Once again, I went to Lincheng, and the journey was much safer than before.

While passing through the wilderness, they were also attacked by bandits, but these bandits were obviously organized by the peasants who lived in the surrounding area, so the soldiers in charge of guarding only cleaned them up and did not hurt their lives.

The bandits they encountered on another occasion were obviously outlaws, and they were cleanly disposed of by the guards, or perhaps because the soldiers were merciless and frightened Xiaoxiao who still wanted to fight them, and since then, the road has been peaceful.

This is the first time Shen Niannian has left the border city, and he is in the northern region that he has never been, so he is naturally very curious about the outside world.

She grew up in Kyoto since she was a child, although she has the identity of the concubine of the Hou Mansion, but because of the strict restrictions on women in the Eastern Yi Dynasty, she has almost never even gone out of Kyoto, except for every flower festival or in recent years, she will go out of the city gate of Kyoto and go to the temple on the outskirts of Beijing to incense or something.

The impression of the Northern Regions is also a wild place, a place where poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people.

After all, it was common to hear rumors about the northern region in the past, natural and man-made disasters, and extreme poverty, and almost no Kyoto people wanted to go to that kind of place.

But now, all the way out of the border city, Shen Niannian realized how unreliable those rumors in Kyoto were.

Perhaps there are indeed a lot of bandits in the northern regions, and the people here are not muddy people, and they may take hoes to rob passing caravans at any time, and occupy the mountains as kings. However, along the way, although the environment is not as rich as the Southern Regions, it is not as rich as once thought, it is a deserted land.

When passing by some villages and towns around, you can also see that the people in the northern region are not as poor as they imagined, and even they passed by a small town that relies on mining for a living. I am very satisfied with life, too.

Lincheng is a border city in the Northern Regions near the Southern Regions.

Except for the people of the Northern Regions. There are also some people living in the Southern Regions.

This city has existed for nearly a thousand years, and Lincheng has also become a characteristic of its own, where you can buy both the specialties of the Northern Regions and the precious things of the Southern Regions. The degree of prosperity. It's not much worse than Kyoto. Shen Niannian who watched it was stunned and surprised.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of Lincheng, Shen Niannian lifted the curtains. I saw Shen Mingcheng and the others waiting at the gate of Lincheng City.

She took a closer look, in addition to her eldest brother, there were other Shen family members, some familiar and some unfamiliar, men and women combined, there were more than a dozen people.

"Big brother?"

After the carriage walked in and stopped, Shen Niannian was about to get out of the carriage, but was stopped by Shen Mingcheng, and couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.

Shen Mingcheng smiled, "There is still some distance from our home, you don't have to get off the carriage in a hurry, just sit down first, and we will go home together." ”

The eldest brother's gentle tone made Shen Niannian's nose sour, and his eyes were hazy.

Go home?

Will she finally be able to return to her home?

At this moment, Shen Niannian remembered the humiliation she had suffered in the Yun family when she was still Shen Ningshuang, and remembered that when she had just woken up in her twin sister's body, the kind of fear that was not helpful to hide was actually an urge to cry.

Thankfully, she held back.

Snorting, Shen Niannian smiled happily, "Well, go home." ”

Shen Mingcheng didn't understand how she was feeling at this moment, and didn't say anything, just sighed lightly, "Niannian, don't worry, there are some things, the eldest brother will never allow it to pass, sooner or later, the eldest brother will seek justice for you!" ”

Knowing what he was talking about, although Shen Niannian didn't speak, the smile on his face deepened, and he nodded very seriously.

Shen Mingcheng was responsible for leading the way, and the carriage drove directly into Lincheng.

There were a lot of people coming and going in the city, and the surrounding area gradually became noisy and noisy.

About half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped at the Shen Mansion, Shen Niannian jumped out of the carriage, and looked at the mansion with the Shen Mansion plaque in front of him in surprise, a little stunned.

"Big brother, this ...... Where have you lived all these years? ”

Asked almost incredulously.

Shen Niannian didn't know how to describe the house in front of him.

Although the façade looks very large, whether it is the two broken stone pillars in front of the door or the two wooden gates, they all look a little nondescript, and from the outside, the living area of this house does not seem to be large, it is a small courtyard with two entrances, because in addition to the two wooden doors in the center that she sees now, there are two wooden doors on both sides of this gate, and one of the doors has been pushed open, and there is still a stall selling vegetables in front of the door!

said that this was where the officials lived, and she really didn't want to believe it.

Even if his father has been exiled, he is still a five-grade official, how can he live in such a place?

"This is it, Niannian, there are some things you don't understand yet." Shen Mingcheng smiled helplessly, "Let's go, let's go in first." ”

Shen Qianqiu also got off the horse, just seeing her expression, she was a little embarrassed, "Niannian, after all, this place still belongs to the Northern Regions, and it can't compare to Kyoto, and the house is smaller, but it's not unlivable." ”

"Dad, it's not what you think, I'm just curious, you are a five-grade official and have your own mansion, what's the matter, you shouldn't live here, it's ......" Shen Niannian thought that her father misunderstood her and disliked this house, and quickly explained, "Besides, my daughter has lived in a mud house for a few months, how can she not get used to living here?" ”

"Okay, it's not early, let's go in first, mother has prepared the meal, just wait for your father to come back." Shen Mingcheng said.

Shen Qianqiu nodded, "Cheng'er, you can arrange these guards first, thanks to the protection of these little brothers along the way, we can't treat others badly." ”

"Dad, don't worry. Children understand. Shen Mingcheng smiled gently, let their father and daughter go into the courtyard, and then arrange Yi Qinglan's subordinates.

Shen Niannian walked into the courtyard with Shen Qianqiu first.

This courtyard is really as small as she imagined, walking into a small courtyard, about three points of the open space only simple furnishings, the ground is paved with bluestone slabs, there are a few clusters of vegetables that are often eaten on the ground, but there is a bit of a farmer's atmosphere.

"The house is also divided into two yards, the front yard is our house, and the back yard is your grandmother. The people of the family live on the side of the house. Although it is only a small two-entry house, although it is a little crowded, it is still able to live. ”

When Shen Qianqiu arrived home, he also relaxed. Interestingly, he introduced her to the house where the Shen family lived.

Shen Niannian understood that he was not used to living in Yi Qinglan's mansion before. Even if the subordinates in the house are quite polite to him. But King Ling's name is still like a mountain pressing on him, and the days under the fence are not comfortable.

Shen Niannian listened carefully. While saying, "Dad, is grandmother in good health?" I want to go and say hello to my grandmother. ”

Although she didn't get along well with her grandmother in the house when she was still a girl's family, since she was going to come back to live in the future, of course, she couldn't ignore the old lady of the Shen family.

Shen Qianqiu listened to her words, and really felt very comfortable in her heart, at least her daughter did not become unpopular because of Lord Ling's love.

In addition to the two old wives and a cook who are in charge of the kitchen, there are only the subordinates in charge of cleaning in the family, and the total number of people is less than seven.

Shen Niannian followed Shen Qianqiu to the backyard, the small two-entry mansion was inhabited by nearly thirty people of the Shen family, and it was not spacious.

Along the way, from time to time, she would meet some familiar Shen family members, and Shen Niannian also greeted them one by one, while Shen Qianqiu pretended to introduce her, and by the way, told everyone her identity.

At this moment, everyone in the Shen family knew that the Shen family actually had a young lady, and she was actually born to Shen Qianqiu's first wife, and she was actually twin sisters with the eldest miss Shen who died early!

The curious Shen family followed them towards the back house.

Although Shen Mingcheng was the first to come back before, he did not reveal anything about Shen Niannian, so this was also the first time that everyone in the Shen family knew Shen Niannian, and they were shocked because of her face that was very similar to Shen Ningshuang.

The old lady of the Shen family is a lot older than she remembers, after marrying into the Yun family, she has never seen this old lady again, but the old lady's beauty skills have impressed her very deeply, because the old lady's appearance back then can almost be described as young, and the charm still exists, even if she has become a grandmother, her demeanor is still the same.

But now when she sees the old lady again, she is at least ten years older than the beautiful woman in her impression, and obvious wrinkles can be seen in the corners of her eyes.

"Mother, she is your eldest granddaughter, Shen Niannian ......" Shen Qianqiu saw that the old lady had a straight face, and after asking for peace, he told Shen Niannian's origin.

After hearing this, the old lady frowned slightly, "She's your daughter?" ”

Shen Qianqiu nodded and sighed lightly, "The family is unfortunate, mother, Niannian grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and suffered a lot, and now when he returns home, it is not God who wants to compensate us for the grief of losing Shuang'er." In the future, Niannian will live at home and hope that her mother will take care of her. ”

The old lady's sharp gaze fell on Shen Niannian's face, and when she saw her appearance, her eyes flashed, but she smiled kindly, "If it was really carved out of the same mold as the big girl, if it wasn't for the news of the big girl's death, I really thought it was the big girl standing in front of me." ”

Saying that, the old lady smiled a little sadly, if she didn't know, she thought that Shen Ningshuang had a very good relationship with her.

Shen Niannian knew that this old lady was pretending to be in front of her, but for the sake of her father's face, she didn't want to really offend her, so she smiled and said after a slight blessing, "Grandmother, if your sister is in the spirit of heaven, she will be very happy to know that you miss her so much, and let Niannian honor you instead of her sister in the future." ”

The old lady also smiled kindly and beckoned to her, "Sister Nian'er, come here, let grandmother take a look at you." ”

Shen Niannian bowed his head, stepped forward in small steps, and stood respectfully in front of her, every move, there was no rudeness, which really made the old lady unable to find fault if she wanted to.

However, seeing her behavior, she was almost the same as the girl raised by the Hou Mansion, which made the old lady's eyes a little suspicious, but the old lady was an old man after all, and did not show a trace of suspicion, but was very kind to her, and took off a jade transparent bracelet from her wrist with a smile and pulled her hand and put it on her hand, "Grandmother this is the first time I have seen you, and I haven't had time to prepare any meeting gifts, this bracelet grandmother has been carrying it for decades, if Sister Nian doesn't dislike it, Just take it and keep it. ”

Shen Niannian made a frightened look and wanted to refuse, but was frightened by the old lady's pretended face, so she had to put it away with anxiety and said softly, "Thank you grandmother for the reward." ”

Sure enough, the old lady smiled very happily, but Shen Niannian still saw a trace of disdain and disdain from the depths of her eyes.

sneered secretly, the old lady is a person she knows best.

Although she was once an old lady of the Hou Mansion, in fact, her background was not high, she was her father's stepmother, but she raised her father since she was a child, so her father was very respectful to this old lady and really regarded her as a mother.

But the old lady didn't think so.

Knowing that the old lady actually looked down on her, a girl who grew up in the countryside, Shen Niannian didn't care, she wouldn't live at home for too long, if the old lady didn't fight her idea, she was willing to live in harmony with the old lady and not let her father worry.

Seeing that their grandparents and grandchildren had a good relationship, Shen Qianqiu also said happily, "Mother, today is the day when Niannian goes home, so I will trouble my grandmother to tell me to go down, get a table of good wine and food, and officially announce Niannian's identity, I have wronged her for eighteen years, and we should also compensate for her." ”

The old lady fiddled with the Buddha beads in her hand, but nodded when she heard this, "What you said is that this matter will be left to your wife." ”

Shen Qianqiu responded, suddenly remembered Aunt Feng's matter, suddenly sank her face, and said, "By the way, mother, about who took Nian Nian away back then, my son already has evidence, Aunt Feng is bold and ruthless, although she is a noble concubine, she has also committed the taboo of her son, so I will also solve Aunt Feng by the way today, no matter what, since she can kill the housewife, this kind of poisonous woman really shouldn't continue to plague our Shen family......"

Shen Qianqiu had already decided to dispose of Aunt Feng, so there was murderous intent in his tone, so he didn't notice it, and after he said this, the old lady's face became stiff at that moment...... (To be continued.) )