It is all the fragrance of osmanthus in August, but this year's autumn rain is later than in previous years, and the osmanthus garden of the Zhang family did not wait for the best day of osmanthus until the Double Ninth Festival.

On this day, the Gui Garden of the Zhang family was full of tourists, and several young ladies and daughters-in-law were even more busy with their feet on the ground, not to mention that as the eldest girl of the host's family, Zhang Ying was also not idle for a while, so it was easy to wait until the second half of the day, and some of the female guests were worried about the children at home to go home, so he was able to take a breath.

As a friend, Liang Yaru has always paid attention to Zhang Ying's situation, and when there were fewer guests, he pulled Zhang Ying to the osmanthus tree and said: "I remember that the house no longer holds hairpin parties in the name of the boss since the boss Zhishi, why did he make an exception today?" Don't talk about us, even my grandfather thought he was wrong when he received the post. Could it be that the old man is starting to worry about our big girl Zhang? ”

Zhang Ying mouthed Jia Jiununu, who was following those girls in the flower hall, and said, "For whom, naturally for the child left by my aunt and grandmother who died early." Ever since my cousin left Beijing with my aunt and grandfather, my cousin has been restless and even her eyes have sunken. Before, he was clamoring to buy a map and hang it in his house so that he could calculate the itinerary, but it took a lot of effort from his great-grandfather and great-grandmother to dispel his thoughts. The great-grandfather saw that he was really pitiful, and thought that his aunt and grandmother were only one of their own flesh and blood, so he opened his mouth and said that he would invite old friends to enjoy the flowers if he wanted to hold a hairpin, and by the way, he could feel at ease. If you want me to say, how much can we girls know about things out there? Even the grown-ups know they won't tell us. It's useless for him to be in a hurry. ”

Liang Yaru looked at Jia Jiu in the flower hall and said, "I think he is a little bad at words today, but it is completely different from the sharp energy that he fought with people in my house that day." The Wang family is a well-known sharp-toothed man. But he couldn't say a word, and even lost the entire Wang family. I thought he was also a mouthful. It doesn't look like it today. ”

Zhang Ying said: "You don't know him. He is such a character, he is docile and tight on weekdays. Even if he was bullied, he didn't say a word like a gourd with a sawed mouth, and it was no wonder that the slaves of their family called him Ermu in private, saying that he was pricked by a needle and didn't know how to snort. But if you're pushed to the limit, it's what it looks like in your home. The great-grandfather said that he was born in the wrong year and that he should have belonged to the rabbit. ”

Liang Yaru said: "Rabbit? That's a good description. If a girl can really have the same temperament as a rabbit, she will not worry about the future. Who are the two next to him? ”

Zhang Ying said: "Who else can there be, it is the two children adopted by their family." said that it was the granddaughter left by the married aunt of their family, and she was already helpless at home, so she took it over and raised it together. It's also angry to say. These two big living people were already in the name of my eldest cousin, who had already gone, and their family remembered to inform our family. Now there are rumors that their family is going to marry my late eldest cousin. You see, it's done upside down. ”

Liang Yaru said: "You can be content." Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. Their house is like that, and it's good to be able to notify you. ”

Zhang Ying saw that no one around them noticed them, and the girls of the two were talking and chatting on the side quite casually, looking idle but firmly protecting the two of them in the middle. Zhang Ying whispered in Liang Yaru's ear: "This is not like what you would say." But what happened? I don't recognize the girl who came with you today, is she a relative of your family? ”

Liang Yaru said: "Relatives? Yes, it's a relative, or an elder who is serious. ”

Zhang Ying said: "Elders? I remember that Mrs. Liang Xiang went back to her hometown to visit her daughter before. Is that your aunt's girl? Want to find a family business with your family's signboard? Or is he focusing on your father, uncles, and even your cousins? ”

Liang Yaru said: "It would be nice if it was so simple. In fact, this matter should not be with outsiders, but the friendship between our two families, you and I are good sisters, and it is not interesting to hide this matter from you. Last time, I wrote from the south saying that my aunt was not good. Our old lady did not care about her old age, so she hurriedly packed up her things and went south. But who would have thought that something would happen on the way back. Thanks to him, our old lady was able to arrive in Beijing safely. Originally. Since it is our old lady's life-saving benefactor, we can't thank him enough. But I don't know what kind of soup he poured into our old lady, so that our old lady was determined to accept him as an adopted daughter, and forced my grandfather to open an ancestral hall. Now, this is my aunt. ”

"Really?"

Liang Yaru said: "It's not true. People like ours are the most taboo about such things. Even adopting a milk doll has a lot of exquisiteness, not to mention that he is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl! But our old lady is very determined, even my grandfather can't change my grandmother's mind, so I can only obey. Afterwards, my grandfather took my father and uncles to ask my grandmother about what had happened along the way, but she couldn't ask anything. The servants below either shook their heads or didn't know anything. ”

Zhang Ying couldn't believe her ears.

Liang Jian is the prime minister, and Zhang Xixian is the former head of the household department, both of whom are high-ranking officials. People like them are very concerned about the upbringing of their children, and they are also very strict with the care of domestic slaves, and they are afraid that someone will drag them down by their bad deeds. Therefore, the more high-ranking officials are, the more they will not adopt any adopted sons and daughters, and even if they don't have a son under their knees, they just choose a slave from their own family to support their old age. Therefore, there were many prime ministers in the Great Qi Dynasty, they had no sons and did not take concubines, and they would rather let their knees be empty than have concubines, in order not to let the concubines' families rely on their own power to do bad things and ruin their reputation.

Now, the Liang family has adopted a daughter coldly, and it is still directly in the name of the prime minister, especially when Liang Jian has children and daughters, and there are many grandchildren, this matter has become extremely conspicuous. And the people below don't know why, even the people who serve Mrs. Liang Xiang are the same, so it's a big problem.

Zhang Ying said: "Don't the people who serve Mrs. Xiangguo say it? ”

Liang Yaru said: "They said it. But what he said was that the bull's head was not right on the horse's mouth, and the contradictions in and out of the words were tight. Even I can hear something wrong. What do you say I should do? ”

Zhang Ying said: "Then how is your cheap aunt?" What about being a human being? ”

Liang Yaru said: "In addition to liking to wear a red dress with gold silk, I like to wear gold jewelry inlaid with ruby and red coral, and I like to carry a red gold-painted umbrella with me. Whether it is to greet the old lady or to talk to the old lady to make the old lady happy, it is always done just right. Usually he doesn't like to go out of his house and doesn't meddle much, but the girls in his house are all well-behaved, and they don't even have anything to talk to others. It's just that I said something wrong or did something wrong, and he didn't talk much, nor did he put on the posture of his elders to make a gesture that I had to listen to him, at most, he just raised an eyebrow at me and passed. ”

Zhang Ying said: "Isn't it that ordinary girls can't compare to him?" ”

Liang Yaru said: "The more this is the case, the more worrying it is." You think, you and I were carefully raised at home, and there are still rudeness. Since he has to rely on others to adopt, it can be seen that there is no way for his family. Only then do you need to lean on. But what was his identity before, and why was he able to be more beautiful than everyone's girlfriends? What is his origin? Who are the parents? What have you experienced in the past? Where did you grow up, and why did you save my grandmother? We don't know any of that. In this way, he took the person and passed the ancestral hall and put it on the book. Actually, I'm not afraid that he will make a mistake, but I am afraid that he is too good. I'm not afraid that he has no scheming, but I'm afraid of his plain appearance. ”

When Zhang Ying heard this, she immediately frowned.

If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and if you are not afraid of the other party making a mistake, you are afraid that the other party will not make a mistake. Zhang Ying can fully understand such a mood. Since the other party has such ability, he still has to stick to it. I'm afraid that the other party's plan is very big.

Hearing her friend's embarrassment, Zhang Ying was also very worried. But he couldn't do anything about it.

Just when the two of them were speechless, they saw Jia Jiu walking with their two nieces and daughters, and the faces of the three of them were obviously worried.

Knowing that there is no result. Zhang Ying still asked: "How is it?" Aunt. Have you heard any news? ”

Jia Jiu shook his head and said, "Some have nothing to say, and some take care of him." No one can sue me about the border pass. ”

Liang Yaru looked at Jia Jiu and said, "The border war changes several times a day. It is a chicken feather letter, and it takes more than half a month to send it from the border gate to Beijing. Adults don't confide in you lightly. Aunt Jia, if you figure out that Guò Hairpin will know about the border pass, this possibility is too small. ”

Zhang Ying also said: "Yes, cousin aunt." And our family is a civil official home, for example, today's hairpin flower club, most of the women who come are also civil officials and Qingliu families, like the home of military generals and lords and nobles, there are very few girls. Even if they came, they didn't know what was going on here. ”

Jia Jiu heard that this head was hanging more and more.

Yes, he didn't know that the possibility of getting the information he wanted from this hairpin was very slim. But with that glimmer of expectation, he still did his best to do it. Knowing the result and doing nothing is the same as knowing the result but still working hard, although it seems the same, but the meaning he conveys is different. One will make people think that this girl doesn't care about her family, and only knows that she has a peaceful birthday; The other one will make a good impression.

Jia Jiu didn't want people to feel like a cold-hearted person. What's more, he cares about Jia Yu and Jia Lian, and he may not have brought sincerity.

For a while, it was cold under the osmanthus tree.

At this time, I only heard someone behind the osmanthus tree: "No one in the boudoir knows about the border pass?" Not necessarily. ”

Who?

Zhang Ying and Liang Yaru both jumped up. They specially found such a place to talk privately, where did they think that there was someone behind this? How long has the other party been here? How much did I listen to.

But before the two of them could take a step, a big red gold-painted umbrella suddenly appeared in front of them, with a bright red background, and the golden patterns on it swirled in the setting sun, turning the not dazzling sunlight into thousands of gold. When they raised their heads, Zhang Ying saw the person clearly.

It's not Liang Yaru's new aunt Liang Lihua, who is it?

The skin is very white, and the gold and red color that will look very flamboyant when worn on others only dyes him with a trace of blood. The facial features are not exquisite, but when you pair each other's faces, you will only notice the other party's looks, but you will subconsciously ignore the real appearance of the other party. The other party seemed to squint habitually, but the unpredictable look that flashed in his eyes made Zhang Ying feel uncomfortable for no reason.

Obviously, the other party is wearing such a flamboyant color, but he has never noticed the other party's storage.

Obviously, the other party hasn't done anything, but I feel uncomfortable, but I just don't feel comfortable at all, as if I can't breathe.

Before Zhang Ying could speak, she saw Jia Jiu pounce: "This sister, I am a ...... of the first-class Shenwei General's Mansion."

The other party Sri slowly cut off Jia Jiu's words, and said in a very special but very elegant tone: "I know you. As for the information you are asking for, do you know that not only my soldiers at the border of Daqi are short of food, but even Yidi loses a large number of livestock and people due to hunger and cold every autumn and winter. ”

Jia Jiu hadn't understood yet, or rather, he didn't dare to understand: "Yes, can you please explain it a little more clearly?" ”

The other party opened his eyes slightly and said, "You are a good hand." Anyway, I just tell you that this year, because of you, the border pass has received a large amount of supplies. However, the imperial court did not increase the number of soldiers at the border gates. ”

Jia Jiu's heart sank with a grunt: "You, what did you say?" You mean, this year's border ......"

"The wine was sweet and the crab tasted good. Thanks a lot. ”

Such an answer is not what is asked, how can Jia Jiu be satisfied. He wanted to catch the other party and ask him carefully, but the other party's eyes like lightning made Jia Jiu shiver, and when he stretched out his hand, he saw the golden red umbrella swirling, and the golden light was shining, stabbing the eyes of the people present.

Especially Jia Jiu, he only felt that there was a huge force coming, forcing him to take a step back. When he came back to his senses, Liang Lihua had long since disappeared, leaving only four sentences flying in the wind:

The bleak sky and the land are barren, the cold wind and the cold moon are cold and the battlefield is cold. The deep boudoir is especially cold in autumn, and the cold light reflects the snow and frost at night. (To be continued......)