Lin Zhaoxiang pondered for a moment before he said: "First, I followed the letter from home, and I almost couldn't believe it when I saw that your sister was drugged. You have two maids who were given by your mother-in-law, and your behavior is tricky and disobedient, and you want to send them out, but you are afraid of offending your elders. He didn't care about the profligate behavior of the two maids, and also opened up the convenience for these two people to have things, and finally annoyed his mother-in-law, one was beaten, and died in a few days, and the other was sold to an unsightly place. From this one thing, I know that it is reasonable for you to plan and calculate, and push the boat down the river to let your sister be drugged. ”

When Jiang Xiyun heard this, her chest rose and fell sharply, her whole body trembled, and the scars of the past were revealed, she didn't know whether she was angry or afraid, ashamed or annoyed. The vest was in a cold sweat, her fingers were deeply pinched into her palms, and her eyes were blurred, as if there was a hard block in her chest, she couldn't swallow it or spit it out, she wanted to scream loudly, she didn't know that her eyes were already red, she raised her head suddenly, looked at Lin Zhaoxiang, couldn't bear it anymore, trembled her lips, and almost couldn't speak, and said loudly: "What can I do?" I'm just a concubine, obviously everything is excellent, but I have to be low everywhere, from childhood to adulthood, how many grievances I am unwilling to have to pretend to be stupid and stunned, always be careful, everywhere to please, I hate, hate, I have to laugh perfunctory. But if I am a concubine, why use this method to send two maids?! I don't want to marry into the Lin family, but the family wants me to marry, I have accepted my fate, but the current concubine wants me to be an ornament for the rest of my life, I don't like it, and I am forced to pretend to like it! What can I do, I just want to live comfortably for the rest of my life, I'm me" said a series of tears rolling down his cheeks, muttering: "I can't do it, I can't do it" The voice was choked, and it was no longer a sentence.

Lin Zhaoxiang looked at Jiang Xiyun and said slowly, "Are you finished?" He chuckled again, and his originally tense face showed three points of regret: "Xi girl, you are ice and snow smart, others say that you have hills and valleys in your chest, but your mind and insight are one layer worse, no wonder you are smart but mistaken by smart." ”

Jiang Xiyun was stunned again, and opened a pair of round eyes. Since she was a child, she boasted that her vision was beyond everyone's, but she never expected Lin Zhaoxiang to say this.

Lin Zhaoxiang said: "You know what the result of these two maids is with your mother's temperament, and you also know that those two maids don't deserve to die, but they still do this, just because they are blocking you." It seems that those two people are to blame, but behind it, you are indispensable to add fuel to the fire, and the two lives drenched in blood, have you ever felt guilty? You can't suppress Xianglan, lest there be a strong enemy in the future, and you will be ruthless, just because someone is in your way. For the sake of your comfort, you can ignore your conscience again and again, and still feel that you are in the wind and moon, and you deserve it? ”

Jiang Xiyun was dumbfounded, and could only sobbed softly.

Lin Zhaoxiang said: "This year, Kedao has presented an excerpt directly to the Holy Hearing. It is said that there is a group of refined and self-interested people in officialdom today, such people are extremely smart, worldly, sophisticated, good at performing, know how to cooperate, and are better at calculating people's hearts to achieve their own goals. And once in power, it is a cancer of the imperial court, which is more terrifying than ordinary corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Some people use means for the people of the world, and some people use means for their own selfishness. Yan looked at Jiang Xiyun, and his eyes seemed to be reproachful: "Miss Xi, how did you become this kind of person?" ”

There was silence in the room.

Jiang Xiyun looked at Lin Zhaoxiang in disbelief, her lips moved, but she couldn't spit out a word, she wanted to say that she had been wrong, not living in the world is all about planning for herself, if you don't be cruel to others, you will add to your own blockage, why bother. She has a conscience, but she is not a saint, interests are invading, she has no leisure to pity others, everyone wants to be fair, but how many can be innocent? Everyone reads the books of sages, but which sentence is worthy of a comfortable life? She just wanted to live a leisurely life, she Jiang Xiyun didn't say a word, her eyes were full of tears, and she withered on the chair.

Lin Zhaoxiang took a sip of tea and said to himself: "There was a young lady, her maid was very beautiful, she was originally the daughter of a criminal official, and the elders of the clan gave the young lady's father as a concubine, but now that she is a maid, she is naturally unhappy, she seduces and sells in the town, cries and cries, is lazy to eat, and even steals her jewelry." The whole house is staring at the good show, and punishing the maid will inevitably offend the elders; If you don't take responsibility, it will become more and more difficult to discipline in the future. Some people say that they caught this mistake and made a big fuss, so that the elders would personally beat this person and sell it. If it were you, how would you do it? ”

glanced at Jiang Xiyun, didn't wait for her to answer, and said: "The young lady didn't say anything, just called the maid to the room, and ordered her henchman to hit the board ten times, and then took out five taels of silver to give it away." He only said, 'I struck you because you broke the rules, and not being responsible was not enough to obey the people.' He was beaten in public, but he was afraid that you would not be able to bear it, so he punished him in the house. I sent these five taels because I knew that you were lonely, and you had an illness a few days ago, and I was afraid that all the money I had saved would be sent to the kitchen to make extra soup and rice. Now that you are recovering from your illness, there are still more than ten boards to write down, and you will be punished when you are well. I understand you and hope you will not do it again in the future. The maid could not help crying, and gradually got better, and later married a wealthy lord and became a concubine. Later, the young lady's family was in trouble, and she died on the way to the distribution. Unexpectedly, in the second year, next to her family's ancestral grave, there was a young lady's tombstone, there was a woman worshipping here, I asked in the past, and it turned out that it was the maid who remembered her kindness, lit a hole, and set up a mound of clothes. Lin Zhaoxiang raised his eyelids and looked at Jiang Xiyun, and said slowly: "That young lady is the eldest granddaughter of the former Shoufu Shen Ge Lao. ”

Jiang Xiyun's heart jumped, and she saw Lin Zhaoxiang staring at her eyes, and said unusually slowly: "They are all maids who can't leave, one uses a trick, the other uses benevolence, and you can taste it yourself." Whose life can go smoothly and everything goes well? You are still young and do not understand it, thinking that if you want to be comfortable in the world and live comfortably, you need to rely on all kinds of ingenuity or how many means, but in fact, what makes you invincible is the tolerance and compassion of virtue. Knowing the reason but not the world, Fang is a true gentleman. ”

After saying this, Lin Zhaoxiang got up, walked out slowly on crutches, walked halfway, suddenly turned around, and said to Jiang Xiyun: "Your brother Jiang Shang came to the door first, knelt for a long time, and told you to settle grievances and settle the knot for the sake of Lin Jiang's two surnames, and correct your reputation, so that you can have a good family." I answered him, and the incident has since vanished, and it has never happened before, and no one will ever speak of it again. ”

Jiang Xiyun couldn't help but feel relieved when she heard this, and then she was at a loss, her heart was like numbness, she stood up and didn't know whether to thank her, but she saw Lin Zhaoxiang twisting her head again, no longer looking at her, and said in a vicissitudes of voice: "You are a girl from a concubine, you have no aunt since you were a child, and you are not very pleasing to your parents, you eat, drink and dress are all leftovers from your brothers and sisters next to you, but you don't mind, you are considerate of your elders, filial piety and well-behaved, you don't say anything when you are bullied by your siblings, you are tolerant of people and things, and you still run before and after with a smile to please people, so that your grandmother also loves you very much." There is a saying that 'three years old looks big, seven years old looks old', since childhood can see generosity, growing up must be a good, so say to the eldest grandson to marry a daughter-in-law, I will think of you first" paused for a while, and then shook his head gently, "It's a pity, it's a pity, the world is like a knife, sometimes it has not carved people more beautifully, but cut people more ugly." I hope you will be able to do it well in the future. The door creaked open and then slammed shut.

Jiang Xiyun's body was weak, and she collapsed in the chair, somehow, it was unspeakable, and countless unexplained sorrows came from it, she sighed, leaned her head on the back of the chair, and her face was already cold from crying.

Lin Zhaoxiang walked out, Rui Zhu immediately stepped forward to help, he half-squinted at the sun outside, exhaled, and a few small actors on the stage babbled and sang again. Lin Zhaoxiang entered the flower hall, everyone stood up, Lin Zhaoxiang only sat down by Luohan's bed, and ordered everyone to sit down and watch the play. Qin Shi hurriedly stepped forward to offer tea, and said in a low voice: "The doctor has just come, and he has already seen the second brother and sister, saying that the liver is depressed and stagnant, and he fainted after being lost in anger for a while, and now he is resting in bed, there is no big problem, Brother Ting's daughter-in-law went to serve the sick." After a pause, he said, "And Brother Yuan" said and lifted his eyelids and looked at Mrs. Lin.

Mrs. Lin coughed and said: "Brother Yuan has already made a mistake, I sent him to copy the book, the child is still young, who is not naughty yet, just teach him with his heart, and then bluff him." ”

Lin Zhaoxiang snorted and said in a low voice: "A loving mother is a loser!" It's that you were too pampered back then, and the second child was not promising, and how many ugly things did you cause. Brother Yuan is talented, today I put my words here, no one is allowed to spoil and spoil crookedly! ”

Mrs. Lin knew Lin Zhaoxiang's temperament, and she was not annoyed, so she stopped talking. The Qin clan also stood aside, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Lin Zhaoxiang looked out with his eyes, and saw that on the verandah, Xianglan was standing there talking to Lin Dongxiu, and when the wind blew, the beads on her head and the skirt on her body swayed slightly, which could be included in the painting. He suddenly sighed with emotion, asking himself how many winds and waves he had lived to this age, how many storms he had experienced, and how many people he had read, it could be seen that Xianglan still couldn't help but be surprised, but the seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl was like a weathered girl, and her conversation and mind were not idle, no wonder she was in the quagmire but she could still save people one after another. He suddenly leaned over and whispered to Mrs. Lin: "Do you feel that Xianglan's demeanor, tone, and demeanor have the character of Shen Jialan, the granddaughter of the Shen family?" ”

Mrs. Lin thought about it for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "You really look a little like that." At the beginning, you praised her for being well-behaved and benevolent, and it didn't matter if she was four years older than Brother Lou, she was going to marry the Shen family, but in fact, her sister Jialian was only quite old. After that, he sighed again, "That's it, that's it, they're all ancient people, that girl is alive, I don't know what it looks like, it's time for children to wrap around her knees, alas, nothing can withstand the impermanence of the world." ”R1152