Chapter Twenty-Five: Two Shadows Under the Moon
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Maybe it was too thoughtful, Old Madam Shen stood up in vain, took two steps and one step, grabbed Shen Wenwei with one hand, and her eyes seemed to be stupid, stupid, incomprehensible, and exploratory, and finally she covered her chest with one hand, and let go lightly with a longing look.
"What did he say?" Feeling that she was too out of shape, Old Madam Shen turned back to her chair and looked at what the fourth girl said next, if she was asked to break it, she would have to peel her skin!
Shen Cheng, who?
Old Madam Shen's father-in-law, General Shen, who sacrificed his life for the country for more than ten years!
He said...... "That's right, Shen Wenwei deliberately mentioned Shen Cheng."
In the ninth year of Shuntian, the then emperor Xiao Rui sent the Shen family army to the north to attack Azigulun, which was located outside the northwest ground, and after a year of confrontation with each other, due to the betrayal of the traitor, the Shen family suffered heavy casualties and was almost wiped out, and the only man left in the Shen family was Shen Guqi. Therefore, Shen Wenwei guessed that if she went to the Netherworld Mansion, Old Madam Shen would definitely ask her to see if Shen Cheng had been reincarnated and turned around, and she was talking about Shen Cheng now, just to smoothly lead to the next words.
"He said to the adult who was in charge of the book of life and death, Shen Wenwei, his life should not be extinguished." Shen Wenwei said too calmly, provoking Old Madam Shen's brows almost squeezed together.
Licking her lower lip, Old Madam Shen looked at her seriously for the first time, her appearance was neither handsome nor ugly, the whole person was thin and small, completely like the little girl who was five years old before, would she lie? Old Madam Shen didn't think so, and she couldn't turn the sky if she lent Shen Wenwei ten guts, but what she said now obviously didn't seem to come from her mouth, could it be ...... Is it really Shen Cheng?
The meaning of her life is that she should not die, who does this refer to?
"And then?" She asked her to continue.
The adult flipped through the booklet and read it, and Shen Cheng ...... "Shen Wenwei has been locked up in a dirt house to fend for herself since she can remember, normally speaking, it is impossible for her to know Shen Cheng as a person, and it is impossible for the maid to mention it to her, she only knew about it after asking Yue Feng before, but she didn't expect to use it immediately." He said, he's my grandfather? ”
"What is he?" Seeing Shen Wenwei's inquiring eyes, Old Madam Shen asked.
Shen Wen shook his head slightly and was silent.
"Hmph, four girls, you have half a lie today......" Old Madam Shen sneered, and got up and looked at her condescendingly. Tell me on! ”
"Grandmother......" she said, burying her face in the palm of her hand. How could that be a grandfather? It's impossible, it's miserable, he has a long scar on his face, it's scary. ”
"Scar?" Thinking of that war, Old Madam Shen unconsciously took a step back.
From his forehead to his cheek, he couldn't open his right eye at all, as well as his neck...... It was like being wounded by an axe, and the flesh was blurred. After a pause, she finally looked up and smiled at the corners of her mouth. I looked closely, and if it weren't for those injuries, it would be really tall and mighty, giving people a sense of domineering. ”
Even if the body was transported back from Azgulun in the northwest to Jinghua City, it would have been unrecognizable, she didn't believe that the Shen family would have the courage to see it, and even if she could restore the specific situation at that time, fortunately, it was said that Shen Cheng's body was really not found. Shen Wenwei has never seen Shen Cheng, but according to the looks of Mrs. Shen and Feng Minhui, Shen Cheng and Shen Guqi should not be too different. Therefore, she only needs to say a general idea and focus on the main points to divert her attention.
Speaking of this, Old Madam Shen couldn't stand still, squatted on the edge of the chair and sobbed.
"Old lady, get up quickly, don't get dirty." Mother Qian grabbed her.
"Grandmother, don't cry, grandfather also said, he's sorry for you, let you work hard for most of your life, he said you have to live well, he won't be reincarnated and will always wait for you, let you remember that you don't drink that bowl of Meng Po soup on the bridge." Shen Wenwei also cried as she spoke, and at first glance, she was even more miserable than Old Madam Shen. "Grandmother, I'm sorry, my grandfather said a lot, Wen Wei can't remember it...... After that, I woke up. ”
Her eyes were red and swollen like apricots when she cried, and Mrs. Shen squinted her eyes and glanced at Shen Wenwei, who was also in tears, and with the support of Mother Qian, she walked over and hugged her in her arms.
"My good boy!" When she left, she couldn't see her again, and only she could understand the sadness of Old Madam Shen, at this time, Shen Wenwei brought his news, and she had to believe it if she didn't believe it, besides, she really believed it.
People, to live, must have a thought.
"Look, grandmother." Shen Wenwei secretly smiled in her arms, and took out a dirty small mirror, which was a palm-sized round copper mirror that she had taken away that night, and there was mud sticking to it. "When I came back, my grandfather told me that he had buried a mirror for you, so that you could take it out and look at it when you wanted him, and he would be able to see you."
"Is that true?" Although Old Madam Shen was asking, she obviously believed that she couldn't believe it anymore, like a treasure, she held her hands in her palms, and couldn't wait to go back to the room to tell the whispers of these years.
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On the way back, Shen Wen stroked his eyes slightly, secretly delighted that his acting skills were good, and at the same time annoyed that he was crying too hard, and he had to apply a good compress with water for a while.
Drama foot, naturally, has its benefits.
As long as Old Madam Shen has a little affection for Shen Cheng, she will definitely believe in the story of her "A Day Trip to the Netherworld", as long as she believes it, she will think of Shen Wenwei when she thinks of him, and the more she appears in front of Old Madam Shen, the more beneficial it is for Shen Wenwei, at least, no one dares to bully her casually.
She walked, ready to go back and have a good smile.
"I've seen the second and third misses." Turning the garden rockery, the maid who sent Shen Wenwei back saluted the two people who came over.
Immersed in her own little world, Shen Wenwei didn't notice her good sisters Shen Wenyao and Shen Wenrui.
"Yo yo yo, who am I? It turned out to be the fourth sister who died and lived, your life is really big, haha, right? Seeing that Shen Wenwei didn't squeak and didn't salute, Shen Wenyao, the second Miss Shen, raised her face and stared at her with slanted eyes.
"Sister Wen Yao." Shen Wenrui on the side pulled Shen Wenyao over with some fear, not daring to look at Shen Wenwei.
"What are you afraid of? Isn't she a vixen reincarnated? Show me! ”
"Let's go." Shen Wenrui saw that Shen Wenwei was still silent as before, and she looked timid and wooden, but her eyes fell on her neck, and she couldn't help but look at her with disdain.
"We Shen Shen fell because of her for eight lifetimes." Shen Wenyao's maid Xiangzhi stepped forward and took a mouthful, and the master and servant both looked the same.
"Let's go?" Pulling out Shen Wenrui to hold her hand, she took a big step forward, crossed her waist with one hand, pointed at Shen Wenwei with the other, and said arrogantly. "If you don't make a trick for me today, don't think about leaving, you dare to burn the dead in the bow, and you are a little bolder, I don't know whether I am dead or alive!"
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This Miss Shen is also a little too arrogant, right?
Shen Wenwei pretended to be stunned and stood in place, trembling like a lamb, in the face of Shen Wenyao's sarcasm and even insults, she understood that there was no absolute strength, only a hard mouth, and it would not be of any benefit to herself.
"Miss, look at her, she has learned to pretend to be stupid and dumbfounded, and she has turned a deaf ear to your words." Xiangzhi smiled forward and said in Shen Wenyao's ear in a small voice.
"Hmph, you're talking? Say! Shen Wenyao stretched out her hand and poked her shoulder, pushing her back a few steps, and she felt much happier in her heart, she just couldn't get used to her look like she was timid and scared, she still remembered when she was a child, she heard people say how smart Shen Wenwei looked, she didn't believe it, look at the current Shen Wenwei, not to mention the water spirit, even the anger is pitiful.
At the same time, Shen Wenrui's maid secretly tugged at her sleeve, and the latter glanced at her and shook her head.
And Shen Wenwei really didn't know what to say, as if her silence was a leather whip that stimulated Shen Wenyao, and the more she retreated, the more arrogant she became.
"Second sister, you misunderstood me, it's not that I'm going to burn Cui's mother." Suddenly raised his head and looked at her, his big eyes were instantly filled with tears, and he looked quite pitiful and innocent.
Several people were stunned and looked at her in confusion.
"It's Mother Cui...... She asked me to burn her, and she said that only when Shen Zui was destroyed could she be here forever, with you, and all of us. The volume was lowered in vain, she leaned in front of Shen Wenyao's eyes, looked straight at her, and said deeply.
"You, you, nonsense!" His heart was beating suddenly, regardless of the image of etiquette, Shen Wenyao pulled up the hem of her skirt and hurriedly jumped away.
"Second sister!" Shen Wen looked at her and was scared, and she acted energetically. "Don't believe me, what I say is true, there is no half-truth, don't go and listen to me, I can swear-"
"Fuck off! Who wants you to swear, stay away from me! Shen Wenwei grabbed Shen Wenyao's wide sleeves, and she hurriedly put them aside, like filth, disgusted.
"Third sister, you're always-" After putting this side, Shen Wenwei turned around to pull Shen Wenrui, but it was hard to know that she and her maid had long since disappeared.
Shen Wenwei was left alone in the back garden, Shen Wenyao seemed to run away and walked quickly to the other end, while Xiangzhi turned around and kept scolding words like 'broom star' and 'fox spirit', she shrugged her shoulders and continued to walk forward.
Moving out of Cui's mother was her temporary decision, in order to test which of them had something to do with it, or if both of them were related, but according to the situation just now, it was difficult to analyze, and she knew too little about the two of them, so she couldn't rush it for the time being.
Walking back, Shen Wenwei didn't know that Yue Feng appeared behind a tree in the garden, and when he saw her leave, he followed Shen Wenyao's yard.
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Sometimes, the effort pays off.
Shen Wenwei tidied up the earthen house, carefully sealed the wooden plank at the entrance of the secret passage, moved the pottery jar and other wooden branches and firewood to the side and piled them high, and someone called her in the courtyard.
"Fourth Miss." Mother Qian didn't go to the earthen house, so she asked the maid to go to the back and call her out.
"Mother Qian?" Coming out of the back door, I saw the things sent by my mother-in-law at a glance, my face was surprised, and my heart jumped up a little, and finally I didn't have to sleep in the earthen house that suffered from the 'mudslide landslide' at any time.
"Fourth Miss, the old lady said, although this is spring, it is still cold, so don't stay behind." Mother Qian pointed to the open room, where two new bedding and the wide-sleeved, short-sleeved, and long skirt that Miss Shen Qian should wear were placed on the kang. "The old lady bought it for you, you remember her well."
"Naturally, thank you grandmother, thank you mom Qian." Shen Wenwei bowed, deliberately grateful, and wanted to kneel down and hug her thighs.
The purpose of this is that they will think that she is a particularly satisfying girl - easy to control, how good?
Mother Qian walked on the front foot, and on the back foot, Mrs. Shen's eldest maid Feng Minhui's eldest girl Xue Ying actually came.
"Sister Xueying?" Seeing the symbol beauty standing in front of her, Shen Wenwei immediately guessed her future, and took away the pity in her eyes, she lowered her head and acted in horror.
"Fourth Miss, go back to the house quickly, your body is fine, don't hurt the wind and catch a cold." Xue Ying's words were nice and good-looking, and her warm hand took Shen Wen's slightly cool little hand and walked in.
This time, Shen Wenwei really lived.
"Why don't you get the stuff in yet." Smiling at Shen Wen, she said to the maids behind her, and the three maids took cups and two food boxes. "Madame doesn't catch a cold, her body is not good, Madame is still thinking about Miss Four, and she specially asked someone to prepare bird's nest for you to make up for it, and some food."
This time, Shen Wenwei really lived.
"Why don't you get the stuff in yet." Smiling at Shen Wen, she said to the maids behind her, and the three maids took cups and two food boxes. "Madame doesn't catch a cold, her body is not good, Madame is still thinking about Miss Four, and she specially asked someone to prepare bird's nest for you to make up for it, and some food."
"How does this work?" Got up, she was very scared, she wanted to say pretentiously, as a daughter, she hasn't asked her mother to say goodbye, and her mother should be punished, where is so much blessed for her mother to worry about, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed it back alive - it was too inconsistent with the character of her previous life.
"Okay, okay, what's the matter, Madame is your mother." Patting her hand, Xue Ying was about to leave. "Rest well."
It seems that it is an unintentional sentence, but it is actually an intentional reminder, and it contains the meaning of vigilance, Feng Minhui is your mother.
Everything in the Shen family is not under her nose.
Just staying Xue Ying's figure in his mind for a second, Shen Wenwei closed the door, opened the cup containing bird's nest, and solved it in two bites.
"Ahem."
Turning into the window, Yue Feng first cleared her throat to attract the attention of the little girl in the house, but unexpectedly, she was so frightened that she choked on a mouthful of bird's nest, like a child stealing snacks, with soup hanging on her mouth, and her little face was swollen and red.
"I'm here to tell me directly where I need it, and in a few days, I'm leaving."
"Where?"
Yue Feng didn't answer, took out a package of things wrapped in oiled paper from his arms, put it on the table, and turned over as if it had never appeared.
Approach the table and pick it up.
Untie the little red rope that was carefully tied, peel off a layer of oiled paper, and then another layer, see what is inside, come here, for the first time, she smiled sincerely.
Snow plum preserves. (To be continued.) )