Chapter 36: Waiting

With the shouts of the boatmen, the big ship came to the shore, and the hull shook gently.

Xie Roujia stood by the window and frowned.

"Why did you stop again?" She said, "When will this be home?" ”

"I just went to ask the eldest master." Shao Mingqing walked in and said, "He said that the family is not ready. ”

According to the temperament of the Xie family, the last time the emperor ordered him to enter Beijing, he made a fuss for half a month, and this time he got such a reward from the emperor, and the whole Bashu who did not toss knew it.

Xie Roujia looked at the people of the Xie family's cinnabar line rushing on the wharf, driving the people who were selling baskets to get off the ship and unload the goods, and so on, running wildly, making the entire wharf fall into a hustle and bustle.

"It's boring." She reached out and closed the window, "At this time, Jiangling can be home, and I knew that we would also go by land together." ”

In front of the gate of Pengshui City, Jiang Ling stopped the carriage.

Cheng Lin, a guard on horseback, immediately stepped forward.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

Jiang Ling looked up at the city gate, it was close to dusk at this time, and there were many people coming out of the city gate and few people entering.

"I still won't go into the city, let's go back to Yushan directly." She said.

"Back to Yushan?" Cheng Lin was a little surprised, "Don't you go home?" ”

"Yushan is home." Jiang Ling said, "Miss said that she wants to go back to Yushan, so I want to go back first and clean up the house, I haven't lived there for a long time." ”

Cheng Lin nodded and didn't ask anymore, and sure enough, he turned the head of the car, and Jiang Ling was just about to put down the curtain when he heard someone shouting.

"You, are you Jiangling?"

It was a timid and hurried voice.

When Jiang Ling heard the sound, someone had already rushed to the carriage and climbed into the carriage regardless of it.

"Bold!" Cheng Lin shouted. The whip in his hand was drawn.

The man screamed and fell to the side of the car, trembling like chaff.

"You..."Jiang Ling hurriedly stopped Cheng Lin. looked at the people on the ground, showing some doubts. "You are?"

This is an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, who looks a little familiar, but can't remember who it is.

"Sister Jiangling, I, I'm Miao'er." The little girl raised her head and said with tears streaming down her face, "I'm Miao Er in front of the third lady." ”

Jiang Ling only remembered it, but when she was at home, she only had Xie Roujia in her eyes, and this Miao Er was just a little girl who was not on the stage in front of Xie Rouqing, so she had no contact. So much so that I still don't recognize her.

"Miao'er, what's wrong with you?" She hurriedly asked, looking at the little girl with a frightened look, "Did you do something wrong?" ”

Miao Er shook her head quickly and got up again.

"Sister, sister, you let me get in the car, I'll go to the car and talk to you." She said in a trembling voice, looking around, as if she was afraid of something.

Jiang Ling hesitated and reached out to grab her.

"Come on." She said.

Miao Er sat in the car. Watching the curtain of the car be lowered, he breathed a sigh of relief like a mouse in a hole, and the whole person collapsed.

"Miao'er, did you sneak out?" Jiang Ling asked.

"It's not." Miao Er raised her hand to wipe away her tears. "I was released by our third miss......"

Speaking of this, she cried, and Jiang Ling was also surprised.

"What did you do wrong? Angered Miss Three? She asked.

Being a girl in the Xie family is a beautiful thing, and being released is nothing. So some girls would rather die than leave the Xie family.

Miao Er cried.

"It's not that I angered Miss Three, Miss Three is for my good." She cried. "The third miss is about to be killed, and I can't help crying at the third miss. The third lady let me go, saying that life outside was difficult, and it was better than the Xie family, who killed people without seeing blood. ”

The third lady is going to be killed!

Jiang Ling almost jumped up in horror.

"Isn't the third lady the most powerful witch?" She said, "How could the Xie family want to kill her? ”

Since March 3, Xie Rouqing's status at home has been very prominent.

"It's because the third lady is the most powerful witch that they want her to die." Miao Er cried and told the family about it.

It turns out that there is such a big thing at home!

JMC was terrified.

The well will be filled again, and human sacrifice will be made again.

Her expression was a little dazed, thinking of her grandfather, uncle and father who she had never met, and she didn't know how many more people like her would be in this world.

Miao Er's intermittent crying came from her ears.

“…… The third lady doesn't cry or make trouble... The whole family is happy....I'm so sad....The third lady is only thirteen years old... I'm about to say kiss....how did it become like this... I had the audacity to tell Miss Three that we should run away... The third lady laughed and said that I was stupid....and then let me out..."

“… I don't know what to do... There is no one at home to speak for the third lady......let alone the outside family... The third lady's grandmother also sent a congratulatory gift....I thought that the young master and the third lady were the best....I wanted to send a letter to the young master... But I couldn't find anyone....... I went out of the city every day... I just hope to meet the young master and come back..."

"....Sister Jiangling... Sister Jiangling....Please send a letter to the young master of the table....so that the young master can see the third lady for the last time......"

The sound of knocking woke up Jiang Ling, she looked at the little girl in front of her who was crying and red-eyed, and turned around to lift the car curtain.

"Chenglin." She shouted under her breath.

Cheng Lin hurriedly approached.

"Find a way to send a letter to the young master and the young lady." Jiang Ling said solemnly, "Be fast, be fast." ”

Cheng Lin did not have the slightest doubt and nodded for the difficulty.

"Then go back to Yushan?" He asked again.

"Not back." Jiang Ling said, pausing again, "Don't go back to Xie's house, let's find a place in the city to rest first, be secret, and don't let people know that we are back." ”

Cheng Lin nodded, said a few words to the coachman, and the carriage turned to the city.

The last rays of daylight vanished into the sky, and the gates were lit up and dotted in the night.

Xie Rouqing stepped into the courtyard of the Shaw Brothers.

Compared to the bright lights of the previous days, the courtyard of the Shaw Brothers was a little dim, and there was a faint cry in the house.

"Don't cry! What the hell are you crying about! If you want to cry, other people's families are crying, this good thing was obtained by our second room, how many people cry. Xie Wenchang paced back and forth. looked at the Shaw lying on the bed and shouted.

"My daughter is going to die, can't I even cry?" Shaw cried.

"She's not calling her to die." Xie Wenchang said unhappily. "It's a great event."

"It's a big event, it's also a big joy that she was going to get married." Shaw cried. "She doesn't have to."

"Married? When you get married, you become someone else's family, how can you compare it with this! Xie Wenchang shouted, "Do you know what this means?" In the past, there were Dan Maidens in the long house, which was related to the life of our Xie clan, but this time if the witch sacrifice can keep the mine, it means that our other houses are not just a foil at home, maybe they can be on an equal footing with the long house, even the Dan lord can't underestimate the witch lineage. ”

Shaw listened in amazement.

"But, but my daughter," she murmured.

"Your daughter. Your daughter is a daughter, and the other children are not children? For the sake of her siblings, for the sake of her siblings' future children, why can't she make a little sacrifice? Xie Wenchang said angrily, "Is she so big for nothing?" Why can't you figure out what everyone else thinks? You don't want her to die, many people think, the third daughter-in-law has been crying in front of the eldest lady for a day, saying that she doesn't want to be able to preside over the sacrifice. It's okay to let Rou Shu accompany the sacrifice, a sister, and helping is also a heart-to-heart foil? They want to take the credit, and they refuse to let us have the second room to be exclusive..."

Shaw's cry was lowered.

Xie Rouqing, who was standing outside, smiled and turned around.

"Third Miss" The girls who were accompanying her asked in horror.

There was no grounding at home Xie Rouqing.

Sacrificing to the god of the mountain is a matter of great honor. will not run away at all, and if he really wants to escape, he is not worthy of being the child of the Xie family.

Not to mention where to escape.

If you catch it, you will definitely be beaten to death, rather than die in such a shameful death. It's better to take the initiative to do human sacrifices, at least you can earn a piece of incense.

This kind of truth can be thought out by everyone in the Xie family. Xie Rouqing is naturally no exception.

"Third Miss, you. Don't be upset. A girl mustered up the courage to whisper.

It's a glorious thing, but it's going to die.

Xie Rouqing smiled.

"I'm not sad." She said that at this time she had already walked outside the house, and the lights were already on at night, and her vision was bright.

The Xie family has never cared about this lamp oil money, it is so magnificent all year round.

"I'm just a little sad." Xie Rouqing said.

Isn't sorrow just sadness?

The girls looked at each other.

Xie Rouqing's mansion was even more prosperous than a few days ago, and through those gold, silver and jewelry, Xie Rouqing opened the cage and packed out a pile of men's clothes, shoes and socks.

"I'll wait for the young master to come back and hand it over to him." She explained to the girl.

The girl didn't dare to say much, so she put it away carefully.

Xie Rouqing looked at the cage again, and there were two pairs of women's shoes.

"This," she said, "wrap this up too." ”

What do you do with the shoes of the young master?

"Just tell him that he will get married in the future, and this is my congratulatory gift to my sister-in-law." Xie Rouqing said, smiling as she spoke.

The girl's eyes were hot, tears almost fell, and she hurriedly lowered her head to put away her burden to cover up.

The old man said that this is a happy event, no one is allowed to cry, no one is allowed to cry, so as not to anger the mountain god and Wu Qing Niangniang, and the Miao Er in front of the third lady was driven out because she was always crying.

"Third Miss, do you have anything else to give to Young Master Cousin?" She asked, looking down.

Xie Rouqing glanced around the room.

"It's gone." She said, "That's all I did with my own hands, and the rest, not mine." ”

The girl responded by putting away the burden, but when she looked up, she saw Xie Rouqing walking out again.

"Third Miss, where are you going?" She asked hurriedly.

"I'm going to see the eldest lady." Xie Rouqing said.

Xie Wenchang, who got the news, was a little surprised.

"What is this kid doing so late to see the eldest lady?" He said with a frown.

Since it was announced that Xie Rouqing followed the eldest lady and the old lady to the sacrifice, Xie Rouqing did not cry or make trouble, as if nothing had happened, and he planned to tell her about the interests of this matter, but his mouth was interrupted.

"I know. Needless to say, father. ”

That's all she said.

Then why do you suddenly want to see the eldest lady now? In two days, the Aoyama Festival will begin.

"I'm going to die, aren't you allowed to cry in front of her?" Shaw choked up.

"If you want to cry, she can't cry, she can cry, what good can she cry." Xie Wenchang said unhappily, putting on his shoes, "I'll take a look." ”

And when she heard Xie Rouqing asking to see her, Mrs. Xie was also a little surprised.

"Please let her in." She thought for a moment.

Xie Rouqing was invited in, and Mrs. Xie was just about to consider speaking, but Xie Rouqing had already opened the door and spoke first.

"Big lady, I have a request." She said.

*****************************************************

PS: Some readers say that the Xie family is stupid and is played with by two little girls, in fact, they shouldn't say that, they are not stupid, but these two little girls just say what they want and want, because in their hearts, this is what they think, and they are willing to do it, who can convince anyone in this world, and they are persuaded to be deceived just because they already have an idea in their hearts (to be continued......