Chapter Ninety-Eight: Innocence

Cui Wanqing was shocked by the magic of nature, and an ancient poem couldn't help but come to mind in her mind, "Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely, and I say that autumn is better than spring."

When people talk about spring, they always feel that this season is so vigorous and everything is ready to go, but when it comes to autumn, they can't help but sigh that the flowers and plants are withering and everything is dormant.

But in fact, it is ignored that autumn is the harvest season, and it is this season that renders the beauty of the year to the extreme.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Cui Changjian saw that Cui Wanqing was concentrating, and asked softly with the corners of his mouth, "Brother Wei often comes to Xishan, but he always indulges in it, which is strange to say, no matter what season it is, Xishan is beautiful, and the beauty makes people indulge in it and can't extricate themselves." ”

Cui Wanqing turned her face and glanced at Cui Changjian, and said with a chuckle: "My sister is really envious of the third brother, she can come whenever she wants, unlike her sister, it is difficult to come out a few times throughout the year." ”

Cui Changjian saw her pouting, very disappointed, smiled, reached out and patted Cui Wanqing's shoulder, and comforted: "You are still young now, and you will be much more free in two years. ”

"In the future, just the poetry clubs and literary meetings of each family will emerge in endlessly, not to mention the flower viewing parties, temple fairs and the like, I'm afraid that you will still be tired and will not be happy to go to the meeting."

This is true, Cui Wanqing is about to step into Jinghui Academy, which means that her social path in this life is much broader than in her previous life, and it is a good phenomenon to have a good start.

Cui Wanqing looked at Cui Changjian and nodded: "It's my sister who thinks too much, third brother, where is our family's cemetery?" ”

Cui Changjian smiled brightly, turned sideways, stretched out his hand and pointed back, only to see that among the dense trees not far away, there were high walls looming, and the eaves of the houses were also looming in the treetops, but they were close in front of him.

The brother and sister looked at each other and smiled, and walked there one after the other, and when they arrived, they saw that there was an old servant waiting at the gate of the cemetery for a long time.

Looking at their happy and expectant expressions, I am afraid that they have been waiting for a long time, think about it, probably only when the master's family comes, these people can make some reward money to buy wine and food.

Cui Changjian was originally a generous person, and these people had already cleaned the cemetery inside and out in order to show their performance.

The brother and sister first went to pay tribute to Cui Changjian's mother, and then came to Cao Yunxiu's tomb.

Because of her seniority, her tomb is a little further back than the tomb of the second master Cui Er's wife, but the entire tomb is made of bluestone, the tombstone is made of high eaves, the ground in front of the sacrifice, and the long table for placing offerings, all of which are made of white jade, and it looks much more magnificent than that one.

Needless to say, it must be the masterpiece of the two brothers, who personally designed the overseer.

After a short time, the maids and mothers who came with them arranged the tributes neatly, and the incense, wax and candles were also readily available.

Cui Wanqing and Cui Changjian first bowed and offered incense, and then knelt together in front of the tomb and kowtowed, and the two burned paper money ingots for Cao Yunxiu with their own hands.

Cui Wanqing inadvertently raised her head, but saw Cui Changjian's extremely serious side face, and her heart couldn't help but move, "It seems that it is really right to invite the third brother to come together, he is always the son of his mother, and he is here to sweep the tomb and pay respects, without a son to open the paper, it is always not like." ”

Cui Jiaxi Mansion even has a son-in-law and a concubine, and there are only two in total, compared to the fifth brother Cui Changming, Cui Wanqing is even more unfamiliar, for the sake of long-term planning, it is really necessary to hurry up and implement the idea just now.

Cui Changjian himself prepared a large car, and Cui Wanqing prepared another one here, which took a quarter of an hour to burn, and it took a quarter of an hour to send it away.

The brother and sister kowtowed respectfully, Cui Changjian clasped his fists with both hands, and said earnestly to the tombstone: "Aunt Yun is above, Changjian will definitely take care of the ninth sister in the future, you can rest assured, and please Aunt Yun bless our brothers and sisters." ”

Cui Wanqing bent the corners of her mouth, folded her hands, and muttered a prayer: "Mother bless, this time I can avenge you smoothly, my daughter will definitely honor her grandmother and two uncles, please rest assured." ”

When Cui Wanqing stood up, the people who were serving around the two were also sent away, and the two brothers and sisters were left in the four corners.

Cui Changjian said indifferently: "It was inconvenient to speak the day before yesterday, today our brothers and sisters, we might as well discuss and discuss in front of Aunt Yun." ”

Cui Wanqing secretly sighed that her third brother coincided with her own thoughts, looking for a place to talk about things, the choice of the land boundary is really safe, who can think of going to the cemetery to discuss things?

She first told her what she had been thinking and doing these days, completely and truthfully, and then said frankly: "My brother has already told me earlier that Miss Wei back then was Zheng Liutan's wife. ”

"God helped me, and my sister didn't have time to visit, so the couple took the first step and came to our house as guests."

"My sister secretly watched her words and deeds, she must have known a lot about the events of the year, and she still treated Mrs. Cao San like a stranger, she seemed to care a lot about her sister, and let her daughter take the opportunity to make friends with her sister."

"My sister took the opportunity to set a goodbye date with her daughter that day, and it was the first rest day after going to Jinghui Academy to study, so why don't you go with the third brother at that time?"

Cui Changjian nodded and said, "It is relatively safe and inconspicuous to make friends with Mrs. Zheng like this, but it is too time-consuming. ”

"Brother Wei plans to check the stable woman surnamed Li first, and then find the son of the imperial doctor in the market, as well as the concubine of the third uncle of the Cao family, and I have to find a way to ask in person."

Cui Wanqing didn't have Cui Changjian as a backup before, and it was difficult to do anything, there were so many maids around her, mother, not all of them could be used with confidence, even if there was a way in her heart, it would be in vain.

Seeing Cui Changjian so anxious, she smiled and said softly: "In fact, there is a way, which is the most simple and fast, but I am afraid that the third brother will not have the right person to do it." ”

Cui Changjian saw her smile weirdly, and he was very curious, "You say, let's say the way first, as for the candidates, even if we don't have them, but we have money, are we afraid that we won't find suitable people?" ”

"My sister has been unable to sleep at night and has been thinking a lot about her mother's recent affairs, and my sister thinks that if this Aunt Jiang really has an agreement with Mrs. Cao San or Mrs. Cui Er, then her current comfortable life, as well as her daughter, must be a reward for what she has done, in other words"

"Her daughter is her lifeline!" Cui Changjian nodded lightly and smiled.

Cui Wanqing looked at Cui Changjian, blinked her eyes, and sighed, "Does the third brother think that his sister is too ruthless?" ”

Cui Changjian glanced at Cui Wanqing, then turned his face to look at Cao Yunxiu's tomb, shook his head and said: "If you do such a traitor for your brother's mother's henchman, I'm afraid you will only do more ruthless than you, although my sister can rest assured, her brother will not hurt her daughter, I just want to hear her tell the truth." ”

In the end, Cui Changjian said that the peace in his eyes had disappeared, and was replaced by a decisive color.

Looking at the change in Cui Changjian's expression, Cui Wanqing's heart suddenly swelled with a sour feeling, and she sighed secretly: "The big family has never lacked these yin things, no matter what skin you are in, as long as you are still in the Cui family, you will never want to live an easy life." ”

"It's naΓ―ve and ridiculous to have the idea that I was still born at that time and want to live indifferently."

Cui Changjian saw Cui Wanqing hanging his head and was silent, his expression was gloomy, and he also sighed greatly: "I really didn't expect that back then, the two brothers of Ming'anhou didn't find out anything with their dead strength, and the ninth sister actually stumbled into it by mistake like this, and found the key to the matter, is it that God has eyes?" ”

"Don't want to let good people be wronged? Or is it that Aunt Yun died in vain, guiding her daughter in the dark to avenge herself? ”

He knew that the ninth sister had fallen into the ice cave and was rescued, and for a short time, she was no longer breathing.

But later, not only did he ease up, but his temperament changed greatly, from a submissive echo worm to such a smart and calm Miss Cui Jiajiu.

If it is said that there is no protection from her mother, Cui Changjian is a little suspicious, and his little ninth sister has changed people.

The brother and sister stood silent for a long time, and then Cui Changjian instructed again: "Mrs. Zheng can't be left behind, she knows a lot, if she is willing to testify, this testimony is much more powerful than that of a concubine." ”

Cui Wan made a plan early in the morning, "My sister understands, after a small gathering at my grandfather's house, in two days, my sister will take this reason to visit, if Mrs. Zheng really has a heart, she will naturally want to be alone with me, and when the time comes, no matter what, I will also ask her to tell the truth for her mother." ”

"Tell the truth." Cui Changjian smiled bitterly, frowned and asked Cui Wanqing: "Sister, do you know that this is the truth, but it is the most difficult thing in the world?" Those who are willing to tell the truth and want to tell the truth must have died, and Mrs. Zheng can live so far, there must be a reason, sister, don't be too naΓ―ve, your hopes are too great. ”

The brother and sister looked at each other and sighed, and they all looked at the tombstone of the tomb of the Cao family of the great scholar Xianci Cui Men, and they couldn't help but feel disappointed in the reality of the world.

Cui Wanqing took a deep breath, "Third brother, since we have decided to make the cause of my mother's death clear, then no matter what the road ahead, we must go firmly to the end." ”

"Actually, you and I can go to my father, or my two uncles to help, but presumably, what you think in your heart is the same as what your sister thinks in her heart, that is, you don't want to let these people who have grieved once face these pains again."

"Or maybe it's giving them hope and then letting them down deeply, right?" R1152