Chapter 16: One Corpse, Two Lives

"General, what just happened? A bunch of people broke in, terrifying the concubine. Jiang's old face was pale, and he patted his chest with one hand to make a weak appearance, which seemed to be true, and he was greatly frightened.

As he spoke, he gasped for breath, and he did rush over after getting the news. By the time I got here, I was already panting, and if it weren't for Mother Wang's support, I would still be unstable on my feet.

Sikong Liang had long since lost the previous mood of pity and cherishing the jade, and just said lightly: "It's okay, it's just a misunderstanding, Madam is frightened." ”

That's all, but he refused to say more, and then ordered Wang's mother to wait for his wife to go back to the room to rest. But he turned around and strode in other directions.

What's going on, when they were in the house before, weren't the two of them fine, why did the general become so cold to her again in the blink of an eye?

People say that women have needles in their hearts, is it possible that men also have such emotional uncertainty and multifaceted times?

Jiang Shi just looked at Sikong Liang's departing back in a daze, and couldn't make a sound for a long time, but Wang's mother next to her was clever, and she glanced at the maid who was calling on the side, and Du Juan immediately pulled the familiar servant on the side to ask about the overview.

They had received definite news that someone had entered the mansion saying that they wanted to search for the Assassins, and they had chased them to the Dawnbreaker. Who knew that when the second lady was bathing, the two sides were unhappy, the general was furious, and after those people left, the Jiang family deliberately came over slowly.

But looking at Sikong Liang's face just now, it seems that he has a grudge against her?

Jiang's face was full of inexplicability, could it be that there was something going on that she didn't know?

Sikong Liang didn't care so much, he strode away, but instead of immediately returning to the Ziqiang Courtyard where he lived alone, he turned a corner and walked to the corner of the backyard. walked and walked until I came to the residence of my second aunt Bailan.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, you can smell the scent of sandalwood all over the room. Sikong Liang knew that this was because Bai Lan was a vegetarian all year round, eating fasting and reciting Buddha, and it was precisely because she was always like that, with a cold face and a pale face towards him, and even some resentment. Even, he didn't want to see her more.

It's human nature to think about it, originally Sikong Liang was at the border, thinking about the old and young in the family, especially the second aunt and the second lady. Always worried, are they well fed and clothed, as concubines and concubines, have they been bullied in the house, and the Jiang family is good to them?

finally went home, and was greeted by Jiang's soft words and smiling faces, and the second aunt always had such a cold and indifferent attitude. Even back then, it was he who forcibly brought Bai Lan, who was bent on death and pregnant, back to Kyoto against her wishes. It was he who wanted to eat swan meat, and he was in love with her first beauty, Bai Lan.

But if it weren't for him, she would have died a long time ago, and she would have died with one corpse and two lives, and even the current dawn would not have survived in this world anymore. It's been all these years, and so many things have happened to them before, isn't he good enough for her, why can't she figure it out and forgive him?

No amount of enthusiasm can be melted by ice water. After returning home this time, he was injured and secretly recuperated from Jiang's side, coupled with Jiang's attitude, there was a kind of charm and flavor from his bones. Naturally, it attracted all the attention of Sikong Liang.

If it weren't for such an incident tonight, Xiao Xiao's injured eyes, Sikong Liang really couldn't remember, and he wanted to come to this backyard to see Bai Lan. He walked over unconsciously, and when he walked to the gate of the small courtyard, he was already stunned.

But thinking. Now that the people have come, let's go in and see. It's so late, I guess she's already asleep, right?

Sikong Liang is a rough man, and he can't read a few big characters before Rong, and later although his status is noble, he learned to write his name with his husband, but what difficult things are played, they are still ghostwritten by the staff. He himself can only barely be regarded as no longer illiterate, but he has no literary talent, so the names of the courtyards in this mansion are also very white.

I thought that at the beginning, the saint was happy for a while, and came to the general's mansion as a guest. When I saw what Ziqiang Courtyard and Liufuju were, I once laughed at Sikong Liang and said: "Qing is a layman, but like Qing, I am actually a worldly person." ”

Sikong Liang didn't really understand this sentence, but he also understood that it was not a good compliment, but he was by nature and didn't want to change it. It's very lazy, so the place where the dignified Sikong Second Miss lives will be directly called Dawn Garden.

However, this small courtyard is different, the plaque hanging on it, should have been written "Listening to the Wind Pavilion" a few big characters, such a poetic name, was inscribed by Bai Lan in his own handwriting, before the previous dynasty was destroyed, she was a famous talented woman.

When Sikong Liang came back with Bai Lan, it happened that there was something at Jiang Guogong's house, and Jiang went back to his parents' house to live. Therefore, Bai Lan did not know the existence of the general's wife, and at that time, she also smiled softly and sweetly at Sikong Liang.

However, due to her special identity and the fact that Bai Lan was already disheartened by the past of the previous dynasty, she chose to live in such a remote courtyard closest to the back house of the General's Mansion. The cleaning is neat and tidy, and it has a bit of the style of Jiangnan Minyuan.

It's just later, hey, Sikong Liang couldn't help but sigh when he thought about it, the blessing of Qi people is not enjoyable, and besides, Bai Lan is such a unique woman with a strong personality? Later, when the Jiang family returned home, after Bai Lan found out, she didn't cry loudly, but she just didn't let Sikong Liang into the house again, and the Tingfeng Pavilion would gradually fall into disrepair, and now, it has become a bit like a place for Qing Xiu, the second aunt just hid in it and didn't come out, didn't ask about the world, and even the only daughter didn't pay much attention to it.

This is how people are warm and cold, especially those who are the most good at looking at the direction of the wind. Naturally, I know that the General's Mansion or the Jiang family is the only one, and the second aunt is nothing, and I know the attitude of the subordinates by looking at this courtyard.

The place where the second aunt of the dignified general's mansion lived, she was also the aunt of the second lady who gave birth to the much-loved second lady for the general, but the whole courtyard seemed deserted, and when she walked in, there was even a ridiculous feeling that there had never been a person living in it at all.

Sikong Liang naturally didn't come alone, he followed the little guy by his side, and seeing that he had already walked in, the little guy was about to announce loudly that the people inside came out to greet him, but Sikong Liang raised his hand to stop it. I slowly walked into the courtyard and gradually approached the front hall of the main house.

Now that the night is deep, the second aunt is a person who is a Buddha, and she is used to going to bed early and getting up early, so she has already rested. Before I thought about it, I entered the house, but I heard a voice from inside.

"Auntie, now that the second lady has grown up, she is not only beautiful and cute, but also very smart and sensible, you, you shouldn't hide in this house alone anymore, you should go out and have a look." After that, Xianglan's sharp eyes had already seen the figure outside, deliberately, the smile on her face was even worse, and her tone was sweeter: "You just hid here alone, praying for the general and the young lady to eat fasting and pray for the Buddha, and secretly missed them, but you never let them know, and it is not good for you." ”

Immediately afterwards, a cold voice came out again, and Sikong Liang's heart suddenly moved, he hadn't heard her speak like this for many years.

"Alright, don't say these shameful words." The voice was getting lower and lower, as if there was still a hint of a smile.

"What's this, auntie, it's normal for you to miss the general and miss the general, after all, the general is not only your wife's but also your father-in-law." It's still the bright voice just now, and I think it's Bai Lan's side who is waiting.

A smile slowly appeared on Sikong Liang's face, thinking to himself, this girl is good, go back and talk to the housekeeper, and ask the housekeeper's mother to give her a promotion.

People's hearts are the most irreversible, it has been many years, and there are those things in between, Sikong Liang originally thought that he was dead to Bai Lan, and his mind was much lighter.

I never thought that just hearing her voice and hearing these words tonight made the whole person active, as if he had been young for twenty years, and returned to the beautiful scene of boiling blood.

He is only in his early forties, and although his life is rare in his seventies, a strong man like him can live to seventy or eighty, which means that there are still decades of life waiting ahead.

Listening to the meaning of the maid, it is clear that Lan is also affectionate to him, and it must be because of the fact that those things in the past cannot be shown.

If he can really remove his armor and return to the field and ignore political affairs, those national enemies and family hatreds that exist between him and Bai Lan will no longer exist, and when the time comes, the two of them will return to seclusion together and join hands again, will they be able to be a pair of fairy couples?

As soon as his mind moved, Sikong Liang had already pushed the door and strode inside. But he only saw a dressed beauty sitting inside, so radiant that he almost couldn't recognize it.

The plain clothes on weekdays have been changed, and I saw the second aunt wearing a brown plum blossom makeup gown, with a goose-yellow ruffled phoenix tail skirt underneath, a coral bun inserted in the bun, and even the ears, also with big red star gemstone earrings, a change from the old aging, wooden, eyes are bright, cheeks, also glowing with ruddy luster, there is no unpleasant heavy sandalwood fragrance on the body, and even, there is a string of crystal clear pearls hanging on the neck.

The second aunt has been worshipping the Buddha for many years, because she has always been a vegetarian, and her health is much worse, but she is only over thirty but looks extremely old, and the whole person looks almost the same as the old woman in the countryside.

Therefore, although Sikong Liang in the past was worried, after coming back, he would only look at it from a distance outside the courtyard, and he couldn't say that he was more timid about his hometown or something else, and he didn't even dare to come in and take a look.

But tonight, when I look at it like this, it's actually renew, and the whole person has become vibrant again, Sikong Liang's eyes widened, and he looked at the beauty in front of him in disbelief. (To be continued.) )