Jiang Shi had a lot of thoughts in his heart, thinking back and forth, the old lady's illness, it would be better to go here, but it would make people happy.

She also doesn't feel that she is ruthless, the old lady has lived to this age, what blessings have not been enjoyed, even the great-grandson is already old and has already followed her husband to open a Mengshu, she is an old woman, and it is really hard to live again. What's the point of living when your hair is thinning, your teeth are falling out, your face is wrinkled, your body is bloated and staggering, and you can't even chew what you like to eat?

"I'm here, and you can go out and see when this doctor will come." Jiang Shi secretly took a deep breath and patted Zhilan's shoulder, who was wiping her forehead with a soft handkerchief for the old lady, "The weather is cold and snowy, and the road is difficult. You just have to instruct to go down, as long as the old lady is cured, the Xie family will definitely give double the diagnosis money. ”

Hearing this, Zhilan raised her head to look at her, with tears in her eyes, grabbed the handkerchief and nodded repeatedly: "The slave understands, the slave and the maid will go." ”

The Jiang family was originally a relative of the old lady in the long house, and she just married into the Xie family in the early years, and the old lady liked her very much, and among the daughters-in-law, the Jiang family was the most faced, that is, the second lady Liang's identity was so expensive, and she was no match for the Jiang family in front of the old lady.

Everyone in the house knew about it.

Later, Jiang went to Yangzhou with Xie Sanye, and the days in the house were numbered all year round. Maybe it's because of the distance and the long time we haven't seen each other, and when we meet at first glance, the old lady looks at how pleasing she is, and she mentions it in private. Even in the most favored days of the Jiang family, Xie Zhiruo, the sixth girl she produced, was also raised under the old lady's knees.

Days like this. It wasn't until the sixth master Xie Yuanmao returned to the house and brought his wife back to Kyoto half a year later, that the situation in the house changed slightly.

At that time, the Jiang family was also distressed and upset because of Xie Sanye's concubine, so he returned to Kyoto alone and left Xie Sanye alone in Yangzhou.

It was at that time that the old lady had an opinion on the Jiang family, and it was better to be happy with her in the past.

Not long after, the sixth girl, Xie Zhiruo, also lost the old lady's favor.

Many years later. Although the old lady was not bad to their mother and daughter, she was far less good than in the past.

Zhilan, the old people around the old lady, always thought that the Jiang family had a lot of resentment against the old lady in their hearts. However, at this moment, she watched Jiang take the handkerchief from her hand, and with a worried face, she assigned herself to quickly invite the doctor back to see the old lady, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed.

All the time. It turned out that a few of them thought badly.

The third lady of the Jiang family. From beginning to end, he still loved the old lady.

Zhilan quietly turned her face away to wipe the wetness from the corners of her eyes, said a word to Jiang, and hurriedly left the upper room.

There was silence in the room.

Jiang Shi withdrew his hand, threw the handkerchief on the kang casually, sat down by the kang by himself, lowered his eyes to look at the old lady's face that was flushed because of fever, and listened to the old lady's heavy and turbid breathing, she sank her face.

Evil thoughts are like gangrene attached to the bones. haunted her and refused to let go.

She hesitated, kept hesitating. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed a pillow beside him.

The plain satin cushion is soft and comfortable, and it is like a weapon in her hand now.

The weapons were cold, much colder than the snow that was falling outside......

Jiang Shi is well maintained, still slender, smooth and white, like a girl's fingers pressed on the pillow, slowly tightened, tightened again, until the green tendons on the back of his hand were exposed.

The old lady's breathing became heavier and heavier, and there seemed to be thick phlegm stuck in her throat, and there was a "ho-ho" sound in her throat between breathing, which was heavy with a race, and Jiang's eyelids jumped when she heard it, Huo Ran grabbed the pillow and pressed it down towards the old lady's face.

- The sound of "ho-ho" suddenly stopped.

Immediately, the old woman, who was lying quietly and unconscious, trembled on all fours and struggled wildly.

Jiang's face was full of fear, but his subordinates did not move.

No matter how the old lady struggled and moved, the hands that pressed on the pillow remained the same.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

The footsteps were heavy, approaching one after another, not like the heavy footsteps that the maid in the plum blossom dock could make.

Someone's coming!

Jiang Shi panicked, his arm was weak, and the pillow was loosened.

The sound of the old lady's breathing, which had been weak, suddenly became heavier and more urgent, accompanied by a coughing sound like a broken gong.

The footsteps outside were already close at hand, as if they were ghosts urging life.

Jiang Shi became flustered, and he didn't even know where to put his hands and feet.

The cushion was still resting on the old lady's face, showing her sinister intentions and deeds.

"Old lady......"

The footsteps stopped, followed by a stumbling voice.

Jiang pricked up his ears to listen, and when he heard the old lady's words, he immediately changed his face, hurriedly grabbed the pillow and threw it aside, and hurriedly picked up the handkerchief, leaning over to wipe the old lady's face.

The old lady's breathing was still hard and heavy, and the coughing gradually subsided.

She burned so badly that she didn't even have the strength to open her eyes, and now that her breathing was free, she still slept groggily with her eyes closed, not even knowing what had happened to her.

Jiang Shi breathed a sigh of relief, but the hand holding the handkerchief trembled desperately, and he was completely unable to hold down the cushion with his composure and strength.

Suddenly, someone came in from outside.

She followed the prestige, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "Father." ”

The old lady bowed her head, approached and asked in a deep voice: "Has the doctor come to see it?" ”

"I have sent someone to invite it, but it has not yet arrived." Jiang Shi shook his head, and the hand hanging by his side was still trembling slightly.

The eldest old lady leaned over to look at the old lady, frowned, and said, "I heard that the use of the mansion has dropped sharply recently?" ”

In the past 20 years, he almost ignored the mundane affairs in the house, and all the money and money had nothing to do with him, as long as the account office was not short, and he bought the silver for antiques, calligraphy and paintings. But to this day, he just doesn't want to take care of it and has to take care of it.

When Jiang Shi heard this, he thought that the eldest old lady also blamed himself, and perhaps blamed the old lady's illness on himself, so he couldn't help but feel aggrieved, "The house can't make ends meet, so I have to reduce it." She didn't dare to say clearly that her dowry and money were almost all filled in, and she only hinted, "It's all useless for daughters-in-law, and I am afraid that I have to think of a streamlined way to worship my ancestors this year."

The eldest old lady frowned even more tightly when he heard this, looked carefully at the old lady lying there a few times, and suddenly said, "Find two people to open my warehouse, take a few pieces and take the lead." ”

In any case, the things that worship ancestors are indispensable.

The old lady never kept silver by his side, according to his words, silver is not brought to life and death, and he wants to spend it, so he has nothing in hand, only a treasury full of antiques and paintings.

If you really want to be it, it's worth a lot of money.

Jiang Shi was overjoyed in his heart, but he felt a little embarrassed, and said in embarrassment: "People like us, when things live, we can't tell the truth, if people know, how will we walk outside in the future?" ”

The eldest old lady reprimanded: "Slapping a swollen face and being fat, is it just the past?" As he spoke, he snorted coldly, "The reputation of the Xie family has almost been defeated!" ”

Just because he doesn't care doesn't mean he doesn't know anything.

It's just that I know a little bit about the night.

Jiang's face was dumbfounded, and he couldn't answer.

The so-called ruining of the reputation of the Xie family here can include her husband and daughter.

Jiang said: "My daughter-in-law must tell me to go down, be very careful, and not let people know that these objects are flowing out of our house." ”

The eldest old lady was noncommittal, only looked at the eldest old lady worriedly, waved his hand and said, "You should go down first, and then ask someone to urge you, why hasn't the doctor come yet." ”

"Yes." Jiang Shi saluted, put the handkerchief in his hand well, and withdrew.

Walking to the bottom of the porch and looking at the wind and snow outside, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

When this breath was over, she grabbed her cuffs and secretly annoyed the old lady.

If he had taken out those objects earlier, she would not have almost killed the sick old lady today!

It's all the old lady's fault!

Jiang Shi walked out of the plum blossom dock in a huff.

But the doctor didn't come.

It was raining too much, too big.

In Kyoto, where snow falls every year, it is rare to encounter such a blizzard. Even several castles near Kyoto are covered with snow and ice.

Xie Yuanmao's carriage hurried all the way, and it was easy to sneak out of Huizhou to the vicinity of Kyoto, but suddenly encountered this heavy snowfall.

The snow fell quickly and rapidly, and the sky suddenly became very cold, and the hurricane was like a dragon, whistling and sweeping with snow flakes, blowing on people's skin, like the pain of Ling Chi.

Xie Yuanmao's carriage had no choice but to stop temporarily.

The horses pulling the cart were also frightened by the blizzard, and the horses' hooves kept digging on the ground, and their noses rattled and restless.

The coachman was annoyed and muttered: "I said that the weather is not like it, I am afraid that it will snow, I want to find a place to stay for a few days before leaving, I don't believe it, but now it's good!" ”

These words were said from light to loud, and in the end, they almost did not shy away from it, and they deliberately said it to Xie Yuanmao.

Xie Yuanmao sat in the carriage and was furious when he heard this, and now even a coachman dared to accuse him of not being wise enough in his decision-making?

He was immediately furious, lifted the curtain and poked his head out, and shouted in the wind and snow: "If you don't see this wind and snow, don't hurry up, when will you leave?" ”

The coachman was also angry, and it can be seen that the master was angry, and he stopped breathing at the moment, not daring to argue, and only whipped the car to drive.

But the snow is getting bigger and bigger, and there is still a long way to go to find the next foothold.

The coachman was stained with ice slag on his face, and took advantage of Xie Yuanmao to hide back in the carriage and spat fiercely.

Yet no matter how much he whipped it, the horse kept running slower and slower.

Suddenly, he whipped down with a heavy whip, and the horse neighed and stepped on a piece of ice, slipping and falling hard.

The coachman screamed, and before he could turn back, he had already smashed to the ground along with the overturned carriage. (To be continued......)