Chapter 81: Questioning
"Linghui, be obedient, let go of your hand, my sister will be hurt like this." Chu Xiuyi was so anxious that he gently grabbed the plum branch in Linghui's hand and didn't let her move, but he clearly saw that the broken part of the white plum branch was dyed with bright red blood, Xiusun must have been injured, and he felt extremely guilty.
Chen Xu heard someone call his daughter's name, and when he turned around, he bumped into a pair of ghostly and resentful eyes, as if he had crawled out of the depths of hell, and those eyes were sticky and dazzling, full of questioning, reproach and hatred.
He couldn't help but shake his head, this feeling was familiar, but it was really not a good experience.
Have I sinned against you? Chen Xu wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to ask for some reason.
What's going on?
Chen Xu settled down, and then he was obtused to find that the owner of these eyes was actually a six or seven-year-old girl, with a chubby, round face, gorgeous clothes, and holding her little girl in her arms with both hands.
"Linghui, be good, obedient, let go, my brother will buy you candy to eat." There was also a tall boy beside the girl, who didn't look very old.
He walked over and saluted, "Thank you two for finding my daughter." ”
Chu Xiuyi hurriedly returned the salute, reported her name, and introduced Xia Xiusun by the way, "Your Excellency must be the county magistrate, this is the sister." ”
Chen Xu hugged her fists again, but saw that Xiusun was standing still holding the child and didn't move, maybe the child was too heavy for her, so she quickly reached out to pick it up.
Linghui still refused to leave Xiusun's embrace, turned her head and didn't look at her father, she simply threw the plum blossom on the ground, and two small fists grabbed the two buds on the top of Xiusun's head.
The three of them froze in the moment, looking from a distance, there was a tall and straight man bent over, with a big palm around the waist of the little girl, the little girl who was carved in pink and jade was crying and drooling, stretched out her arm and pulled the hair of another girl, and pulled the girl to lower her head, Chu Xiuyi wanted to help next to her but couldn't intervene, and she was so anxious that she was sweating profusely.
Xiusun saw that this was not the way, so she simply snatched Linghui back from Chen Xu's hands and held her on the ground and stood up.
The crisis was lifted, the little girl let go of Xiusun's hair, and instead hugged Xiusun's thighs, Xu was tired, her small body swayed, and she slipped out to the ground after a while, her face was attached to Xiusun's skirt, and she shouted "auntie" in her mouth.
Xiusun bent down to tidy up her clothes, and just then gave Chen Xu a pull, Linghui's small jacket on her upper body lifted up, revealing Xuanhu's bucket waist, Xiusun helped her lift the waist of her pants up, and her fingers inadvertently touched the inside of the small jacket, and her face suddenly turned pale, and the storm rolled in her eyes.
She also ignored her messy hair and untidy image, raised her head suddenly, glared at Chen Xu angrily, and gritted her teeth with a gurgling sound, "This is your daughter?" ”
Chen Xuzheng was confused by his daughter's behavior, and saw that this strange girl was caught by her daughter with her hair in a messy bun, and there were blood stains on her scalp, she was feeling very apologetic, thinking about how to apologize, but unexpectedly, this girl stared at him with the eyes of the enemy who killed her father.
He didn't know what she meant, so he nodded.
Xiusun saw that Chen Xu's face was so stinky, and suddenly became angry, remembering that Fang Cai Linghui was crawling all over her body, and felt very aggrieved for Ke Min, and she couldn't care about her identity for a while, so she sneered.
"I heard that there is a stepmother and a stepfather, I still don't believe it, sure enough, it's better to see than to hear, a good daughter-in-law, who is not five or six mothers-in-law and maids staring all day long, can sneak out of the house by themselves under the noses of a group of adults, fortunately, this child is blessed with a great life, to my eleventh brother's yard, if this is all the way to the south, but it is a fish pond, such a small child, the road is not stable, if this is planted in the head, how can there be a life!"
Xiusun hadn't spoken so loudly for a long time, panting unevenly, and even crying.
She only felt that the tip of her nose was pantothenic, and her throat was bitter, Ke Min, Ke Min, how sad it should be for you to see this child in the spirit of heaven so that no one cares about it and no one asks.
She glared at Chen Xu resentfully, shallow opened the bottom of a little Linghui's little jacket, and closed it tightly, "People say that spring covers autumn frost, such a young child doesn't know hot and cold, how can the maid next to her not know?!" I put a small jacket on the outside, not even a lined middle coat, at least I have to wear a small belly pocket, if this cold air is poured into the waist, the stomach is cold, and I will not be guilty! ”
Although Linghui's dress is plain, the material of the clothes is very precious, Xiusun knows at a glance that it should be the material given by the emperor, as well as the color of this mutton fat jade, it must be priceless, the workmanship of this silver bracelet and exquisite ball, I am afraid that it is the most famous Jin Fengxiang in the capital.
So Xiusun knew at first sight that she was a young lady of the Hakka family, if it weren't for the fact that when Chen Xu picked up Linghui just now, the little jacket was accidentally lifted, Xiusun would never have imagined that the people who were serving around her would be so vicious.
Most fathers are careless, just look at the child dressed beautifully and rest assured, how would you think that someone would deliberately only give the child a coat and ignore the inside, so early spring, the cold spring has not ended, it is easy to get sick, if you are sick, and then take care of it badly, the consequences are unimaginable.
Chen Xu listened to Xiusun's words, his face became whiter and paler, his thin lips were as tight as sharp blades, he leaned over and hugged Linghui, reached out and touched the hem of his clothes, but his soft little belly was cold to the touch, his face was even more ugly, cold and cold, revealing blue and black.
Chu Xiuyi stood aside and had the heart to play a round, but he didn't know what to say, Xiusun's words were arrogant and punishing, he understood that Xiusun was chivalrous, and he couldn't see this ignorant child being bullied, and he also blamed the new county master for being confused in his own heart, so he didn't stop it in time. But I never understood the hatred that gushed out between the words of Xiusun.
It's the first time they've met, so why do you hate it?
Xiusun didn't intend to shut up, her eyes seemed to be quenched with poison, and she said hatefully, "What about the nurse and housekeeper mother around this child?" ”
Ke Min's housekeeper mother Qin was personally selected by the Duchess of Liangguo, loyal and skillful, and the crime is not as good as marrying a daughter, and the slaves that Ke Min brought to the Chen family should not be implicated.
Chen Xu's lips pursed even tighter, and there was only one slit left, and after a long time, he spoke, "I'm sick and stayed in the capital." Between the words, there seemed to be a sound of teeth rubbing, and he seemed to understand something.
Xiusun saw that his eyes were finally clearer, and he sneered three times, it was hard for Ke Min to say that this person was thoughtful and scheming, but now it seems that it is just a lover's eyes. (To be continued.) )