her. Tell her that I don't want to get married, I just want to stay with her for the rest of my life? I'm afraid she's freaking out! β
Whether Zhuang Shuo will be frightened, Zhuang Cheng, who has not tried it, does not know. He only knew that the eldest brother, who had always been steady, was frightened by himself. Zhuang Yu, who was sitting on the ground, completely lost the demeanor of a child of the family, and looked at him with his mouth open for a long time before shouting angrily: "You and Shuo'er are compatriots of the same mother, how can you!" If this matter spreads, not to mention our family, the entire Longxi Zhuang family, including my mother's mother's mother's family, the Langao Guo family, will be finished. β
Zhuang Cheng asked himself: Do you want to tell your eldest brother the truth and let him stop looking at me with the eyes of ghosts and gods?
Zhuang Cheng, who knew that this matter was too big and didn't want his brother to be involved, chose to acquiesce.
"Yes, the reputation of the two dynasties is gone, not to mention being excluded from the family, the children of the Zhuang Guo family can't even stay in the court." Zhuang Cheng, who was holding his head in his hands, snorted coldly, and his tone was firm: "But I'd rather have something with Shuo'er." If the wood is already in the boat, even if the mother wants to do something to Shuo'er, she will have concerns, right? β
"How could a mother do something to her daughter?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuang Yu thought of a precedent. That was decades ago, and it was rumored that the family of brother and sister in love chose to let the woman disappear. The practice of "abandoning the woman and protecting the child" maintains the only prestige that the family can rely on, and it is naturally praised by the family......