The Zhang family's small mansion fell into a dead silence, but the mountain rain was coming. As soon as the house is done, people are holding their breath, eager to hide themselves, even if there is little noise in the kitchen.

Since Zhang Ming said that he wanted to officially promote Chunliu to be his aunt, Zhao Yunshuang quieted down, didn't say a word, stared at Zhang Ming in a daze for a long time, and then returned to the courtyard alone. She did not use all kinds of means to stop her as hoarse as before, nor did she go back to her parents' house to ask for help and pressure with power. Zhang Ming saw the paleness on her face for a moment, and couldn't help but regret it, and wanted to catch up and take back her previous words, but she didn't move.

Zhang Ming grew up in Jiangnan since he was a child, whether it was his previous original wife, or his sister-in-law, relatives, cousins, maids, and maids, all of them were gentle Jiangnan daughters. He didn't expect to meet a woman like Zhao Yunshuang, who looked arrogant and beautiful on the surface, full of poetry and books, and only when they got along did they know that they were suspicious and irritable, jealous, and had a strong desire to control, but they still had harmony and love at the beginning. He respects Zhao Yunshuang's wife, and is even willing to be the same for the rest of his life, even if he has no children for many years, he is thinking about inheriting one from his brother's family, but he is just ......

He couldn't stand Zhao Yunshuang's increasingly aggravated temperament.

At this time, Zhao Yunshuang's face sank like water, and she sat in the house, in a trance and didn't know what to think. Although Nianmei was married, she didn't dare to disturb at this time, for fear of being affected by anger.

The next day, Zhang Ming went out to go on duty.

When he got into the carriage, he thought of Zhao Yunshuang's consistent temperament, and finally instructed the people in the house: "Look at a little grandma, come to me immediately if you have something." ”

The people in the house naturally knew what it meant, and they were busy.

At this time, Zhao Yunshuang spoke: "Nianmei, staring at that, I want to know her every move." ”

"Yes." Nian Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief when she spoke, and said, "Grandma, I've been secretly paying attention to it, and the third master didn't send a letter to Jinling. The third master's words may have been said in annoyance for a while, maybe it was Chunliu ......"

"That's it!" Zhao Yunshuang was already unwilling to listen to anything.

Nianmei didn't dare to say any more.

A few days passed, there was no movement at home, and Zhang Ming saw that Zhao Yunshuang was always cold, although it was strange, but he may not have breathed a sigh of relief. If something really happened to Chunliu, he really didn't know how to explain it to his mother, besides, he was twenty-nine this year, but he was still desolate under his knees, if Zhao Yunshuang couldn't give birth, even if he could get a concubine, it would be enough to comfort.

On this day, Nian Mei came to report: "Grandma is really like a god, that Chunliu just went out and said that she was going to buy needlework, but she went to a cloth village." The owner of that cloth village is from Jinling, and you can recognize them by looking at the tone of their voices. ”

"She wants to get the news out to her wife." Zhao Yunshuang sneered: "Are everything ready?" ”

"Yes." Although Nian Mei is a little arrogant, she just relies on the power of her master, and she knows what she is going to do, so she can't help but shiver.

"I'll leave this matter to you, if it's done, I'll reward you heavily, if you can't do it, you know my means." Zhao Yunshuang's tone was flat, but her eyes were extremely sharp and cold.

"Yes, grandma, don't worry, I'll get it done!" Nian Mei made a promise, and then said that she would go back to Zhao's house to do business, and ordered someone to prepare a car and leave Zhang's house.

After a short time, the carriage stopped at the mouth of a remote alley, and Nianmei got down from it and walked to one of the houses. knocked on the door, and a man opened the door, and treated Nianmei very respectfully and politely: "Miss Nianmei is here, people are tied up, don't worry, your eyes are blindfolded, and you don't see our appearance." ”

"It doesn't matter if she sees it, she doesn't recognize you." Nian Mei glanced into the room, and faintly heard Chunliu's whimpering and struggling, because there was something blocked in her mouth, she couldn't shout. Nianmei didn't go through such a thing in the end, she was scared, so she didn't go in, only handed the bottle in her hand to the other party, and said, "Pour this medicine on her." ”

The man took the bottle and turned to go into the house.

In the open space of the house, the spring willow wolf bèi curled up there, his eyes covered with cloth, and the blue satin jacket was covered with dust, and the people were even more frightened. At this time, Chunliu didn't think about Zhao Yunshuang, she just thought that she was alone and was seen by someone with bad intentions, and she was beaten and taken away. In the past, in Jinling, I often heard people say that abduction is hateful, not only abducting children, but also kidnapping beautiful women, and finally being sold as slaves and maids are good, I am afraid of being sold into those dirty places, and I will be tortured for the rest of my life.

The man had no pity for the jade, and his calloused hands clamped Chunliu's chin, broke her mouth, and poured down the full bottle of medicinal juice. Chunliu naturally didn't dare to drink it, but she couldn't resist at all, so she could only let the medicinal juice enter her stomach and was choked and coughed. Taking advantage of the fact that he could speak, Chunliu hurriedly begged for mercy: "Please let me go, I, I'm broken, and I'm worthless." I am the girl of Master Zhang's family, our third master is rich, and the third master will redeem my ......"

The man sneered and gagged him again.

Chunliu was terrified, and it didn't take long for her to feel a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, and she couldn't scream, so she could only roll on the ground. Nianmei glanced in from the window, and saw that Chunliu's face was full of tears and sweat, and the cotton skirt under her body had been stained red by a piece of blood, and the pungent smell of blood was very uncomfortable.

"Yes!" Although Nianmei can't bear it, she feels happy, who let this cheap girl dare to hook up with the third master.

The man went in again and took the cloth dumplings in Chunliu's mouth, Chunliu opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but he could only make a hoarse ah-ah sound, and suddenly his heart was cold, and all thoughts were lost. Just now, I only felt a sharp pain in my abdomen, and I thought that the burning in my throat was an illusion, but it turned out to be ...... They also poisoned her.

Chunliu is a smart person in the end, and immediately guessed that something was wrong, and suspected Zhao Yunshuang.

The man said to Nianmei: "People are coming, the girl avoids it." ”

Nian Mei asked, "Is that the person I want?" ”

"Don't worry, girl, I specially inquired and understood. This person calls him He Laosan, and he often carries some handsome and delicate children around him, saying that he is a human tooth, but he is actually a crutch, and he likes to do business without capital the most. Most of the Peugeot girls in his hands were sold to the Jiangnan area. ”

"That's sending her back to her hometown." Nianmei glanced inward again, just in time to see Chunliu looking up, although the strip of cloth was blindfolded, Chunliu obviously recognized her from the voice. Nian Mei panicked at first, then calmed down, and said coldly: "What kind of noble person is our grandmother, you can't compare with a finger, and you dare to rely on your wife to seduce the third master." It's too late for you to regret it! ”

Chunliu suddenly cried, and there was only a whimper in the ears of outsiders.

Chunliu is the son of the Zhang family, her parents are the old people in front of Zhang's mother, she is very decent, she has served in front of Zhang's mother since she was a child, and she also grew up with good food and drink, and she is very loyal and grateful to the Zhang family. She has looked at the young masters of the Zhang family since she was a child, and has seen the respect and affection of the third master for the original wife, and she has not been envious, but she doesn't dare to think about it. Now that his wife mentioned it, she came to Beijing, but she didn't expect this result. If she had known earlier, she would have rejected her wife's suggestion, but it was too late.

Nian Mei personally watched Chunliu being bought by He Laosan for two taels of silver, and when she left, her lower body was still dripping blood, but she was filled with a lot of safflower, afraid that she would not be able to get pregnant again in this life.

And he gave the man the silver, and gave another ten taels, and ordered him to go back.

This man is a member of the Zhao family, and he used to help Zhao Yunshuang with errands, and he wanted to ask Mei to be his wife, and he was very diligent and loyal. Nianmei didn't look down on him, thinking that he was old, vulgar, and didn't have much money. Thinking that she is Zhao Yunshuang's confidant, it will be much more decent and beneficial to marry the housekeeper in the future.

Zhao Yunshuang and Nian Mei both thought that this matter was unaware, even if Zhang Ming was suspicious, but when the time came, they couldn't find Chunliu, there was no evidence, Zhao Yunshuang only insisted that Chunliu went out and got lost and didn't come back, what could he do? If it weren't for Chunliu's deed of sale in Zhang's mother's hands, she would have wanted to dispose of Chunliu in front of all the subordinates and punish her!

With a spring willow, there has been an irreparable rift in the relationship between husband and wife identified by Zhao Yunshuang, and she is not afraid to be ruthless, and the Zhang family is dissatisfied and angry, but she does not dare to say that she wants to divorce her. She was too weak before, but if she was tougher, how could the Zhang family's parents forcibly stuff people!

Thinking about it, she sent Nianmei back to her parents' house and asked her grandfather to write a letter to Zhang's house in Jinling.

That Zhao Ke is a child who loves his granddaughter, and when he heard that Zhang Ming was rolling with the girl, and he was blatantly accepting to be a serious aunt, he was immediately annoyed. Immediately wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to Jinling, the words in the letter were very unkind, and Zhang Ming was summoned and reprimanded fiercely, and there was no lack of threats with official careers.

Zhang Ming was very disgusted in his heart, and the guilt he felt about Zhao Yunshuang also disappeared, but in the face of the strong Zhao family, he had to bow his head and promise to send Chunliu back to Jinling.

Out of Zhao's house, Zhang Ming was exhausted, and he didn't want to go home to face Zhao Yunshuang.

Zhang Ming himself is a talented and ambitious person, and he was young when he was promoted in the middle of the year, and I don't know how many people praised him. Because of the marriage of the Zhao family, outsiders think that he is a person who has won a qiē from the Zhao family, and the scholars are arrogant, and the Hanlin Academy is even more noble, bringing together a group of people who are the most proficient in reading and writing in the world, and in the face of Zhang Ming, every time he mentions it, it is the mark of "son-in-law of the Zhao family", which makes his situation very bad. Every day, I was tired of working in the Hanlin Academy, and when I went home, I just wanted to be quiet, and I couldn't be quiet, but I was even more tired.

I was called to the Zhao family as soon as I got off duty today, and this is not the first time to listen to such a training.

Waving his hand to order the sedan chair to return first, he walked into a tavern and ordered wine. But before he could drink the wine, a child came to him and stuffed him with a piece of paper, and said, "Someone asked me to give you this, saying that you will buy me a sugar gourd after reading the letter." ”

The child was only five or six years old, and it was the time for greed.

Zhang Ming only felt strange, took out a few copper coins for him, and opened the paper. When he saw the contents of the letter, he stood up and brought down the chair, and hurriedly ran out of the tavern, and the guy behind him caught up: "This uncle, you haven't paid yet." ”

Zhang Ming took out a piece of broken silver and gave it to the guy, and he didn't care about looking for money, he rushed directly to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, saying that he had found a kidnapper. Because Zhang Ming is an official, and what he said is conclusive, there are indeed a few families who have reported the loss of their children recently, and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division sent someone to rush to a village and town outside the city with Zhang Ming, and sure enough, they found several big men with a group of children of different sizes and several women with good looks, and their behavior was very suspicious.

After a simple check, the words of He Laosan and others were full of loopholes, and they were all taken back. Zhang Ming found Chunliu, who was in a coma and had a high fever, on the floor of the firewood room of the house, and asked a car from the village and town to pull him back to the city and find a medical center for diagnosis and treatment.

As soon as the doctor saw the description, he looked at Zhang Ming's eyes and looked at him differently. The doctor has been practicing medicine for many years, and he has seen a lot of strange things, and he didn't say much, but sighed: "This girl has been poured a lot of safflower, although she will not be sterilized, it will be extremely difficult to get pregnant in the future, but if she is pregnant, it is also very easy to slip the fetus, and the slippage of the fetus will cause her body more harm." According to my many years of experience in medicine, if this girl is lucky enough to get pregnant in the future, she will only have one chance. ”

Zhang Ming's heart sank, thinking of Zhao Yunshuang's temperament, he was not surprised, and asked: "Why did she have a high fever and coma?" Is there something wrong? ”

"The girl was injured, and I mean the wounds on her body, and she had lost so much blood, which is why she was like this. Fortunately, it came in time, and if it was half an hour late, I was afraid that it would be difficult to rescue. The doctor prescribed medicine and gave another order.

Zhang Ming grabbed the medicine according to the prescription, and was going to find a car to bring Chunliu back, but hesitated again. Thinking of the power of the Zhao family, even if Chunliu goes back, I am afraid that it will still be difficult to escape in the end. In the end, Zhang Ming found an inn, asked for a quiet courtyard, and asked the guys in the store to hire a mother-in-law to take care of Chunliu, and left after all the arrangements were placed.

Back in the house, Zhang Ming only felt tired, so he went directly to the study.

In the backyard, Zhao Yunshuang learned that Zhang Ming was back, but she never waited for the other party to come over and ask where Chunliu was, which was very strange. Ming Nianmei went to inquire, but learned that Zhang Ming had rested in the study, and she felt even more strange. Tossing and turning all night, he got up before dawn the next day and called Nianmei.

"Go, let me know clearly, where did the third master go yesterday, what he did, and who he had contact with. Be sure to ask me clearly! Zhao Yunshuang felt that things were out of control, which made her very uneasy.

Zhang Ming ignored these, and he didn't shy away from doing things, getting up early and going out earlier than usual, and often accompanying Li Si with his personal body. He led Li Si to the inn, so that he didn't have to go back in the future, just take care of Chunliu here, and send Chunliu back to Jinling when Chunliu was better.

Li Si was startled when he saw Chunliu, who was fine yesterday, but today his face was pale and he almost had only one breath left. Seeing the third master acting like this, he thought of the third grandmother in the family, and immediately understood.

However, it was said that Zhao Yunshuang sent someone to follow Zhang Ming, and found Chunliu lightly, and it took two or three days of hard work to find out Zhang Ming's whereabouts on the day of the accident. Someone sent a letter to Zhang Ming!

Zhao Yunshuang doesn't care about Chunliu anymore, after all, although Chunliu has picked up a life, it is useless, and she will not be an eyesore in front of her in the future, but the people behind the scenes make her jealous and hateful. She has always believed that the wild goose has left traces, and she must find out the identity of the person behind the scenes, so she found a few people from her mother's family and promised to lure her with a lot of money.

The so-called world does not have a leaky wall, although Zhang Ming is an inconspicuous little Beijing official, but he is the grandson-in-law of the imperial history of Zuodu, many people in Beijing recognize it, including the deputy commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division that day. This person likes to drink in his spare time, and as soon as he drank, he told Zhang Ming about finding a girl in the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and it spread ten, ten and hundred, and soon became a news in Beijing.

People don't talk about Zhao Yunshuang's jealousy or viciousness, after all, Zhao Yunshuang has been like this for so many years, and her behavior and reputation before marriage are there, so this move is not surprising at all. But Zhang Ming, many people outside thought that he was afraid of his wife's mother's power, or thought that he had true feelings for the Zhao family, they were surprised, and they didn't expect him to dare to make a girl under the nose of the Zhao family.

Lin Qingyun also heard about this, she just sighed, she didn't expect that the two had been married for so many years, but now they have come to this point. In an instant, she put the matter aside, and recently she and Daiyu have been busy with cherishing spring.

The Fan You that Baoyu said last time, the family background is really good, the Fan family was a big family in the previous dynasty, and then the war was chaotic, the clan was scattered, and the family gradually disappeared. Fan You has never married a relative, but just like the original vain, he must take a satisfactory one, otherwise even the princess will not want it. Unmarried men and women in the world are not allowed to meet, and the girls who can be seen are not good people, and their appearance is not the first choice. Fan You himself dabbled in a wide range of paintings, but whenever someone gave him a kiss, he would send the painting to the girl, and ask the other party to write poems according to the painting, so as to find a like-minded person.

Daiyu's eyes lit up when she heard this: "It's really an elegant method." Although he is good, but the fourth sister is not bad, we are so laborious just to find a heart for the fourth sister, Fan Gongzi's move is just right. We asked Baoyu to take the painting and ask the fourth sister to compose a poem. ”

Lin Qingyun also felt that Fan You's method was interesting, but she stopped her after listening to Daiyu's words and asked, "Is he willing to marry the county lord?" ”

Daiyu smiled: "Sister, don't worry, I naturally asked about this." It turned out that the second brother dared to mention it to us, but it was because Fan Gongzi said that as long as they were of the same mind, regardless of the girl's family background. The second brother asked tentatively, what if it was the county lord? Then Fan Gongzi actually asked, 'But Ninghe County Lord'? ”

"Why?"

When they met, the second brother said his identity, and said that he sent the fourth sister and his relatives. At that time, the second brother didn't understand anything, but Fan Gongzi didn't dislike it, nor did he look down on him, but talked with him and gradually became a confidant. The two accompanied each other all the way to Beijing, only later when the grandmother was sick, the second brother rushed back first, but Fan Gongzi stopped all the way and arrived in Beijing in July and August this year. The second brother said that he was very attentive outside and did not mention the affairs of the sisters, only once did he inadvertently leak a painting of the fourth sister, and Xu Fan Gongzi saw it. ”

"What did you draw?" Lin Qingyun became interested.

"Jiuhua Mountain Cloud Peak. It was my sister who went south to Jiuhua Mountain that year, and the picture album I brought back had a sketch of the scenery of Jiuhua Mountain, and the fourth sister loved it very much, and often saw it, and then painted a landscape according to that picture, which was really brilliant. I remember that the fourth sister was also very satisfied with that one, and somehow it ended up in the hands of the second brother. ”

Lin Qingyun remembered that painting, which was clearly just a few brushstrokes, but it rendered the high mountains, dangerous peaks, and dark clouds, which broadened the field of vision and stirred the mood. If there are spectators, they must also sigh: those who are husband of heaven and earth, the reverse journey of all things; Those who have passed through time have passed by for hundreds of generations. And floating like a dream, for joy?

Lin Qingyun smiled and sighed: "At that time, I still said that she was a good painting, but she couldn't help but feel depressed when she said that sentence." At that time, she was still thinking about becoming a monk with Miaoyu. If Fan Gongzi has a heart for the fourth sister because of this painting, it can be seen that he has a big heart and a big gully, and if this matter is successful, it will definitely be a good couple. ”

Daiyu liked it at first, but then hesitated: "Let's talk about it here, but the court is ...... there."

"It doesn't matter, I'll ask the queen for a favor. Besides, Fan Gongzi's family background can also be handled, as for how to live as a husband and wife in the future, it is their own business. "Lin Qingyun is not unable to help, but it is related to the affairs of other people's husbands and wives, so naturally the husband and wife should discuss, if they discuss and ask for help, she will naturally be happy to help. Moreover, she felt that Fan You was not incapable, but Xichun really wanted to respond to family affairs, and she also planned a lot of things to go out of Beijing.

The two discussed and inspected for more than half a month, and they were quite satisfied, so they took the time to formally mention it to Xichun.

At this time, Xichun had returned to the palace, and she was raising a fetus and was not good at going out, so she had to invite someone again. Recently, she and Daiyu have been busy with things, Xichun is not ignorant, and when she mentioned it in person, after being shy, she said seriously: "I am Sister Xin Qingyun and Sister Lin, since both of you have inquired, I guess Fan Gongzi is really good." Between our sisters, I don't tell lies to my sister, I have always wanted to leave the capital to go outside to see, when my sister went south, I don't know how envious, if you can get a good marriage in the future, wouldn't it be the days of the gods to sing and sing with the wife? I wasn't afraid of shame, so I asked Sister Qingyun to bring Fan Gongzi's painting. I'm lucky; No, my life. ”

Lin Qingyun saw that she was so happy, so she gave her the painting.

Xichun is used to being a painter, and when he sees the painting, his eyes light up, and he keeps looking at it, but he doesn't know where he has gone. That night, Xichun sent a poem, and Lin Qingyun ordered someone to send it to Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu was guarding filial piety and was not good at walking outside, so he invited Fan You to his home and handed over the poems.

Fan You is a head taller than Baoyu, and his appearance is not very clear, but his indifferent temperament is unforgettable. Fan You took the poem, and the first thing that caught his eye was the words, which were not too brilliant, but when he read the poems, he felt extremely happy in his heart, and laughed repeatedly: "It's her!" That's her! ”

Baoyu was accustomed to his occasional madness, and at this time he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "But the poems are well written? My four sisters are good at drawing, but they are not good at poetry. ”

Fan You said with a smile: "How can there be a perfect character in the world, Ling Mei's poetry attainments are indeed limited, but it is rare that this open-minded ambition is in line with what I want." Saying that, he restrained his smile, got up and saluted Jia Baoyu: "Baoyu, if this marriage is successful, it will be your work, and I should thank you." ”

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "If it weren't for your guidance, there would be no me today, and there would be no marriage for you today." ”

Fan You also smiled when he heard this, and then frowned and said: "Although I am not bad, I only raise people in the end, Ling Mei is the county lord of Ninghe, and it was meritorious to be with foreign vassals at the beginning, but I am afraid that the court will not marry lightly." ”

"Just rest assured about this matter, the fourth sister is close to Prince Chun, and the princess has said that she will help. It's you, do your best to prepare the dowry. ”

"Thank you!" Fan You thanked him again and left in a hurry.

It happened that Xiangyun came to look for Baoyu, but when he heard that Baoyu was meeting guests, he turned around and went to Tanchun. Tanchun is more shrewd than Xiangyun, and now that the house is small, and there is no Mrs. Wang pressing on it, it is very easy to know some things. Xiangyun asked Baoyu what she was busy with lately, and she didn't spend much time with them.

Tanchun flicked the chess pieces, and his expression was inexplicable: "The second brother has grown up and knows how to avoid it, so naturally he will not mix with the sisters." Now, he is busy with the big things of his fourth sister. The county lord who was given the title by the imperial court, where does he need to worry about it, a man who has a wandering track......"

"What did the third sister say?" Because Tanchun said more and more, the lower his voice became, and Xiangyun didn't hear the words clearly.

"Nothing." Tanchun didn't say anything.