Chapter 23: The Death of Fang Shiqian
"Hehe, there have been a few encounters."
Seeing him smiling weirdly, Linglong had an ominous feeling, she didn't want to ask and couldn't suppress the curiosity in her heart: "Childe thinks...... What about this person? ”
"Not really!"
Linglong frowned slightly: "You can come to such a conclusion based on just a few faces?" ”
The man in white squinted at her: "I saw him three times, and all three times he was in the riverside painting boat, what do you think?" ”
Linglong's breath stagnated, and his head was a little cloudy.
"Linglong, Linglong, come here! You see that your mother has picked out a wedding dress for you, it looks good satin, you try it, if it is good, let the master change it according to your body size and you can wear it. ”
Linglong looked at the wedding dress in her mother's hand and felt particularly dazzling, her mood fell to the bottom, listening to what the man in white said, who can have a good mood? What to do? Did you just dig out the wolf's den and go into the tiger's den again?
Linglong walked halfway and suddenly turned around: "Childe, can you please do me a favor?" ”
The man in white paused, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised: "Why should I help you?" ”
"I ......" Linglong lowered his eyebrows, in his current situation, he really didn't have any bargaining chips to exchange with others, "As long as you promise to help, I ...... There are three things I can do for you. ”
"Heh, why do I need your help as a big man?"
Looking at his arrogant appearance, Linglong hated it so much, this guy is really not a good thing, men in the world are not good things, Linglong glared at him with a cold face: "If you don't help, you won't know you in the future." ”
Seeing Linglong's ruthless appearance, the man in white felt funny, this woman has a very strong temperament, but it's a pity that she has to be rationed to that Fang Shiqian, I'm afraid that there will be no good results in the future, it's a pity.
The man in white shook his head regretfully, picked a few straight sachets, paid for them and left.
Linglong has been bowing her head since she came out of the embroidery workshop and has not spoken, and she has not answered when Song asks her several times, and Zhihua on the side whispered the words of the boy in white. Song was surprised after hearing this, she had also seen that Fang Shiqian, who looked polite and dignified like a decent gentleman? How could it be like that?
"Linglong, don't talk nonsense to outsiders, I've seen Fang Shiqian for my mother, and I think he's not that kind of person."
"Mother has also seen Master Hou and Mrs. Hou Ye, what kind of people do you think they are?"
"This ...... This is the exception! ”
"Mother, what if the time changes is really that kind of person? What should I do? Do you want to go to the funeral again? ”
"This... This one...... But you are already engaged, the marriage books have been changed, if you want to withdraw from the marriage at this time, the rumors outside are not more ......" Song felt that Linglong's heart was hurt halfway through speaking, but this thing is really difficult to do! Now I can only pray for the Bodhisattva to bless Fang Shiqian who is not like that, but I hope that the man in white has recognized the wrong person.
After Linglong returned home, she went straight back to her house without saying a word, thinking of the words of the boy in white, she was restless, she thought she wouldn't care, but when it came to the end, she still cared, who would want to marry a sanctimonious hungry ghost?
Linglong has seen the gift list hired by the Fang family, all of them are worthless tattered things, adding up to less than fifty taels, and the Su family's dowry is at least five thousand taels, who dares to say that Fang Shiqian is not here for the Su family's money?
The more Linglong thought about it, the more wrong it became, and instead of falling into the hands of the enemy and dying and struggling, it was better to bury the fire pit before jumping into it. She called Zhihua over, secretly instructed her, and gave her a hundred taels of silver to help her buy things and leave the house under the pretext of helping.
After Zhihua left, Zhishu was a little worried: "Miss, let Zhihua go alone?" Why don't you go with the slaves and maids? ”
"There are too many people but arouse suspicion, although Zhihua has a broken mouth, it is still a little clever, and it should not be a big problem."
Zhishu hesitated slightly, "Miss, what are you going to do if the result is really as the man in white said?" ”
"Retire reads;."
"I have to retreat! Miss, even if the lady agrees, the lord will not agree! What's more, you... You ......"
"Could it be that you look at me like an outsider? The big deal was for my father to kick me out of the house, and I would change places and set up my own door. ”
"Miss, how do you set up your own door? Even if you want to go to the government, it won't work! ”
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the methods are all thought up by people, and we will talk about it when the time comes."
Linglong made up his mind, if that party was really unbearable, it would be better to leave his relatives early, at least he could save a large amount of dowry, and the money was enough to do a lot of things on his own.
After lunch, Linglong walked around the gate of the front yard, waiting for the news of Zhihua. In the middle of the afternoon, a small servant hurriedly ran in: "Oh no, madam, no! ”
Linglong stopped him: "What are you doing?" ”
"Miss, it's not good, it's not good!"
"What's the matter?"
"Miss, that Fang ...... Aunt Fang is gone! ”
"Who's gone? You make it clear. ”
"Miss Fang, Miss, your aunt who has not yet married!"
Linglong was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and there was a hint of joy in his heart. It's good to be dead, it's best to be dead, and you don't have to go through all the effort to withdraw from your family, Linglong can't wait to look up to the sky and laugh.
Song came out of the house, his voice trembling a little: "What did you say?" Who do you say is gone? ”
"Mrs. Hui, Aunt Fang, the second young lady's unmarried Aunt Fang is gone."
Song staggered a few steps with her head in her hands, but fortunately the grandmother beside her helped her, she stood in place for a while, and suddenly cried out loudly: "My Linglong, why are you miserable?" ”
Linglong was so excited by Song's voice that she felt uncomfortable, and she went over to help Song: "Mother, what are you crying about, I live well, where is my life miserable?" ”
"Oh, you stupid girl, outsiders have rumored that you are Kefukezi, you have been lonely all your life, and you finally booked a family affair, and you are about to get married, why is it like this again, my poor Linglong!"
Linglong understood what his mother meant, Fang Shiqian died, there was more gossip outside, and his reputation as a Kefuke son was certain. In any case, rumors hurt themselves and not hurt themselves, and I am not afraid of rumors when I have a strong consciousness.
In the evening, Zhihua came back in a hurry, and as soon as she entered the door, she fell to the ground, and she was stunned for half an hour before coming back to her senses.
This girl is really a little clever, she even let her mix with the painting boat that Fang Shiqian often goes, she saw Fang Shiqian on the painting boat and make love with those Qinglou women, and threatened to wait for a few days for him to become a relative, and when the bride's dowry arrives, she will share their share with each person.
Zhihua was so angry that he just wanted to smoke him, and suddenly saw several big men rushing to the painting boat to ask Fang Shiqian for debts, and heard that Fang Shiqian owed them 10,000 taels of silver, Fang Shiqian kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy, saying that he would pay it back as soon as his bride passed the door. The other party didn't obey and wanted to cut off his two fingers as a guarantor, Fang Shiqian wanted to escape, but was slashed and fell into the river in the chaos.
The people who asked for the debt broke up in a hurry when they saw their lives, the people on the painting boat asked the people by the river for help, and dozens of people went into the water to salvage, but they didn't find anyone for an afternoon. That side of the time is now alive and dead, and there is no corpse.