Chapter 175: Conspiracy (1)
Zhang Xiaoman arrived in Zhangjia Village and went directly to the Qi family compound where he had lived for three years.
One qiē looks so depressed, even the two big characters of the Qi family are so dim, Zhang Xiaoman stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the two little girls brought by the Qi family closely followed, and the eight pro-soldiers observed the surrounding form, and the two secret guards stayed in the dark and did not appear.
She stopped Yahuan from knocking on the door, and after only three knocks, a young man asked, "Who is it?" ”
Zhang Xiaoman heard that the voice was Qi Jimin, and hurriedly said, "It's me, Zhang Xiaoman." ”
The door opened from the inside, and Zhang Xiaoman saw Qi Jimin's face full of surprise, "I thought you wouldn't be able to come." ”
Zhang Xiaoman sniffed, "Why can't I come, even if I walk alone, I still have to come to see Xi Po." ”
Qi Jimin noticed Zhang Xiaoman's slightly bulging belly, and said in a daze: "Are you pregnant?" ”
"Huzi is three years old, and this is my second child." Zhang Xiaoman smiled: "Don't invite me in, you still like to stand at the door and talk." ”
Looking at the soldiers waiting behind him, Qi Jimin smiled bitterly, "Come in." ”
The Qi family's compound is really not what it used to be, such a big courtyard is not as prosperous as it used to be, Zhang Xiaoman didn't find a small house along the way, and followed Qi Jimin to go inside, Zhang Xiaoman had to let go no matter how many questions he had.
Looking at the overgrown garden and the muddy and dirty pond water, Zhang Xiaoman still couldn't help it, and asked thoughtfully: "How did it become like this, wasn't someone in charge of it before?" Where have all those people gone now? ”
"The house could not afford any money, so he dismissed all the servants." Qi Jimin said indifferently, with a light smile in his voice: "It's right for you to leave me, otherwise you will have to suffer with me now." ”
Zhang Xiaoman was stunned, his feet slowed down, Qi Jimin stopped, looked back at Zhang Xiaoman, and said seriously: "The only decision I made the right way was to let you go, I feel very relieved to see that you are doing well now." ”
"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Xiaoman couldn't see Qi Jimin's old-fashioned appearance. There is no energy at all. More or less she had heard about him, and nothing major had happened, could it be that her news was wrong? "I'd like to take a look at Xi Po first, and we'll talk slowly later."
"Of course." Qi Jimin smiled at Zhang Xiaoman. "Xi Po and I thought you wouldn't be able to come. I didn't expect you to actually come. I don't know what kind of joy Si Po will become. ”
Later, the two of them talked casually and went to Xi Po's room, and there were two fewer soldiers behind them, and Zhang Xiaoman didn't notice it. Qi Jimin found out, and he didn't say anything, but his eyes were even more gloomy.
Zhang Xiaoman said: "What's the matter, I don't look good at you all of a sudden, do you remember something?" ”
Qi Jimin shook his head: "It's okay, I just want to ask you how General Qi treats you?" ”
"That's good." Speaking of Qi Ziyun, Zhang Xiaoman's face was full of happiness, "He is really good to me, don't worry, I am very satisfied." ”
Maybe he was worried that Zhang Xiaoman was not doing well, after all, Qi Jimin had such a strong hope that Zhang Xiaoman would marry him, and now that Zhang Xiaoman is married to someone else and has children, no matter whether Qi Jimin is jealous or unwilling, he is now much late.
He sneered and said, "No wonder I haven't seen you and Xi Po write letters for so many years, and no wonder, as long as you are with Qi Ziyun, you will always be the only one in your eyes and nothing else." ”
Zhang Xiaoman couldn't tell whether this was blame or sarcasm, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I ignored you, and I will never do it again." ”
"Later?" Qi Jimin sneered again, but he just shook his head and didn't say any more, Zhang Xiaoman frowned, not knowing what to say, so there was only silence between them.
When he arrived at Xi Po's room, Qi Jimin said, "I'll wait for you outside, and you go in alone." ”
Zhang Xiaoman replied yes, raised his legs and walked in, the two maids and eight personal soldiers immediately followed, Qi Jimin raised his hand and said, "The people below don't go in, so as not to make a noise and let Xi Po rest." His eyes swept over the two pro-soldiers who came back at the end, and his gloomy face became even more grim.
Zhang Xiaoman patted his head, "Look at me, I'm so confused, I don't know that Xi Po needs to be clean, you all go down, don't come in if I didn't tell you." ”
The last two sentences were said to Yahuan and the soldiers, but no one moved obediently, Zhang Xiaoman raised his voice unhappily, "What?" Is it that what I said doesn't work, and you only listen to Jiugu's orders now? Do you want me to repair the book now and ask Jiu Gu to let you wait outside the door? ”
The soldiers were all shocked, and replied loudly: "Follow Madame's orders." And then he went down.
There were still two maid rings left looking at Zhang Xiaoman with big eyes, Zhang Xiaoman was angry for a while, and covered her chest: "I'll tell Aunt Jiu when I go back, the two good girl rings she chose made me so angry that my stomach hurt and didn't retreat, see if Aunt Jiu is facing you or me." ”
Needless to say, it must be towards Zhang Xiaoman, the two maids looked at each other and retreated with uncertain expressions, Zhang Xiaoman snorted angrily, entered Xi Po's room and closed the door.
Qi Jimin looked at the two maid rings who were guarding the door, and at a glance he could see that these two people were Lian Jiazi, but he didn't know why Zhang Xiaoman's side had become so tight now, as if someone was trying to harm her. Three men stood guard outside the door.
Zhang Xiaoman walked in, and when he got inside, he saw Xi Po lying on the bed, Zhang Xiaoman didn't feel good in his heart, and sped up his pace and walked over, Xi Po slept soundly with her eyes closed, and she didn't wake up at all because of the quarrel outside the door, Zhang Xiaoman thought in her heart suspiciously, how could she not wake up Xi Po with such a loud voice, is she really too sick and tired?
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Zhang Xiaoman took Xi Po's hand, stroked the wrinkles on her hand, and said infinitely melancholy: "It's been another three years, I don't know why the days go by so quickly, and you are old without giving me time to react, am I very unfilial?" ”
"I said that I wanted to be a relative. Take good care of you, but I haven't thought of you for three years and I haven't taken it to heart, I have always felt that time is still very long, and only when he leaves me can I find out what I missed, you say that I am not very selfish, you must be very sad, right? ”
"Maybe when you think about me, I'm laughing and playing with others, I'm so unfilial, I said that I want to care for you as a grandmother, I broke my promise, you blame me. But don't ignore me. You must wake up and let me do my filial piety to you, the days are still so long, how can you be willing to leave like this? You haven't seen your nephew, and the baby in my womb right now I don't know if it's male or female. If the girl is a girl, Jiugu shouldn't like it very much. Then I'll leave it to you to play with. Shall we take good care of her together? ”
"Xi Po ......" Zhang Xiaoman began to choke, "I really miss you, I'm sorry I forgot about you in the past three years." I really didn't mean to, Si Po, can you forgive me? ”
Xi Po was still lying motionless on the bed, Zhang Xiaoman babbled a lot of words, Xi Po was still not necessarily awake, she was a little tired, she wanted to stand up and walk around, but she didn't expect to be dizzy as soon as she stood up, Zhang Xiaoman immediately sat down, watching Xi Po's body become two, three, her eyes became dim, she shook her head or didn't get better, and after strong support for a while, Zhang Xiaoman still fainted.
Blurry seemed to be hugged by someone, Zhang Xiaoman felt a strange breath, closed his eyes and was struggling, the man stopped moving and looked at Zhang Xiaoman for a while, sighed heavily, Zhang Xiaoman wanted to speak but couldn't say it, the sentence "Who are you" was always surrounded in her heart, and she finally lost all consciousness.
It seems like a long time has passed.
When she woke up, Zhang Xiaoman was lying on the bed in the room, and Qi Jimin was sitting next to her with an anxious face. Feeling better? ”
Zhang Xiaoman sat up with support, thinking of what happened before he fell unconscious, looked at Qi Jimin and asked, "Why am I here?" How long have I passed out? ”
"You haven't been in the house for a long time, I can still hear your voice at first, and then I can't hear any sound, I was worried and opened the door and went in, I didn't expect you to lie down on the table, the window was still wide open, and your body was cold, if I hadn't arrived in time, maybe your stomach would be ......" Qi Jimin didn't say any more, looking at Zhang Xiaoman's sad face.
Is that so? Zhang Xiaoman didn't suspect that Qi Jimin would lie to her, but she didn't open the window, let alone go to the table, she had always been by Xi Po's bedside, how could she faint and run to a meter away? It's incredible.
Zhang Xiaoman didn't know how to say her question to Qi Jimin, but she was more concerned about another question now, "Has Xi Po woken up?" ”
Qi Jimin lowered his eyes, and his voice was sad, "No, I've been asleep all day." ”
"Don't worry, Si Po will wake up soon, she says now that she may not be able to hear us, but she can't open her eyes." Zhang Xiaoman comforted Qi Jimin in turn, and said in a deliberately relaxed tone, "We just need to wait now, and the mother-in-law will definitely wake up at night." ”
Even if he knew that Zhang Xiaoman was comforting him, Qi Jimin was still relieved a lot, and nodded to Zhang Xiaoman, "You are right, as long as we believe that Xi Po will wake up, my mother-in-law will definitely wake up." ”
Zhang Xiaoman smiled at Qi Jimin, and glanced at the two maids beside him, "Call the leader of the pro-soldier over, and I'll ask him something." ”
A girl ring continued to stay by Zhang Xiaoman's side, and a girl ring went down to call someone.
Qi Jimin saw the soldiers of Qi Mansion coming in, stood up and wanted to go out, Zhang Xiaoman waved his hand lightly, and said, "No, it just so happens that you can also listen to this matter." ”
Qi Jimin sat down again, looked at Zhang Xiaoman and pursed his lips.
"Did you find anything out of the ordinary?" Zhang Xiaoman directly asked the leading soldiers, "For example, did you see suspicious characters coming in and out, or did something unusual happen?" You can sue me for anything you think is wrong, and you can't let go of the very small. ”
The soldier thought for a while, shook his head, and soon his face changed, and he said to Zhang Xiaoman: "There is a big tree behind this house, and after Madame passed out, someone picked up this thing below. ”
He took out a purse from his arms, there were some broken silver in it, and there was nothing more, Zhang Xiaoman took it and looked at it, and said suspiciously: "Listen to what you mean, I didn't have this thing under the tree before I entered the house?" ”
"Yes." The soldier replied affirmatively, "Before coming in, we carefully checked the surroundings, and found nothing abnormal, but after the lady passed out, I heard a noise behind the house, and I only saw the leaves of the big tree shaking, and the rest was to pick up this purse." ”
Zhang Xiaoman clenched the purse in his hand and said to his soldiers: "Go down, strengthen vigilance, and report to me at any time if you have something." ”
The soldiers retreated, and Qi Jimin said, "All the subordinates of the Qi Mansion are talking to you like this? It's too unruly. ”
Zhang Xiaoman thought of the rules she had set before, smiled and waved her hand: "I made them do this, I don't like slaves and slaves to listen to their own words, I'm not used to it." ”
Qi Jimin blinked, looking at Zhang Xiaoman inexplicably, not knowing what it had to do with it.
"It's just my own problem, no one else's fault." Zhang Xiaoman saw that Qi Jimin was very puzzled, so he explained two sentences, "I like everyone is equal, not who is high and who is humble." ”
"But these are all predestined, and dignity is determined from birth." Qi Jimin didn't know why Zhang Xiaoman always had these strange thoughts, and said: "No one can change their birth, this is not up to everyone's choice, you have to get used to it." ”
"I understand." Zhang Xiaoman also knows that even in the 21st century, there is a sense of hierarchy, but she is bent on idealizing. "Now let's talk about you, what's wrong with you?"
Qi Jimin smiled bitterly, but he still couldn't escape Zhang Xiaoman's questioning, and he replied ambiguously: "It was all many years ago, and I will deal with it." ”
"Many years ago?" Zhang Xiaoman keenly sensed that the time was wrong, and said: "It wasn't like this three years ago, you said that you wanted to deceive me many years ago?" ”
"It was three years ago." Qi Jimin saw that Zhang Xiaoman suddenly caught his slip of the tongue, so he had to explain honestly: "It's just three years ago, it's inconvenient for me to tell you what it is, don't ask, I don't want you to be involved." ”
"But ......" Zhang Xiaoman still wanted to ask, seeing Qi Jimin's appearance, she would not explain, so she had to change the question, "I remember that you were with Jin Xuan three years ago?" Do you have any agreements? ”
Qi Jimin's face suddenly turned wolf, and he avoided Zhang Xiaoman's gaze and said: "Since it is an agreement, I can't sue you, you also know that Jin Xuan and General Qi are opposites, and it is not good for you to know too much." ”
To tell the truth, she didn't expect it for a while, Zhang Xiaoman couldn't ask anything, so she had to change a question that Qi Jimin could answer, "Did something happen to you in the capital?" Why do you say now that there is no silver? And you look like you can blow a gust of wind now, you should always be able to tell me about yourself, right? ”
"Something has indeed happened, I have a strange disease, and I am still being treated, you don't ask what the disease is, I will not tell you. My grandfather was framed and his family property was confiscated, if someone hadn't tried their best to break the siege, maybe I would be imprisoned now, I can't tell you the details of these things, so don't ask any questions, I won't answer if you ask, that's it, what else do you want to know? After Qi Jimin finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Xiaoman with a smile, and suddenly seemed to be a different person.
Zhang Xiaoman didn't know why Qi Jimin immediately seemed to be covered with thorns all over her body, guarding against anyone who wanted to approach, she knew that it was too late and it would not work to investigate the past, so she had to say her sincere words, "Is there anything I can help you with?" Don't treat me as an outsider, I know I've been doing something wrong in the past three years, but I hope we're still friends. ”
Qi Jimin laughed so hard that his stomach couldn't straighten up, and he actually said such a sentence in the middle of a loud voice, "You are so pitiful, I thought I was the biggest fool in the world, but I didn't expect you to be even more stupid than me." ”
Zhang Xiaoman was so smiling that he couldn't understand why, stroked his stomach, and said, "You haven't said anything later, is someone threatening you?" (To be continued......)