Several people in the room stood up, and Wang said, "That's it, sit down." She was a little dull and blind, and she didn't see the different expressions of the people in the room, and only sat on the edge of the kang.

Xianglan said secretly: "The Wang family is by no means a smart person, and he has no words, I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress a few Buddhas here, and I am afraid that there will be a person who loves to stir up the wind and waves, and take advantage of this regeneration of the storm." As the saying goes, 'the bell must be tied to the bell', and it is better to end this matter from the root. Thinking of this, he said to Lin Dongxiu: "Uncle, I'm afraid I'm going to come back this time, I'll go back and take a look and come back." So he left everyone out, and met two or three maids and women and asked, "Have you seen the fourth master?" They all replied that they did not know. Xianglan looked all the way to the small garden, and met Ruizhu, the little girl who was waiting for Lin Zhaoxiang, and Ruizhu said: "The fourth master is behind the flower shelf." ”

Xianglan turned the flower stand to take a look, and saw Lin Jinyuan sitting on the ground with his knees crossed. She slowed down, figured her body behind the tree, and peeked over, only to see Lin Jinyuan frowning, pulling down the magnolias, roses, begonias, etc. that bloomed on the flower shelves one by one, and the ground was already red. Xianglan thought secretly: "Although Lin Jinyuan is a little naughty, he can be raised in front of the old lady, he is always a child with rules, he grew up in a rich family, but he doesn't dare to spoil flowers and plants. He sighed softly and walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

Lin Jinyuan was taken aback, turned his head and stood up, and saw that it was Xianglan who breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "Almost scared me to death." Glancing at Xianglan, Zhiwu said, "How is the old lady, the old lady?" ”

Xianglan said with a stiff face: "Naturally, she is angry." ”

Lin Jinyuan hung his head in frustration, lowered his head and went to pull the flowers and bones again. Xianglan went up to hold his hand, leaned down and whispered, "Little Ancestor, do you know how much turmoil your incident has caused?" First of all, the old lady was angry, and the old lady almost got sick, all of them were her own family, and outsiders like Jiang Xiyun were here, making people laugh at it. ”

Lin Jinyuan was excited, raised his head and asked, "You told the old lady that I lost the handpiece?" ”

Xianglan shook her head slowly: "I promised you not to say it, but I won't say it." ”

Lin Jinyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xianglan said softly: "Let's go, I'll accompany you to admit your mistakes with the old lady." The old lady hurts you so much that your eyes hurt like balls on weekdays, and if you get into trouble, at most you will be angry, punished and punished, and your anger will be gone. We will help you intercede together, and rush to the old lady's birthday, and the old lady will not be ruthless even if she is troubled. ”

Lin Jinyuan pouted, tilted his head, and his tender white face was full of unhappiness.

"Now for this hand, several of your sisters are suspicious of this matter, and the eldest aunt, second aunt, second grandmother, and Jiang girl who have entered the back room are arguing about this matter. A big family, elders and juniors, brothers and sisters, sisters-in-law, many people, different temperaments, it is inevitable to be hurt by things, but they are afraid that small things will cause big disasters, because of trivial troubles, the hearts of the people are scattered, and the family will be ruined. Don't talk about these, you don't take responsibility for the things you committed, and in the end, your sisters carried the black pot for you, do you feel better? ”

Lin Jinyuan lowered his head and thought about it, raised his head sharply, and said with flashing eyes: "Sisters, naturally they can't do it, it's better to say that Jiang Xiyun took it!" ”

Xianglan was shocked in her throat, and immediately said, "How can this work?" ”

"Why can't this work?" Lin Jinyuan grabbed Xianglan's sleeve with his small hand: "I just said that I saw her take it with my own eyes, and my sister just pretended to be deaf and dumb." Shaking Xianglan's arm, "She is not from our family, not to mention that I heard a girl grind her teeth and say, she once poisoned you, this time it depends on her head, and one bears the sin of that hand; The second also avenged you, isn't it happy? ”

Xianglan looked at Lin Jinyuan's grape-beaded eyes, and there was a flash of thought in her heart, and she almost wanted to agree. Yes, why shouldn't she? Jiang Xiyun hurt her deeply, just because she was a young lady of the family, so she retreated, and she came to the Lin family as if she had nothing to do, and she didn't even feel a trace of guilt, as if what she had done before was justified, such a selfish person, why should she have good thoughts, it is better to take revenge like this, and let Jiang Xiyun taste the taste of punishment! In this way, not only does Lin Jinyuan be grateful to her, but also relieves the hatred in his heart, why not?

Lin Jinyuan saw Xianglan's eyes half-closed, frowned and pondered, suddenly felt that there was a play, shook Xianglan's arm, twisted the candy, and said: "Can it be done?" Can it be made or not? That's it! Good sister, please! ”

Xianglan opened her eyes, looked at Lin Jinyuan, and after a while, she spit out two words with great difficulty: "No." After saying this, she exhaled deeply, as if unloading a thousand pounds of burden, and repeated it again, categorically: "No! ”

Lin Jinyuan was surprised: "Why? ”

"Because if I did, I would look down on myself for the rest of my life." Xianglan's expression was calm, and she took his hand, "How can it be so easy for people to live in the world, saying that they want to live in a bright and honest way?" But at least you have to bear the wrong things yourself, no matter what punishment you receive, your heart is clean, so that you don't have a good conscience in the future, and then find a way to coax yourself to say that what you did that day is 'unavoidable, and you can't help yourself' or that the other party is 'self-inflicted' and you are just 'pushing the boat with the current', in fact, you know best in your heart. ”

Lin Jinyuan shook off her hand angrily: "To put it lightly, you don't see how terrifying my grandfather is when he is angry, my eldest brother's temper is exactly the same as that of my grandfather, the last time I came down with a cane, I lay on the bed for half a month and didn't move, I want to go to you, I don't want to go!" He kicked the petals on the ground again, stomped his foot and said angrily: "Strange big brother said that you are pedantic like an old master, are you really stupid?" It is clearly a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, and you have to sharpen your head to find it unpleasant! ”

Xianglan looked at Lin Jinyuan silently, and thought secretly: "Brother Yuan is so old that he hides his scheming, he and Lin Jinlou have a temper, they are both extremely strong and face-saving, I am afraid that I will expose his shortcomings, he is in a hurry and makes a bad fuss, and I am not interested, how to resolve this matter now, simply break the kettle, in order to provoke him, he will respond." Said slowly: "Well, you can't blame others for the matter of the handsmith; But I promise you that you will not mention it to anyone else when you commit it. But if it is not clarified, innocent people will be wronged, and in this case, I will bear it. ”

Lin Jinyuan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What did you say?" ”

Xianglan said: "I said, I will take this fault for you, and I will immediately go to the old lady to receive the punishment." Then he turned and left.

Lin Jinyuan was shocked: "Crazy! Lose your marbles! Are you crazy? He quickly chased after him and asked, "Are you lying to me?" Yes? ”

Xianglan stopped and said: "I admit my mistake for the fourth master, not so that the fourth master can accept my affection, I just hope that the fourth master will be able to sit upright in the future, a manly man, and be able to bear his mistakes." ”

This sentence made Lin Jinyuan's face flushed, and he couldn't help but freeze there, tears swirled in his eyes, and when he saw Xianglan walking away, he couldn't help but say indignantly: "Can you bear to go!" You are of high moral character! He was angry, and felt that he couldn't stand or sit, and he was still thinking about it in his heart, so he stomped his foot and chased after him.

Xianglan walked very slowly, and when she looked back, she saw Lin Jinyuan following far behind her, and couldn't help but nod secretly. The heart said that although Brother De and Lin Jinyuan are two or three years apart, their temperaments are very different. De Geer is sincere and humble, very polite, and has a dignified attitude at a young age; Brother Yuan is tricky and eccentric, more than smart and not kind, but in the end, he was raised by poetry and books, he is well-informed and reasonable, and he has not fallen into the flow of treachery.

She stopped and turned around, and Lin Jinyuan also froze, lowering his head and not speaking. Xianglan walked over and took his hand, leaned over and said, "When I go back today, I will tell your eldest brother that the fourth master of our Lin family's Yuan is responsible." Seeing that Lin Jinyuan was still wiping her tears, her heart couldn't help but soften, she was very close to Lin Jinyuan on weekdays, and couldn't help touching his head and said, "I'll accompany you to get the punishment from the old lady, if you're afraid, I'll say that the bracelet was lost by both of us, how about accompanying you?" ”

Lin Jinyuan raised his sleeve to wipe his eyes, peeked at Xianglan, and heard her say that she would accompany her to receive the punishment together, but her courage was a little stronger, and she nodded hesitantly.

Xianglan breathed a sigh of relief, led Lin Jinyuan all the way to the flower hall, went in to take a look, only to see that the flower hall was already empty, the fruits, tea and wine on the table were still neatly placed, and the golden beast was still spitting green smoke in its mouth, only the cup was still there, and when she saw the two of them coming, she said: "The old lady said that she was not good, so she went to the back room to rest." ”

Xianglan said: "Sister Lao reported that the two of us came to ask the old lady and the old lady for the matter of the hand. ”

Liubei was taken aback, looked at this, and then at that, didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly went in to report. After waiting for a while, he only heard a cough coming from inside the house, and Lin Zhaoxiang said lightly: "Come in." ”

The two of them walked in and saw Lin Zhaoxiang sitting at the kang table, holding a hookah in his hand, and Mrs. Lin sitting on the other side of the kang table, twisting a string of Buddhist beads in her hand. Xue Zhan and Rui Zhu stood aside to serve, and Lin Zhaoxiang's old servant Geng Tonggui also stood aside.

Xianglan and Lin Jinyuan knelt down together, Lin Jinyuan didn't dare to say anything, Xianglan saw that his face was bloodless, so he said: "Now I came to ask the old lady, the old lady to ask for guilt, the East Palace reward is the two of us lost it by negligence, this morning, the fourth master told me how valuable the things in the East Palace are, I thought about it, and told the fourth master to take it out for me to see, the fourth master couldn't help it, so he had to take out the hand, the two of us looked at the pool in the small garden, who knew that a miss, the handbag fell into the lake"

I saw Lin Zhaoxiang in his hand, his eyes were like lightning towards the two of them, his eyes were sharp, his face was full of frost, he stared at Lin Jinyuan, and said in a deep voice: "Jinyuan, is this the case?" ”

Lin Jinyuan snorted, not daring to look up.

Lin Zhaoxiang slapped the golden kang table and shouted, "What about you, yes or no?" ”

Lin Jinyuan was so frightened that tears fell.

Mrs. Lin hurriedly persuaded: "What are you shouting so loudly for, look at the child who scares it"

Lin Zhaoxiang said angrily: "You don't care, you spoil him on weekdays!" I see who dares to persuade today! He shouted at Lin Jinyuan again, "Let me ask you the last time, how did you lose this hand?" ”r1152――5686986428783469756+dsguoo+326――>