Chapter 117: Intelligence
March in Qingyuan is windy, but this day is rare and beautiful.
Ji Xiaotang sat on the big kang in Mrs. Ji's house, the kang was covered with red felt, and the sunlight sprinkled through the glass window all over the half-spread kang. Changsheng was placed in the sun, waving his little hands and having fun by himself.
Although it is not yet a full moon, the mouth of Changsheng is strong, it has grown round, and the little hands that are exposed are all meat.
Ji Xiaotang sat next to Changsheng, picked up the rattle to tease Changsheng for a while, and put down the rattle and made the needlework in his hand after a while. It was a half-embroidered small belly pocket, a red soft silk, embroidered with a child's play lotus, with fine stitches and bright patterns, which she embroidered for Xiao Changsheng and prepared to wear after the weather was warm.
Mrs. Ji Er was confined, she couldn't do anything, she could only lie there, look at Changsheng, and then look at Ji Xiaotang, her eyes were full of smiles.
"The second girl is here." At this time, there was a little girl reporting at the door.
Mrs. Ji Er raised her head when she was busy, and her face was even more joyful.
"Invite the second girl in." Mrs. Ji Second commanded.
A little girl opened the curtain and led Ji Xiaoyun in.
"It's hot in this room, so take off your clothes outside." Second Mrs. Ji looked at Ji Xiaoyun with a smile, "Come up to the kang and sit with your sister and brother." β
Ji Xiaoyun didn't say anything, hesitated slightly, and then let the girl serve and sit on the kang.
Second Mrs. Ji was very happy when she saw Ji Xiaoyun coming, and she was afraid that Ji Xiaoyun would be restrained, so she deliberately led Ji Xiaoyun to speak.
"How do you have time to come? What is the old lady doing? Second Mrs. Ji asked Ji Xiaoyun.
"Grandmother was sleepy last night and just lay down to sleep. I'll just come and see. As Ji Xiaoyun spoke, her eyes aimed at Changsheng.
"Do you want to hug your brother?" When Mrs. Ji Er saw it, she immediately said.
Ji Xiaoyun didn't nod, but she didn't shake her head either, but she looked at her willingly.
Second Mrs. Ji personally picked up Changsheng and handed it to Ji Xiaoyun's arms, while carefully teaching Ji Xiaoyun how to hold such a young child.
Ji Xiaoyun carefully hugged Changsheng.
Changsheng didn't recognize life, and he didn't cry when he was held in Ji Xiaoyun's arms, but only looked at Ji Xiaoyun with a pair of big black and white eyes.
"Changsheng's eyes look like my sister's." Mrs. Ji said.
"Not as big as my eyes." Ji Xiaoyun finally said a word.
"yes." Mrs. Ji took a closer look at Ji Xiaoyun, as if she remembered something, so she smiled. "When you were born, you had a small face, and when you opened your eyes, there were a pair of eyes on your face. Of the three sisters, your eyes are the biggest. β
Ji Xiaoyun lowered her eyes, and only raised her eyes for a while, and then glanced at Mrs. Ji Er quickly.
"My eyes don't look like my mother's."
"Your eyes are prettier than your mother's, like your grandmother." Mrs. Ji Er smiled.
"Grandmother......" Ji Xiaoyun muttered.
"When it's hot, do you want to stay at your grandfather's house for a few days?" Mrs. Ji Er was busy and said eagerly.
Ji Xiaoyun avoided the gaze of Second Mrs. Ji.
ββ¦β¦ Be at home with your grandmother. Listen to your grandmother. β
Mrs. Ji Er was a little disappointed, but she quickly covered up her disappointed look and told Ji Xiaoyun about her birth.
"Grandmother said I was born skinny, like a kitten?" Ji Xiaoyun asked Second Mrs. Ji.
Mrs. Ji's expression was a little gloomy.
"Yes." When Mrs. Ji Er was pregnant with Ji Xiaoyun, Mr. Ji Er went to Beijing to catch the exam. During those days, Mrs. Ji Er was very unhappy. Mrs. Ji is looking for her stubble almost every day. In addition, Xiaoyun is her first child, and her body has not been well adjusted, and Xiaoyun was born very thin.
Ji Xiaoyun looked at Ji Xiaotang and then at Changsheng, so she put Changsheng down and wanted to see Ji Xiaotang's embroidered belly pocket.
"Wait for two days, and I'll embroider one for Changsheng." Ji Xiaoyun took her belly pocket and looked over and over again, "Guan Bao is better than Xiaotang's embroidery." β
Mrs. Ji Er glanced at Ji Xiaotang, and there was no disgrace on Ji Xiaotang's face.
"Yes, Xiaoyun's needlework is better than that of her sister." Mrs. Ji said with a smile.
It was just such a simple sentence, but Ji Xiaoyun was very proud, with a smile on her face, and deliberately glanced at Ji Xiaotang.
Ji Xiaotang turned his head to hug Changsheng.
Changsheng was much more lively in Ji Xiaotang's arms, stretching out his little hand to grab Ji Xiaotang's chin. Ji Xiaotang was also grabbed by him, the little doll's hand didn't have much strength at all, it was soft, and it was very fun to grab it on the face.
"Xiaoyun, you're not too young, do you want to learn to be a housekeeper with Xiaotang?" Second Mrs. Ji asked Ji Xiaoyun tentatively.
Before Ji Xiaoyun could answer, a little girl outside came in to report that Grandma Jiang was here.
Ji Xiaotang's heart moved when he heard this.
"Please ask Grandma Jiang to sit in the small hall in front of you for a while, and tell her that I will come." Ji Xiaotang thought about it and commanded. Mrs. Ji is asleep, Mrs. Ji is in confinement, and it is not easy to see guests for the time being, Ji Xiaotang is now a housekeeper, and it is very reasonable to receive Gu Xia'er.
The little girl was busy and went to pass the word.
Ji Xiaotang handed over the immortal life to Mrs. Ji Er.
"My sister accompanies my mother and Changsheng, I'll come when I go." Ji Xiaotang dressed up as he spoke.
Ji Xiaoyun's gaze followed Ji Xiaotang, and he didn't come back for a long time.
"Xiaoyun, do you want to learn to be a housekeeper like Xiaotang?" Mrs. Ji asked again.
"IβI'll try." Ji Xiaoyun thought for a while before nodding.
β¦β¦
When Ji Xiaotang arrived in the small hall, Gu Xia'er got up from her seat in a hurry.
"Young Grandma Jiang, please sit down and talk." Ji Xiaotang walked over to greet Gu Xia'er, and the two sat down separately. "The old lady is asleep, my mother can't see guests there for the time being, and she neglected Grandma Jiang, please don't be surprised."
Ji Xiaotang treated Gu Xia'er with full politeness.
"Xiaotang is too polite." Gu Xia'er said, while making a look at the two girls serving behind her.
The two girls retreated silently.
When Ji Xiaotang saw it, he nodded secretly in his heart. She still remembers that when Gu Xia'er came during the Chinese New Year, it was very difficult to get rid of the girls around her, but now the situation is very different.
It seems that Gu Xia'er has gained a firm foothold in the Jiang family and has her own henchmen.
Gu Xia'er branched out from the people who followed, so she naturally had something to say to Ji Xiaotang in private. Ji Xiaotang understood, and also separated the people serving in the house, leaving only Jin'er and Xiu'er to serve at the door.
"Xiaotang, I have something to tell you." Gu Xia'er seemed a little anxious, but when she said this, she paused again, "What I want to say is very important, Xiaotang, do you want to invite, invite the second cousin, oh, your father come and listen?" β
"It doesn't have to be." Ji Xiaotang glanced at Gu Xia'er.
Gu Xia'er immediately blushed.
Daddy watched the uncle read and ordered not to disturb anyone. You tell me, if you need my father to know, I will naturally sue sΓΉ. β
"Yes...... I didn't expect it, Xiaotang, or invite the second cousin to listen, it's really scary, Jiang Xinglong was drunk and said...... Dig the grave ......" Gu Xia'er rubbed the handkerchief in her hand and said nervously.
...... digging the grave, Ji Xiaotang heard these words, and his heart jumped. She hesitated slightly, then raised her hand to stop Gu Xia'er.
"I'll send someone to ask my father, but my father may not come." Ji Xiaotang said.
"Okay." Gu Xia'er said immediately.
Ji Xiaotang sent someone to Ruyi Garden, but after a while, the second master Ji came, and the third master came with him.
Gu Xia'er got up in a hurry and gave the two of them a salute with a red face.
Second Master Ji and Third Master Ji didn't say anything, they both sat on the chairs, and motioned for Ji Xiaotang to continue to ask Gu Xia'er.
"Grandma Jiang, please speak." Ji Xiaotang said.
Gu Xia'er seemed to be a little more nervous than just now, and a little excited. She bit her lip and straightened out her thoughts, before she spoke.
Jiang Xinglong was drunk and didn't want others to serve, just Gu Xia'er. Gu Xia'er served Jiang Xinglong and heard Jiang Xinglong say something terrifying.
He only vaguely said that the ancestral tomb belonged to the Jiang family, and that he had been punished by God when he became what he is now. I heard that what he was saying didn't look like nonsense, so I slowly probed him and asked him something. β¦β¦ I was so frightened that I managed to get through the night, and I didn't dare to delay any longer, so I made an excuse to come. β
The scared Gu Xia'er couldn't sleep all night, but it didn't sound new to Ji Xiaotang, it just proved her previous inference.
The two bones that were stolen into the ancestral grave of the Ji family were indeed Jiang Qingshan's father. In this matter, Jiang Qingshan did not fake others, but personally took Jiang Xinglong to do it.
Later, the two bones were broken and scattered by Jiang Qingshan himself. In order to deceive the Ji family, Jiang Qingshan also deliberately took advantage of the thunderstorm night to dig up his ancestral grave again, and replaced the bones of his father and mother with two bones dug up from the mass grave.
Jiang Xinglong drank and spit out the truth, saying that he became what he is now because of this incident and was punished by God and the ancestors of the Jiang family. Originally, this punishment should have also fallen on Jiang Qingshan. But Jiang Qingshan was famously hard-hitting, so his wife and children had to be unlucky.
Jiang Xinglong was disabled, and Zhen died.
Jiang Xinglong also said that only by correcting the things they did could he get better. Jiang Xinglong's injuries had been ineffective, so he decided that only the power of ghosts could turn things around on him.
As for what it means to set things right?
The two fake bones naturally had to be moved out of the Jiang family's cemetery, and at the same time, the bones of Jiang Qingshan's father and mother had to be retrieved and reburied.
The cemetery where the Jiang family was buried was useless, and the ancestors of the Jiang family had to be moved to the blessed land of the Ji family for burial, so as to calm the anger of the heavens and the ancestors of the Jiang family.
Although Master Ji Er and Master Ji San didn't speak, the more they listened, the more they frowned.
"Their father and son have long eyes, and they know the goodness of my Ji family's blessed land!" Master Ji San sneered.
"Jiang Xinglong said that the blessed land of the Ji family was originally his Jiang family." Gu Xia'er said cautiously, "I asked him why he said that, and he said that it was a public announcement of him." My father-in-law heard from his grandfather when he was a child. β
"Nonsense." Second Master Ji snorted coldly.
"I think so too. But Jiang Xinglong believed it tightly. Gu Xia'er said.
"That's all? Did Jiang Xinglong say anything else? Ji Xiaotang asked Gu Xia'er.
"That's all, he babbled over and on, as if he was stunned." Gu Xia'er shook her head and said. There are still some words, Gu Xia'er really can't speak.
Jiang Xinglong is a wasted person, and Gu Xia'er found out after she got married. This is also one of the important reasons why she insists on wanting to leave the Jiang family.
Although Jiang Xinglong is a wasted person, he is not dead, and always thinks that one day he will be able to recover. For Jiang Xinglong, everything else is a trivial matter, only this one, only the only major event. So after getting drunk, he unconsciously said it in front of Gu Xia'er.
"Does anyone in the Jiang family know that you listened to Jiang Xinglong's words?" Ji Xiaotang asked again.
Gu Xia'er shook her head again, she knew that the matter was serious, so she was very careful, and she didn't dare to let people know, and even when she came to Ji's house today, she deliberately found a good excuse.
Ji Xiaotang saw that Gu Xia'er was very determined, so he nodded lightly.
"You're doing a great job." Ji Xiaotang said.
Gu Xia'er glanced at Second Master Ji quickly.
Second Master Ji didn't look at Gu Xia'er, as if he was contemplating.
Gu Xia'er was a little disappointed, but she didn't dare to reveal anything.
"You go back and keep looking, but be careful yourself. Don't tell anyone about these things. Don't talk about the old lady and the old lady. Ji Xiaotang said.
"I know." Gu Xia'er nodded, of course she knew that these things could not be sued to Uncle Gu and the Jiang family.
Ji Xiaotang's words were also quite an eviction order, but Gu Xia'er was reluctant to leave.
"One more thing." Gu Xia'er said again.
"What's the matter?" Ji Xiaotang asked.
"Originally, I wanted to tell you on the day of Changsheng's washing, but Jiang Qiao'er has been following me, I was afraid that she would be suspicious, so I didn't get out of my ......," Gu Xia'er said.
She was deliberately delaying time, but she didn't dare to do it too obviously, and even Ji Xiaotang didn't notice it, just because she was nervous.
"A few days ago, the Jiang family left a servant who fed the horses."
"Hmm." Ji Xiaotang nodded and motioned for Gu Xia'er to continue.
Second Master Ji raised his head at this time and glanced at Gu Xia'er.
Gu Xia'er pinched the handkerchief in her hand, and her speech became smooth.
Originally, it was not a big deal to leave a rough servant, but this servant stole a bag of silver when he fled. Even so, go to the yamen and report it, just chase it around.
But the strange thing is that Jiang Qingshan did not report to the official, and also issued a gag order to prevent the family from mentioning it.
On the surface, this is the case, but secretly, Jiang Qingshan sent many people to arrest the fleeing servant.
"I happened to hear my father-in-law say a few words, saying that it doesn't matter if you lose your money, you can't lose it. But if you see a man and can't take what is alive, you will take what is dead. The father-in-law also said that whoever gets someone will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver. β
Fifty taels of silver is not a small amount, Jiang Qingshan made such a big move for an escaped rough envoy, but he hid it from the outside and refused to report to the official, there must be a lot of articles inside.
"I think it's strange, so I want to sue SΓΉ......" Gu Xia'er couldn't help but secretly glanced at Second Master Ji again.
Second Master Ji was frowning at the moment, and the sunlight was shining obliquely through the window, shining on Second Master Ji's face.
Gu Xia'er was a little stupid.
"Sue sΓΉ, sue sΓΉ Xiaotang." Gu Xia'er swallowed.
"What's the servant's name?" Ji Xiaotang asked, "In addition to feeding the horses, what other errands does he usually bear?" β
"I only heard that the surname is Ma, and everyone calls him Ma Wu. Except for feeding the horses, it is not known what he does. "Gu Xia'er hasn't been in charge of the family for a long time, and she hasn't had a chance to get in touch with these yet." However, I have heard that Ma Wu does not seem to be from a serious background. Usually steal dogs to kill and eat meat, but also kill pigs and horses. The servants who were with him were said to be afraid of him. β
"Jiang Qingshan has been looking for this Ma Wu these days, but are there any clues?" Ji Xiaotang thought about it and asked again.
"I heard it in a trance, and I didn't know if it was true. said that he was probably going to Fucheng. Gu Xia'er said.
Ji Xiaotang asked Gu Xia'er a few more words, but when he saw that he couldn't ask anything more, he just stopped.
"Go see if the old lady is awake?" Ji Xiaotang sent the little girl to Mrs. Ji's yard.
The little girl came back and said that Mrs. Ji was awake, so Ji Xiaotang asked the little girl to accompany Gu Xia'er to see Mrs. Ji.
"If you're free, stay and eat." Ji Xiaotang said to Gu Xia'er.
Gu Xia'er left happily.
Ji Xiaotang, Second Master Ji and Third Master Ji sat around and discussed.
"Daddy, what does our family's blessed land have to do with the Jiang family?" Ji Xiaotang asked this question first.
If there was no cause, Jiang Qingshan would not be so obsessed with the blessed land of the Ji family. You must know that there are many people who are blushing at the blessed land of the Ji family, and many of them are powerful, but no one will have the intention of snatching it for themselves.
"Your grandfather told me about it." A sneer appeared at the corner of Ji Er's mouth. R1152