The heavy rain did not stop until midnight, but the wind became stronger, turning from the north to the northeast, carrying raindrops on the window, waking up Ran'er and Qinglian in their sleep. After Qinglian woke up, she listened to the sound of the wind and rain outside, and lost her sleepiness for a while, so she got up and came to Ran'er's room, and saw that Ran'er was leaning on the head of the bed, listening to the sound of wind and rain outside the window.

"My sister is awake too? Lian'er was a little scared. ”

Qinglian said as she climbed onto the bed and leaned against the head of the bed next to Ran'er. With the faint light, Ran Er couldn't see a scared expression on Qinglian's face at all, and couldn't help curling the corners of her mouth slightly.

"What is Lian'er afraid of? It doesn't seem like it's a thunderstorm tonight. ”

"It's not that Lei Yulian'er is also afraid."

Once Qinglian used the excuse of being afraid of thunder, so she squeezed through a few nights with Ran'er. Ran'er knew that Qinglian wanted to sleep with her, and she wasn't really afraid. The sisters didn't say much, just leaned on the head of the bed and quietly listened to the wind and rain outside. Suddenly, I heard a dog barking, first one or two, and then all four dogs in Ran'er's family scrambled to bark. Ran Er and Qinglian glanced at each other, got out of bed and put on shoes one after another, put on a coat, came to the eaves of the porch, and looked out.

It's just that the night is too dark, and all you can see is the water curtain hanging on the eaves. After waiting for a while, listening to the barking of the four dogs without stopping, the sisters knew that something must have happened, otherwise it would not be like this. Historically, rhubarb and little black have never been called empty. Seeing that my grandparents' room was also lit up, and there were also lights in the courtyard of the three tiled houses in front of me, it was obvious that Zhang Dazhu had come out. In the distance, there was also a light in the ancestral hall, where Grandpa Li and the three of them were also bright. Qinglian also turned around and lit a lantern inside, brought two umbrellas, and the two sisters held the umbrella and carried the lantern downstairs, and just happened to meet my grandfather who also came over.

"Listen to the barking of the dog, someone must be coming. Don't go over, it's raining too much, stay downstairs and listen to the news, and grandpa will go to the front to take a look. ”

Ran'er and Qinglian listened to their grandfather's words and stayed in the living room on the first floor of the small building, waiting for news. Immediately, my grandmother also got dressed and came down, and the three of them waited there together. About two quarters of an hour later, I saw my grandfather, Zhang Dazhu, and three other long-term workers, all of whom came to the living room of the small building in the backyard with a person full of **. Ran Er looked at it, but she didn't know who came. But someone asked,

"The eldest lady doesn't know Ge Zhuang anymore?"

"Are you Uncle Ge?"

Ran Er couldn't see that the person in front of him was Ge Zhuang, Ge Zhuang, who was five big and three thick back then, has now become very thin, and he is simply skinny. It looked like he had been bitten by a dog, and there was a trace of blood spilling out.

"Why is Uncle Ge here at this time?"

Ran'er hurriedly asked Zhang Dazhu to go back and find clean clothes for Ge Zhuang to change into, and at the same time found a clean cloth to bandage the wound on Ge Zhuang's leg, Qinglian boiled boiling water, washed a bowl of brown sugar water, and let Ge Zhuang drink it. At this time, Ge Zhuang spoke weakly and said:

"If it weren't for the heavy rain and the night, Ge Zhuang might never see the eldest lady again."

"Uncle Ge, what happened?"

"Did you ever receive a letter from me last year?"

"Received, the last time I went to Linkang City, he also asked, but I didn't see the jade pendant you said in my mother's relics."

"Regardless of whether the main mother left that jade pendant for the eldest lady, Xie Yu will not give up."

"What do you mean by Uncle Ge's words?"

"After I left here that year, I fell ill at the old Maogou Wang's house seventy miles away, and I haven't seen any better, and my physical condition is getting worse day by day. I don't know how the head of the house found out where I was hiding, half a month ago, the head of the house took me away from Lao Maogou and locked me in a private house in Yangzhuang. ”

Hearing this, Grandpa interrupted Ge Zhuang's words in surprise and asked:

"Are you saying that Xie Yu has come to Yangzhuang?"

"Yes, the head of the family found me half a month ago, and I am still in Yangzhuang, and it is estimated that I have been here for more than half a month."

"Uncle Ge, why did he keep you?"

"The head of the family thought that I had taken the jade pendant, but he didn't find it from me, so he didn't ask me again, just locked me up, and only gave me two bowls of rice a day. After half a month, my condition became even worse because I didn't ask Lang Zhong to see a doctor. As a last resort, I took advantage of the rain and strong wind tonight, and the family members who guarded me were negligent and escaped. ”

After saying so many words, Ge Zhuang was already out of breath and had to stop and take a break from his saliva.

"Grandpa, why didn't he just come and ask us?"

"Maybe I'm afraid of Rui Wangfu, otherwise I'd have come a long time ago."

"That's right. I have heard them talk about it privately, saying that now that the master mother and the county lord are married sisters, and the identity of the eldest lady is not as good as before, they have not acted rashly. Listen to the meaning of the head of the family, wait until you think of a foolproof plan, and then come to ask for the jade pendant. ”

When Ran Er heard this, she couldn't help sneering and said:

"What kind of foolproof solution, wouldn't it be that you also want to lock us up like Uncle Ge?"

"Look at the determination of the head of the family to find the jade pendant, I'm afraid any means can be used."

"Does he really dare to arrest people indiscriminately in broad daylight? Even if the government arrests people, there must be evidence. ”

Ran'er is a girl who rarely gets angry, but Ran'er is not easy to get angry, which doesn't mean that Ran'er is a girl who has no opinions and is bullied. If what Ge Zhuang said was true, then the next hard contact with Xie Yu would definitely be inevitable. Ran Er lowered her head and thought about it, and said to her grandfather:

"Grandpa, when the Rui Wangfu wanted to send someone to guard the ancestral hall of the Lingyin County Lord and his mother, we refused, and now we have to send a letter to the Rui Wangfu and ask them to send someone here."

"That's all there is to it. However, it is better for me to make a trip myself. Discuss with Yao Shuangcheng first and see how many people are appropriate. In addition, the family also needs to prepare a place for people to live. Brother Dazhu, after I go to King Rui's Mansion, I will have to take care of the affairs of the family. ”

"Look at what Uncle Ge said, it was originally what I should do, and I can't say that I can't afford to treat it."

"Okay, now that it's decided, without further ado, I'll set off as soon as it's dawn. Ran Er Lian'er, take good care of her grandmother, find a doctor for Ge Zhuang to see, and arrange his residence. ”

"Grandpa don't worry, but I'm worried that he will intercept him halfway?"

"As soon as dawn I left quietly, it was only three days away from Cannes, and Xie Yu couldn't have known."

"Grandpa better be careful. Otherwise, let Uncle Zhang send a long-term worker to follow his grandfather. It's good that the two of them have a care. ”

"Okay, that's what I said."