Chapter XVII
After Aunt Yang's troubles were over, I met with Wang Shaoxia and others at the house where they lived. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 According to Wang Yu, after several months of investigation, only one news seems to be related to the poison. After all, there are many kinds of chronic poisons, and the symptoms are not nearly the same, if it is not for the vicious fight in the rivers and lakes, it is even more difficult for someone to be poisoned and die, but recently there was a murder case in the capital, and it was judged that he died of poison, but he couldn't see what poison he was in, and the case happened suddenly, and there were no clues left, so it temporarily became an unsolved case, and was regarded as a casual conversation after dinner.
It happened that Na Zuo had some friendship with Fengyang Villa, so Wang Yu asked him to help Zhuang Nan, who knew medical skills, pretend to be a doctor to visit him, and came to the conclusion that this poison and the poison in his wife were not the same, but definitely from the same type of poison. This conclusion indirectly indicates that it is possible that the murderer who poisoned Madame back then has resurfaced and continues to harm people, or as I think, this is a foreign poison, and the poison may be another person from a foreign land. But whatever the reason, finding the person who poisoned him will help solve the mystery of the poison that the lady was poisoned in.
After some discussion, they decided to ask the public about the progress of the case while conducting an investigation on their own, looking for suspects who might have been poisoned and investigating them one by one. Although the government has the right to arrest people for interrogation in an open and honest manner, there are countless people who complain and complain every day, and the government will not pay attention to one thing for too long, so it still depends on the joint investigation of everyone in Fengyang Villa, but such a master of poison must not be a person who will sit still and wait for death, so the matter was delayed for a while.
As the young lady's wedding is approaching, the house is full of joy. At the beginning of the month, the eldest maid beside Mrs. Liu talked back and forth, saying that Miss's dowry was built as scheduled, and now it was placed in an idle garden waiting to be packed.
Although Mrs. Liu's words were only shown to others, after all, it was related to the face of herself and the Protector's Mansion, so Miss still decided to go over to check it in person. Who knows that the second and third ladies don't know where to get the news, the young lady just entered the garden with the front foot, and they followed the back foot, as if it was an agreement, and I was afraid that the young lady would not let them watch, so I congratulated the young lady on this good fate, and said a bunch of polite words as a sister who also wanted to see the dowry that the lady had purchased for the young lady, and it was also an eye-opening polite remark.
After a look, I just feel that there are a lot of dazzling, it is really big to furniture, small to digging ear spoons, almost everything is available for life, I can't complain that the daughter-in-law has a lot of dowry, and she can be tough in the husband's house, but I am afraid that in addition to eating, almost all of them are used are their own dowry, no matter what, it is not a man raising a daughter-in-law, but if the husband's family is down, it is necessary for the daughter-in-law to make up the dowry herself to make a living. Thinking about it this way, although there were many wives and concubines in ancient times, the main wife was the main wife, and it was not necessary to give enough face to other people's dowries.
"Although the furniture did not choose the best materials to do, but fortunately, the workmanship is meticulous, and the carved lacquer color is still excellent, and my wife must have put some effort into it." Yunyan said, "The jewelry and ornaments slave maid have taken a closer look, the variety is very complete, but most of the jewelry looks a little ordinary, fortunately, the weight is sufficient, if the young lady doesn't like it, it is easy to melt it and remake some hearty ones in the future." Chun Tao also expressed her opinion. I really don't see any advantages and disadvantages, I just think that this Mrs. Liu is quite tactful, after all, she and Miss have not had much intersection over the years, if you really care about buying a beautiful dowry for Miss, I'm afraid that Miss will not easily accept her love, and really treat her as her own mother, but it is better to do this, it seems that she has used some thoughts, and it is enough to have a virtuous reputation before and after people.
"Although I don't know if she is sincere, it is rare to be able to do this, but I still let Uncle Mu pick a few good things and put them in my mother's dowry, it is indispensable to prevent people, especially the things I commonly use, or use my own peace of mind." The young lady instructed, "Miss, don't worry, by repairing things, a lot of things have been transferred in, and no one will find anything if they are boxed. Yunyan replied.
Although I didn't have anything to do these days, everyone in the courtyard was busy, and I didn't have a chance to go out to meet Ah Ye, I don't know if he also missed me, so I picked a sunny day and came to visit the young lady with the eldest young master. Originally, when my sister got married, the younger brothers didn't need to add makeup to her like brothers and sisters-in-law, but they still brought some things, just saying that it was a gift to congratulate Miss on her marriage. The young lady said a few polite words, and accepted it calmly. In fact, Miss seems to have infinite scenery and transcendent status, but her mother's early death will still affect her fate to some extent, after all, there is no housemother to support herself, no brother can rely on, although her uncle and grandparents are very fond of her, but after all, there is a layer of separation, except for the divorce of his wife, the swallowing of the dowry, beatings and other bad events, the rest of the things, always have to rely on themselves to fight, which is why, although the two younger brothers of the young lady are immature, she also needs to actively win over. Fortunately, the friendship of the past is still there, and they are also sensible, and they have lived up to Miss's maintenance, and they will always come to visit Miss often, and naturally there are good things and fresh interesting things to share with Miss.
"Sister Shuang, it's not my turn to worry about the marriage, but I look at my sister here, there are more maids and servants, although my wife also arranged two rooms to marry, but I also have a Xiaosi, I want to send it to my sister to call, it is not someone else, it is my eldest follower Liu Yi, his family has made a marriage with Xia He's family earlier, I estimate that Xia He always has to follow his sister, and I can't bear to let them separate, so I sent my sister to marry together, do some housekeeping and errands, if my sister has anything difficult in her husband's house in the future, it is good that someone will pass the word no." It is rare that Liu Chang can come up with such a thoughtful way to give it away, so it seems that he is determined to share honor and disgrace with Miss.
"It's really hard for you to give up, I remember that he followed you when he was a child, he was smart and clever and could do things, so my sister didn't shirk it, but it's just the same, if you regret it, and then you want to come back, I will not give it, and our family Xia He will not respond." Miss quipped. Back and forth, this alliance is concluded, everyone knows it, and they are very happy for Miss, of course, except for Xia He herself, she glared at Miss with shame and annoyance, and ran out, now everyone couldn't hold back and laughed, it was really rare to see Xia He speechless and walked away by popularity.
Just when everyone was overjoyed, Ah Ye gave me a look and motioned me to go out first, so I found a reason to exit first, and after a while, Ah Ye also came out and ordered: "Sister Shuang said that the flowers in the back garden are blooming, and you will lead the way, and I will go and see the freshness." "Such a flawed excuse, he also said it, and the little maids at the door didn't think it was strange, who didn't know what flowers would bloom in addition to spring?
But how could I demolish him, since I was called back by Miss, we seem to have not seen each other for a long time, men and women in love always want to see each other every day, not to mention that the communication here is blocked, we have to take care of the defense of men and women, if they didn't come today, I can't find a reason to go to Zhuyuan to see him. At this moment, I was naturally extremely happy, but I still had to pretend to salute and guide him to the back garden without breaking the rules.
As soon as I entered the back garden, he hugged me from behind, which scared me a lot, if I didn't know it was him, I was afraid that my screams would resound in the sky at this moment. "What are you doing, don't let go quickly, be careful of being seen!" Although my heart is as beautiful as eating honey, but after all, this is the young lady's garden, full of maids, and he used to be behaving in a good manner, why is he behaving like this at the moment, it really makes me happy and afraid.
"Don't move, just take a moment, everyone has been called to the front yard by my sister, don't worry." Ah Ye hugged me so tightly, I gradually relaxed, this feeling of being protected is so good, especially because it is him, the person I have wanted to know countless times, at this moment, he will hold me emotionally, will talk to me, will care about me, what else do I want?
He hugged me for a while, then slowly turned me around and said, "Seeing my sister behave like this, presumably she agreed to our affairs?" Seeing that I nodded slightly, he seemed to be happier than me, "Great, then when will I ask my sister for you?" Tomorrow? Day after tomorrow? I'll talk about it later. "A sentence that obviously sounds very beautiful, but it makes my heart as cold as ice and snow in an instant, he actually chose to be with me in this way, but in this way, what am I, a maid who is given away at will between sisters and brothers? Or is it a room man who was kindly given by my sister? Either way, I lost the possibility of being able to compete with him.
I slowly broke free from his restraints and said, "I don't want to go to the bamboo garden with you." "Why? Is my sister still in need of you? I promise I'll pick a good maid and give it back to her. Feiying, listen to me, my sister is going to get married after all, and you said that since she agreed to our affairs, she will definitely give you to me before she gets married, right? Do you still want to marry with your sister? If that's the case, how can I be embarrassed to ask her for you again in the future? I saw the surprise and panic in his eyes, and suddenly felt much better, at least he still cared about me, although the method was a little inconsistent, but I could tell him and persuade him.
"Ah Ye, I must be married, the reason why Miss brought me to the capital from Jinzhou is because she has such a thought, her road to her husband's house is not easy to walk, I have promised to help her. But Ah Ye, I have an appointment with Miss, after I am eighteen years old, Miss will let me out, free marriage, so now it seems that it is just from this garden to another garden, and my future fate has nothing to do with it, but unfortunately I am still young, long time, I wonder if you are willing to wait for me? I explained calmly. If it weren't for his urgency, I really didn't want to tell him my agreement with Miss so soon, after all, our love is like fireworks at the moment, just a little gorgeous, and I am only fourteen this year, what will our love be consumed in four years, even I can't guess myself, how dare I ask him to wait?
"How so? Didn't my sister agree? Why don't I beg her again? He saw the firmness in my eyes, and suddenly hugged me helplessly, and said, "Ah Ying, I thought we would be able to face each other soon." You don't know, as soon as I go to school these days, I will go to sit in the teahouse you love to go, thinking that maybe I miss you, and you will suddenly appear in front of me. Looking at his lonely eyes and sad expression, I couldn't help but open my mouth to comfort him, but he blocked my mouth and said, "Ah Ying, if it's you, I'm willing to wait, but I'm really afraid that you will leave me, just like them... So non-shadow, we see each other from time to time, okay? ”
I finally couldn't help but shed tears, is this really that personable Wu Ye? Obviously, there are so many people who love him, he can treat it indifferently, how can he be afraid of losing a humble and ordinary-looking me?
"Ahem, ahem... A cough disrupted our sad atmosphere, I hurriedly wiped my tears with my sleeve and tidied up my appearance, while Wu Ye turned around to block the embarrassed me, only to hear the eldest young master say, "Ah Ye, it's time to go." "Good!" He turned around and patted me on the head, and left with the eldest young master.
I just felt that I was uneasy, so I didn't go to see the young lady, and went back to the house to wash my face and rest. "What did they say, did you listen carefully?" The young lady asked, sending the two young masters away, and only Yunyan and Yunxiu were left in the room to serve. "I heard it all, the young master wanted to leave before the young lady's marriage, even if she had a conscience, Xiao learned about the Entu report, and did not promise the young master to tell the young lady's secret. only said that after she was released at the age of eighteen, she could not follow the young master cousin, and the rest were two people who were there to talk to me, and the slave and maid couldn't learn it. "That's right, it was Yunxiu who answered, she was very good, how easy it was to listen to a corner.
"It's not in vain that Miss has high hopes for her, just as she promised that day, she will never reveal Miss's affairs to Young Master Cousin because of her children's personal feelings. Miss, you don't need to worry about it. Yunyan said a few words at the right time, which can be regarded as calming Miss's heart. After all, Feiying is young, and if she doesn't use it well, it's a double-edged sword, if she really can't pass the emotional level, presumably the secret will be revealed sooner or later, and all the previous efforts will be in vain.
After a break for half an afternoon, I came to my senses and was about to go to work in the warehouse, but Xia He pushed the door in, put something on the table, and said: "This is sent in by the young master Liu Yi from the cousin, you can see for yourself, but I still want to say more, you still remember the burden on your own body, don't disappoint the young lady, and finally get a chicken and egg to beat, the gain outweighs the loss." She finished speaking, glanced at me, and went out.
Of course, I understand that Xia He is for my good, the reason why I can enter the capital is that Miss sees my talent and wants me to help her fulfill her wish, if there is no Wu Ye, no matter whether I succeed or not, as long as I do my best, Miss will definitely trust me and attach importance to me. But I chose Wu Ye, and forced Miss to accept our affairs, if I really disappointed her, even if she and Wu Ye did not have a direct conflict of interest, they would still feel that I was serving the second master, and it was inevitable that there would be suspicions. I have to say that the two of us have a huge disparity in identity, so we are so passive. But at this moment, I have nothing to do, I just hope that God will open her eyes, I wish Miss her wish to come true as soon as possible, and I can withdraw as soon as possible.
I opened the brocade box given by Wu Ye, which contained the bamboo pendant and a letter that we won together, I took out the letter paper and read it carefully, to the effect that if you want to meet in the future, you can send the jade pendant through Liu Yi a day in advance or send it back, and the next day after school, I will go to Yixianglou, that is, the teahouse I often go to meet. If there are things or messages that are not very important, you can also let them convey them on your behalf, and at the end, she said that she had asked the young lady for permission to allow me to go out and meet him privately without delaying my errands.
In this way, Ah Ye is indeed attentive to her. Although I have known for a long time that this cousin is not simple, I didn't expect that after only a few years, he would be able to have such means to make the relationship between our shop, Fengyang Villa and me clear. What I didn't expect was that he took the initiative to reveal his years of operation for the sake of Feiying, and frankly said that he was willing to help me. I have to say, Feiying is really my blessed general, I'm sure Ah Ye has established an independent news network in the capital, but it's a pity that his mother went early, I'm afraid it's the matter of that meeting, he can't investigate it, but the matter of that mysterious person, he can let him investigate. The young lady said thoughtfully.
"Miss, since the young master promised not to let Feiying know about the transaction between us, naturally there will be no problem, why don't you let the slave and maid keep an eye on this matter, and when the news comes back, she will tell Feiying that it is Fengyang Villa to investigate, although she has many eyes, but she never thinks crookedly about her own people, presumably the young master has never mentioned his ability to Feiying, we just pretend not to know, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." Yunyan said.
"Ah Yan, am I too bad? The two of them are obviously very good, but for the sake of my business, one does not dare to leave me, and the other is willing to use me, and I am still here for fear that they may betray me, reveal my secrets, and make it impossible for them to understand each other's suffering. But Ah Yan, I'm really scared, I'm so scared that I won't be able to hate my mother for the rest of my life, I don't know what else can support me to fight for all the time besides this reason? Looking at the sad and helpless Miss, Yunyan empathized, after all, Mrs. was so kind and loved Miss so much, but after all, a good person was not rewarded, and Miss couldn't extricate herself, she hated herself so much, hated herself for not being able to do anything, she could only hug Miss tightly, and she could only accompany her sadly.