Chapter 395, Life or Death

On the afternoon of late autumn, Xie Mingzhu pulled a pair of children who were gradually growing up, and stood in front of the simple and sturdy but shabby gate of Xie Mansion, beside her husband Pei Lin and brother Mingjing.

When I walked from Chang'an in the morning, although it was cloudy, but it did not rain, I approached Wugong County only to find that it actually rained lightly in the morning, although it would have rained, but the car and the horse's hooves were still stained with mud, fortunately, this large open space at the door of my house was paved with green bricks, otherwise I had to get out of the carriage shoes and skirts to be muddy.

The mountain dwelling is deserted, the autumn wind is whisking, and there are many trees around, the sky is much darker than in the city, Rao is so, Xie Mingzhu is still full of joy and hope.

She believes that the next time she goes back to her parents' home, it will definitely not be to return here, even if her mother's family can't regain its former glory in three years, it will be much stronger than now, at least her brothers will have official positions, and her mother's family will also move into an official house with a suitable identity, and will never live on this deserted hillside again.

I love and admire Zhou Changsheng, a smart and capable brother-in-law from a low background, and believe that she will be a lucky star for the entire Xie family and even the Pei family, and I will treat this brother-in-law well in the future.

It is even better to persuade the mother, don't use any more Rausch to block the two of them, and don't keep talking about the heir, people are in the prime of life, and being temporarily pregnant does not mean that they will not give birth or raise in the future, don't dislike people everywhere, just a girl who has a room, and the younger brother is so disgusted, it is really not good to send it away.

She herself hates sex girls. Husband Pei Xun has a total of two concubines and three rooms, and the others are not very outstanding, there is only one girl named Fu'er, who is just twenty years old, young and charming, and the most favored, Pei Xun has been to her house the most times, of course, she is dissatisfied and has been pressing her to not be promoted to a concubine, but she does not dare to do too much.

Because she is no longer young after all, and her husband does not let them have children when the heirs are not very prosperous, it is a great concession, she can't do too much, but as long as she mentions the four words of the girl in her heart, it is like eating a fly, fortunately, this time her husband promised her that she would not take a woman to her post.

She made up her mind, in order to repay her longevity, and to let her younger brother remember the good of her eldest sister, she went home and persuaded her mother to send the girl who had sex with her.

The neighing of the horses had already alarmed the people in the house, and some of the house slaves had already opened the door to welcome them in, and some had trotted in to report to their masters.

Soon the Xie Mansion was jubilant, and the old lady hurriedly greeted her dearest son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.

This time we met, and any previous meeting was different, the sorrow and joy of the rest of my life after the catastrophe, the physical and mental comfort after the big rock landed, the reluctance to be separated for several years, and others were just right, the old lady who was extremely heavy on women's appearance and women's etiquette actually hugged her head and cried with her daughter Xie Mingzhu in front of the gate in front of the slave.

Still Mingjing couldn't stand it, and said angrily: "My sister and brother-in-law came all the way, it was cold outside, my mother didn't let everyone into the house to sit and talk, and she made my sister cry."

Everyone laughed together, and the old lady found out that Mingjing had also come back with her, and couldn't help but burst into laughter, and scolded: "I thought you would grow old when you entered Beijing, or the same scoundrel, why did my eldest sister cry?" Then tell me who provoked me, the old woman, to cry? ”

Mingjing grinned and said: "That is, the son is unfilial, and he provokes his mother to cry, but he makes his mother laugh again, which can be regarded as a merit and demerit, begging the mother to look at the son's face and let the nephews enter the door."

Everyone laughed and saluted according to their seniority and age, and when Ming Jing saluted Ming and Qing, he noticed that there seemed to be dodge in his eyes, as if he didn't dare to look directly at himself, and suddenly became vigilant, could it be that he did something unsightly?

Entering the house and sitting around the old lady, the old lady guessed Mingjing's intention, and secretly rejoiced that he was reluctant to come to Douhuang to pick it up in person? Fortunately, I was prepared.

"I only knew that you would come, but I didn't expect Mingjing to come back with me, but his residence is not ready yet, Ying'er, go and see if Douhuang is better, if it is better, let her prepare a place for their master, and then come and wait, if it is not good, let her rest."

Ying'er took the order and asked incomprehensibly, "What's wrong with Douhuang?" ”

The old lady waved her hand: "It's not a big problem, yesterday I said that I had a bad stomach, so I asked her to rest for a few days to pack up her salutes, and prepare to follow your eldest sister into Beijing to find you, who knew that you would come to pick it up in person." But I still have to say that I came back to see my old body, don't let me bear this false name in the future."

Mingjing's heart sank, it seems that the old lady really plans to let Douhuang follow her, no, the purpose of this trip is to prevent Douhuang from entering Beijing, so she smiled and said: "Mother wronged her son, I really came back to see you, it is definitely not to take Douhuang, the eldest sister testifies, this time I will not take Douhuang with me no matter what, so as not to fall into a heavy woman and light filial piety"

The old lady hesitated for a moment, and said with a forced smile: "Lai goods, is it possible that I, as a mother, will still care about this with you?" I don't want to break up the young couple of people, okay, okay, you don't have to be duplicitous."

As she was talking, Ying'er came in, followed by Mama Du.

"Old lady, this Mama Du said that Douhuang got up early this morning and went out to worship her mother, and said that she would come back early in the afternoon, but who knew that she would not come back yet. I saw that something was wrong, so I asked Mama Du to come and tell the old lady in person."

The old lady was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "It's the other day, who did she tell her mother when she went out to worship her?" She really regards herself as the master, even if she is the master, she should have my consent to go out, right? Mama Du, tell me what's going on, why didn't you report it earlier? ”

Ming Qing on the side suddenly turned pale, and the cold sweat immediately came down, go out early this morning? Obviously she swallowed her breath last night, what the hell? Impossible, where are there any ghosts in the world, are you not ruthless enough, this slut didn't die last night, and he fled for his life in the morning? What can I do, if she goes out or waits for an opportunity to take revenge, how much trouble will she bring to herself?

Fortunately, everyone only stared at Mama Du, and no one noticed his abnormality. Mingjing is also a little strange, Douhuang is a child of the family, knows the family rules clearly, and leaves the house without the consent of the master, but it is a big crime, is she knowingly committing it, or is there something wrong?

In front of everyone's eyes, Mama Du was stunned with fright, didn't Douhuang say that the old lady agreed? Could it be that this little slut actually framed himself? No wonder she gave herself a silver hairpin for no reason, if she really ran away, would she be able to get out of it?

Mama Du knelt on the ground with a plop, crying and mourning and said: "The old lady is clear, in the morning the old slave saw that Douhuang was dressed neatly in the morning, and it was plain and pure, so she asked what was going on, she said that the death day of the biological mother was coming, and recently she said that she was not filial, and she may have to follow the eldest aunt and grandmother into Beijing in the future, I am afraid that it is too late to worship. She also said that the old lady was busy, so I should not tell the old lady anymore, and she would report to the old lady when she came back."

Lin Xinhui interjected and scolded: "Bastard, you believe it when she says this?" Why didn't you report the old lady in time? Are you complicit? ”

Lin Xinhui's question is really unreasonable, Douhuang is to serve the old lady closely, outsiders seem to be quite trusted by the old lady, she said that the old lady agreed, and worshipping the biological mother is a reasonable reason, how dare Mama Du confirm this sentence?

Ming and Qing almost fainted here, it turned out that this slut actually came back to life last night, and he actually missed to keep such a bane, and he was pregnant with a seed of evil, it was really an endless trouble, no, I had to find her as soon as possible to kill her as soon as possible

Mama Du didn't dare to doubt Lin Xinhui's words, so she was so frightened that she kowtowed again and again: "The old slave should have believed Douhuang's words, and he didn't report to his master in time, and begged the second lady to spare his life."

The old lady waved her hand impatiently: "Okay, don't scare her." Tell me, did she bring anything? ”

Mama Du was afraid that she would not be able to wash off the suspicion, so she hurriedly said: "When she left, she brought a burden, saying that it was a paste clothes, and she wanted to take it to the grave to burn. Oh, I remembered, I also said that it was raining lightly today, and the incense candle table paper was wet, so it was better to go again tomorrow, she said that she had already promised the old lady to go today, and it was not good to go backtracking, and said that the light rain was not tight, she was holding an umbrella and getting wet, just burn it and do her best."

Except for the Ming and Qing dynasties, everyone had some faith, Xie Mingzhu said with a smile: "I think everyone is too careful, maybe Douhuangguo really went to worship his biological mother, but he was afraid that his mother would not agree, so he secretly went, maybe he will come back later." Although it is a piece of filial piety, but if I want to say, such a girl who does not understand the rules should be driven out, and she is not only bold to enter the door in the future, but also smears the master's face, it seems that her mother does not allow others to practice filial piety, anyway, her deed of sale is not in our family, neither an aunt nor a house slave, this girl is really not right."

After speaking, he glanced at Mingjing proudly, which meant to say: "I know that the two of you don't want to see her, so just find an excuse to get rid of her."

Mingjing shook his head: "No, I remember that Douhuang's biological mother's death day was in mid-March, and she had to take leave to worship her mother every year, and she had never been there for the rest of the time, so how could she go in this late autumn?" She's supposed to be a liar. ”

Everyone was suspicious, it seems that this Douhuangguo is really a deception, even if she has something important to go out to do this to make up a reason to deceive people, but now that it is evening, she should come back after finishing her errands, this road is sparsely populated, and there are few pedestrians later, is she not afraid of a woman who is in a dark hurry?

Xie Mingzhu couldn't think of a reason, so he reminded: "Mother sent someone to ask Menzi to see if Douhuang really went out?" What reason did she make up to go out? ”