Chapter 177: Unforgettable (7K, Pink 660, 690, 720+)
Child?
Du Hengshuang couldn't help but think of the two babies of Brother Ping and Sister An, as well as the fun and happiness of their babbling and learning.
The stiff lines on Fang Cai's face suddenly softened.
"They're two years old this year, aren't they?" Du Hengshuang muttered to himself.
Zhu Susu nodded, "Yes, it's already a year older." If you can't get over this hurdle, you can only wait for your man to find a stepmother for your child. - Can you stand it? Or do you really believe that there are women who really treat other people's children as if they were their own? ”
Du Hengshuang pursed her lips and slowly struggled to sit up.
Zhu Susu saw that Du Hengshuang was moved, so he stepped up his persuasion: "It's not like you want to stay here for the rest of your life." Brother Xiao is about to return to the dynasty with a big victory. When the time comes, he will pick you up and go back with you, won't everything be fine? - Just waiting a while. ”
Du Hengshuang nodded slowly, lowered his eyes, and his thick and slender black eyelashes drew two beautiful arcs on his face like crow's wings.
Thinking of An Zichang's words, Zhu Susu asked curiously: "An Guogong said that we live in his grange, and people outside will definitely not know the way." What are you doing? He said you know why. ”
Du Hengshuang was suffocated, and said with a wry smile: "I forgot, he has always been a cunning rabbit, and his residence is second only to the palace in terms of strict precautions." As he spoke, he told An Zichang's deeds in detail.
When Zhu Susu heard that An Zichang actually wanted to avenge his mother, he not only killed Emperor Dezhen of the Great Zhou, but also directly caused the Great Zhou to fall apart. and personally killed his father, mother-in-law, brothers and sisters, as well as the An family up and down, and once clamored for "An family heirs", so he was speechless.
This kind of person, his residence must be strictly guarded. - Because there are too many bad things done, so I am very careful......
The two of them sat quietly in the house, the window lattice of Nanmu openwork was half-supported by a crossbar, and the chirping of birds outside the house came in.
Looking up, there is a tall gardenia tree growing on the side of the courtyard wall, full of snow-white gardenias. The scent of sunshine came in the breeze from outside the window. The restlessness in people's hearts gradually calmed down.
“…… Did An Guogong say who wants our lives? After being silent for a long time, Du Hengshuang asked in a low voice.
Finally recognize the reality.
Zhu Susu sat on the edge of Du Hengshuang's bed with a sense of accomplishment, while cutting her pulse. On the other hand, he said: "I heard that it is from the palace." ”
Du Hengshuang frowned. In my heart, I went through all my things from beginning to end. The most reluctant shook his head and said to Zhu Susu: "I don't think it's right. ”
"What's wrong?" Zhu Susu's fingers felt Du Hengshuang's weak pulsation, and sighed secretly in his heart. It's really a big injury, a big loss of vitality. In addition to warm medicine, it is also necessary to use good ginseng, snow lotus and ejiao. Ginseng tonifies qi, snow lotus tonifies the body, and Ejiao tonifies blood, all of which must be three-pronged in order to make Du Hengshuang's body improve.
Du Hengshuang has been sick for so long, although she doesn't have much time to wake up, but as long as she wakes up, she will wonder how she got sick.
Guan Yunlian is certainly the culprit who infects her, but Guan Yunlian's illness is not out of nowhere.
In the year since she had been recuperating, Zhu Susu had told her her conjectures intermittently.
is Guan Yunlian's plague, someone deliberately let her catch it. Although it may not be that serious, the perpetrator is uneasy and well-intentioned.
That person hurt Guan Yunlian, and borrowed Guan Yunlian's hand to almost get sick.
If it weren't for Zhu Susu, he would have gone to Huangquan and Guan Yunlian as a companion by now.
And when she had just learned the news that she had recovered and was about to return to Chang'an City in two days, the Zhuangzi where she lived was actually ransacked by the "homeless".
Could it be such a coincidence?
Why does such unfortunate things happen to you?
Forget about one thing.
But two, three, and all of them are coming at themselves, which is too much of a coincidence, right?
Du Hengshuang is not unintelligent, she just doesn't want to think of people's hearts so viciously.
Besides, she really couldn't figure out where she was getting in the way of others.
For those who have offended her, she is always open-minded and has never been killed.
Now that I think about it, it is indeed as Zhu Susu said, I am a bit of a woman's kindness.
By now, the matter is clear.
There are indeed people who want her to die.
She hasn't hurt anyone herself, so no one will want to "take revenge" on her.
Then there is only one situation, that is, as Zhu Susu said, he is in the way of someone's way, so he must get rid of himself and be fast.
If you follow this line of thought, Du Hengshuang will only think of one person.
Chen Yuejiao.
This ghosted man is carrying the soul that once wanted to seize his body.
Only this person can be able to get rid of himself as soon as possible.
The question is, what is she trying to get rid of herself?
It doesn't just do it for fun, right?
Was it to get revenge for kicking her out of the Xiao family and taking back the house she gave them? Or take revenge on yourself for not letting her take her body and take her own life?
But did she forget that she drove her out of the Xiao family because her mother, Aunt Jin, had always had the intention of giving her to Xiao Shi and being a concubine, and later took back the house she gave to them, because she found that Chen Yuejiao was carrying a ghost, and there was the soul that wanted to kill her at the beginning!
However, in addition to the evidence of the "ghost", Du Hengshuang has no other evidence to prove that Chen Yuejiao is the person behind these things.
But if Chen Yuejiao is regarded as the person behind these things, it is easy to explain many things.
For example, before Guan Yunlian became ill, in fact, the last person she saw was Chen Yuejiao, she often went out to walk around, and she also went to Chen Yuejiao's house.
If she contracted the disease at Chen Yuejiao's house, it would make sense.
But about Chen Yuejiao being the culprit who killed Guan Yunlian, Du Hengshuang is still a little unsure. I don't understand why Chen Yuejiao wants to do this.
Guan Yunlian is Chen Yuejiao's cousin, and she is the only connection between Chen Yuejiao and the Xiao family. As soon as Guan Yunlian died, Chen Yuejiao couldn't even step into the door of the Xiao family. - What chance does she have to make waves and endanger Du Hengshuang?
Could it be that there is someone behind Chen Yuejiao? Chen Yuejiao is just a pretense?
This person killed Guan Yunlian and harmed himself by the way. originally thought that he was going to die, but he was cured again, and the man couldn't let himself be infected anymore, so he launched a homeless attack on the village, and burned the entire Xiaojiazhuang to prevent future troubles?
If the other party really hates himself. Will it endanger your two children?
Think of it this way. Du Hengshuang became nervous again, and asked Zhu Susu in a low voice: "I'm worried about Brother Ping and Sister An." Can you think of a way to send a message to Ou Yangniang and ask her to take her two children to live in Xu's house? ”
Zhu Susu thought for a moment. comforted Du Hengshuang and said, "I think you're thinking too much." The man wanted us to die. But I shouldn't want Brother Ping and Sister An to die. ”
"Why? What if they want to cut the grass and eradicate the roots? Du Hengshuang asked rhetorically.
Zhu Susu analyzed with her. "You can't say that. We have been away from Chang'an City for more than a year. If that person really wants the lives of two children, do you think they will live to this day of their second birthday? Don't say you're not there. Even if you are in front of you, you want the lives of two children, you really don't need to poison them. As long as they neglect to take care of them on weekdays, the two children will not be able to survive on their own. And the two of them are still alive and well, so they know that the child should be safe. After a pause, Zhu Susu added: "Or if you are not in front of you, the child is safe." ”
Du Hengshuang was speechless when he heard this, and it still made sense to think about it, so he had to hold back his longing for the two children and his motherly heart, and patiently lived in An Zichang's grange, while cooperating with Zhu Susu to carefully adjust his body, while anxiously waiting for An Zichang's news.
An Zichang's grange is very tightly guarded, not only can the news from the outside not be easily transmitted, but the news inside cannot be spread without the consent of the people in charge of Zhuangzi.
Therefore, Du Hengshuang and Zhu Susu didn't know how much damage and damage they caused to their families when the news of their "death" reached Chang'an City.
The burning of Xiao's Grange, as well as An Zichang's deliberate dissemination of the news of their "death", only spread to Chang'an City many days after the incident.
Du Hengxue will never forget that day.
That day was the day when she returned to the door three times.
Because she married Sun Yaozu, Xu Shao finally helped Sun Yaozu find a position as a doctor of Taichang from the seventh grade in Chang'an, which was much higher than the previous champions and lists, of course, not as good as Xu Shao's own son Xu Yanhui.
Xu Yanhui directly sat in the position of the secretary of Shangshu from the sixth grade, and he could have real power and walk in the inner court, and he was really the first person in this class of Jinshi.
The champions and the top names were all assigned to the following counties, starting from the officials of the eighth grade.
Others are even lower in non-commissioned officer positions.
Because among this batch of Jinshi, Xu Yanhui is the only Jinshi who is really from a gate valve.
Sun Yaozu can only be regarded as a little bit related to the gate valve.
But at this point, it was enough for him.
The ancestral home of the Sun family is in Luoyang. With their family's ability, they can't afford to buy a decent house in Chang'an City.
Fang Yuniang gave her daughter a small second-entry mansion in Xuanyi Fang in Chang'an City.
The house of Xuanyifang is worth a lot of money in Chang'an City.
The small courtyard alone was worth nearly five thousand taels of silver.
This courtyard is more than enough for Du Hengxue and Sun Yaozu to live.
There are three upper rooms, and one transept on each side. There are three rooms in the east and west wings, and there is a row of seven back cover rooms in the back. Outside the double gate, there are three inverted seats, as well as a gatehouse.
The young couple and the two servants live with their servants, and it is very spacious.
Larger yards, the Du family is not nothing.
But Fang Yuniang was selfish, and she didn't want Sun Yaozu's father and mother to have an excuse to stay in Chang'an, so she deliberately only married a small second courtyard.
If the Sun family and his wife understood people, they would not be crowded in such a small courtyard with their sons and daughters-in-law.
It doesn't matter if the old couple stays here for a few days, but after a long time, they will definitely not be comfortable.
Sun Yaozu's mother, Sun Xu, also said very cheerfully, saying that when Sun Yaozu became a relative and became familiar with official affairs, the couple would return to Luoyang.
Fang Yuniang's careful thoughts. did not hide from Xu Shao.
Xu Shao didn't say that she did something wrong, but just reminded her that Sun Yaozu was an only son, so no matter what, Du Hengxue would inevitably live with her in-laws in the future, which was inevitable.
Fang Yuniang also knows this truth. She also doesn't want Du Hengxue to never live with her in-laws for the rest of her life.
Instead, she thought that Du Hengxue and Sun Yaozu were newly married now, and they should let the young couple live their own lives first, and when the relationship was deeper, Du Hengxue was older, and it was not too late to go back to serve her in-laws.
Du Hengxue is the same as Du Hengshuang. They all got married at the age of fifteen. Fang Yuniang always felt that they married too early, and she was very distressed.
Xu Shao didn't say anything more.
Du Hengxue got married in Chang'an City, and when she returned three days later, she also came from the house where she was married. It's very convenient.
She took Sun Yaozu back to Xu's house. I just sat down and didn't say a few words. Outside, a mother-in-law came to report that Uncle Qian had asked to see his wife.
Fang Yuniang knew that Qian Bo was an old man who followed Du Hengshuang to marry into the Xiao family, and he followed Du Hengshuang to the Xiao family's grange in the suburbs to recuperate.
When Du Hengxue got married three days ago. Du Hengshuang did not congratulate on time, only Qian Bo came over to eat the wedding wine.
At that time, Fang Yuniang was busy with the marriage of her youngest daughter, and she knew that her eldest daughter was seriously ill, and she heard that she had just recovered, maybe her body was not comfortable, and it was possible that she could not come for a while, so she didn't care.
Only Du Hengxue heard that her sister couldn't come at that time, and she cried.
Now that I heard that Qian Bo suddenly asked to see her, Fang Yuniang also ordered because she was sent by Du Hengshuang to give a congratulatory gift: "Let Qian Bo go to the side hall to drink tea, I will entertain guests here." ”
The woman answered, and went to the second gate to tell Uncle Chan what the lady had ordered.
Qian Bo's face was full of tears, and he followed the woman into the second gate, and ran to the upper room of the Xu family's main courtyard.
The mother-in-law who led the way was startled and chased after her: "Hey! Don't run around! Madame said to let you go to the side hall and wait first! ”
Chambers ran fast, and came to the upper room of the Xu family's main courtyard as soon as he slipped through the smoke.
The maids waiting at the door of the upper room could not stop him, and let him break into the door.
Fang Yuniang was a little unhappy, frowned and asked, "Uncle Qian, what's the matter?" What can't we wait for? ”
Qian Bo pounced and knelt down for Fang Yuniang, kowtowed again and again, "Please punish Mrs." The old slave didn't take good care of it, so the eldest lady was buried in the fire! ”
When Qian Bo said this, Fang Yuniang nodded at Sun Yaozu embarrassedly, hoping that he would not mind Qian Bo's rude behavior.
Sun Yaozu smiled and returned the salute, saying that it didn't matter.
Du Hengxue looked at Sun Yaozu affectionately, thinking about making it clear to Sun Yaozu for a while, this is his sister's companion and the master who taught his sister kung fu, and he can't be treated as an ordinary person, I hope he won't be angry.
Xu Shaozheng raised his glass and blew the tea foam on the tea bowl.
The two concubines of the Xu family were talking to each other, whispering.
Xu Yanhui's wife, Zeng, bowed her head and grasped the bracelet on her wrist.
Only Xu Yanhui, as soon as Qian Bo came in, he looked at him fixedly, and his whole body tensed.
As soon as Chambers finished speaking, although no one spoke, everyone seemed to stiffen for a moment, and even the air in the upper room became solemn.
Everyone was quiet for a while, and Xu Yanhui was the first to stand up and said angrily: "You old killer, what nonsense are you talking about?!" As he spoke, he pounced and kicked at Champ.
Qian Bo lay on the ground with his hands propped up, and took Xu Yanhui's kick motionlessly.
Fang Yuniang reflected at this time, her lips closed for a long time, and she could hardly find her voice. Only a few low cries came out of her throat, like the mournful cry of a female bird watching her young chicks being snatched away by an eagle on a spring day.
Du Hengxue turned her head and glared at Qian Bo. She turned back so quickly that she twisted her neck all at once. But she still tilted her head, walked up to Chamber, and asked in a trembling voice, "Chamber, what did you say?" I didn't understand ......"
Qian Bo lowered his head, and said in a choked voice, "Miss...... The eldest lady was buried in the fire on the Zhuangzi in the suburbs! ”
Fang Yuniang's heart was like a knife, she felt that her eyes were dark, and her body immediately slipped off the chair softly.
Xu Shao's eyes were quick, he took three steps and stepped over in two steps, hugged Fang Yuniang's fainted body, and shouted: "Hurry up and invite Langzhong!" ”
The upper room of the Xu family was busy for a while.
Chambers remained on his knees, motionless.
Du Hengxue's tears flowed out like a spring at this time, and she squatted down. Pulled Chamber's sleeve and choked up: "Chamber, get up and talk lively." ”
Qian Bo refused, still hanging his head, "It's all the old slave's fault, if it weren't for the old slave's ......" He regretted very much that he didn't care about the eldest lady, but came to the second miss's wedding.
Whether it is love or identity, he should not leave Du Hengshuang to attend Du Hengxue's wedding.
But because Du Xiancheng once instructed him. When Du Hengxue got married. Drinking a glass of wedding wine in person and giving a congratulatory gift can be regarded as helping Du Xiancheng, a father, do his best.
So on the Zhuangzi in the suburbs, when Zhihua asked him to come first. He went first. Thinking about two more days anyway. The eldest lady will also return to Chang'an. It shouldn't be fine.
As a result, in the past two days, there was an accident in the Xiao family's grange.
He returned to the Xiao family's Grange, three days after the tragedy.
Chambers is an old man in the end. He felt something different from the burned ruins of Xiaojia Grange, but he didn't dare to tell anyone, just according to the method taught by Du Xiancheng, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Du Xiancheng who was overseas.
He didn't know when Du Xiancheng would receive this letter, nor did he know when Du Xiancheng would return to Daqi again, and he didn't even know if Du Xiancheng would receive this letter. But in any case, he must write this letter.
That's where he does. He committed dereliction of duty, and when Du Xiancheng came back, he naturally apologized with death.
Then he came to Xu's house and reported Du Hengshuang's death to Fang Yuniang.
In his heart, Du Hengshuang has always been the Du family, just like Fang Yuniang has always been the mother of the Du family. Although she has remarried and is also a person with a title, in Qian Bo's heart, she will always be Du Xiancheng's wife......
Listening to Qian Bo's words, Du Hengxue fell into Sun Yaozu's arms crying silently.
Xu Yanhui stood aside with his hands behind his back, and said with a gloomy face: "What you said is true?" ”
Qian Bo wiped a handful of tears with his sleeve, "How can you make this up?" Young Master Xu didn't believe it, so he could go to the Xiao family's grange to take a look in person. The entire Zhuangzi burned to ashes, and no one escaped. - The Xiao family doesn't know what to do about this matter. The old slave will go to Xiao's house to report the news in a while. ”
Xu Yanhui immediately believed most of it, took off his robe, turned around and left, and said as he walked: "You go to Xiao's house to report the news, and I will report to the official." ”
The suburbs of Chang'an are all under the jurisdiction of Jing Zhaoyin.
Xu Yanhui went to report to the official, in fact, he went to his Laozi's yamen to say something, and asked a few officials to come over and go to the Xiaojia Grange in the suburbs to investigate.
Fang Yuniang woke up in the inner room, her face was gray and haggard, and she seemed to be ten years old in the blink of an eye.
The dark eyes were full of tears, and there was a little more pitiful and moving look than before.
Xu Shao took pity on her very much, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I'll send a messenger down to see what's going on." Maybe there was a misunderstanding, maybe ......."
Fang Yuniang cried: "Qian Bo is honest, and he never speaks. He said that Shuang'er passed away, and he should have really passed away. But......" Fang Yuniang struggled to sit up from the bed, "I'm going to the Grange, I'm going to see what happened to Shuang'er." I'm going to get her back......"
Xu Shaozhi said that at this time, he couldn't stop it, so he simply said, "It's okay, I'll accompany you to take a look." Then he reminded Fang Yuniang, "Do you want to call Shangshuang'er's in-laws to go with you?" ”
Fang Yuniang hated everyone in the Xiao family in her heart, shook her head, gritted her teeth and said, "What do you care about them?" He still said: "Ask Uncle Qian to see if the Xiao family knows about Lu Dao." After speaking, he wept again, "Why is my daughter so miserable?" Just gave birth to twin sons, and her son-in-law had a big career again, but she went like this...... I don't believe it...... How can it catch fire? ”
Xu Shao was silent. He told Fang Yuniang that Xiao Shiji fought against Liu Zhou in the north, and he used his troops like a god, and he personally organized several major battles, and wiped out Liu Zhou's army bit by bit.
His Majesty has already planned to promote him to the rank of general of the Pillar State from the second grade, and I heard that he will also be knighted, and the lowest is also Shenwu Bo, hereditary five generations, and demoted.
With Xiao Shi and a businessman's cloth clothes, he can be the most refuge from the second rank of the queen official to the second grade, and he is the wife and son, which is really the ultimate of the minister.
Xu Shao wanted to win over Xiao Shiji again, but unfortunately Du Hengshuang actually died at this juncture.
Fang Yuniang got up and changed into plain clothes, and took off the golden hairpin on her head, and only inserted a white jade hairpin in her bare bun.
Xu Shao sat on the side and waited for her, but he was thinking about something else in his heart.
Du Hengshuang died, Xiao Shiji became a widower, and he should marry the house.
It's a pity that Xue'er married early. Otherwise, if her sister dies, she will marry Xiao Shi and this brother-in-law as a house-filler, which is more effective than Du Hengshuang......
Here, Qian Bo left the Xu family in the chaos and went to the Xiao family to report the news.
Qian Bo came to Xiao's house and first went to Du Hengshuang's main courtyard to meet Ou Yangniang.
Ou Yangniang took Brother Ping and Sister An this year, and she was very dedicated. The two children seem to know that their mother is not around, they are very well-behaved and very easy to bring. Although he is only two years old, he is already quite observant.
As soon as Ou Yangniang saw Brother Ping and Sister An'er's well-behaved appearance, she couldn't help but think of Du Hengshuang's tiger strength when she was a child, and she sighed for a long time in her heart.
Qian Bo came in a hurry, and Brother Gu Ping and Sister An were kicking in the yard, so they rushed to the upper room like a gust of wind, and said to Ou Yangniang: "The eldest lady has passed away......
Ou Yangniang was almost frightened by Qian Bo's brainless words, and even her lips became purple.
"You tell me clearly, who died?!" Ou Yangniang grabbed the placket on Qian Bo's chest and asked, "You haven't been staying by the eldest lady's side, how could you let her pass away?" Isn't she cured? "I thought Du Hengshuang died of illness.
In private, these subordinates of the Du family still call Du Hengshuang and Du Hengxue the eldest and second ladies of the Du family.
Chambers wept and said, "It's all my fault." I went into the city to attend the wedding of the second lady, and I left the eldest lady behind. After the second lady's wedding, I went back, only to find that the grange had been burned to ashes by a fire, and all the people died in the grange, and no one escaped. ”
Ou Yangniang heard Qian Bo's words clearly, and her brain swelled, spreading from the inside to the outside like a fog, blocking her qi and blood, and she almost fell to the ground with a stroke.
It's not much better than a stroke, though.
She trembled for a long time, but she couldn't say a complete sentence.
Brother Ping and Sister An watched a strange old man talking to his adoptive mother, and they all followed curiously, standing under the porch, and looking in with the door frame.
“…… The eldest lady is gone, so do you know how to paint? Zhishu asked with tears in his eyes.
Qian Bo cried again, and said with tears: "I also followed the eldest lady." ”
Brother Ping and Sister An glanced at each other curiously, walked in hand in hand, came to Ou Yangniang, and asked in a milky voice: "Foster Mother, don't cry......
Ou Yangniang looked down and saw that it was Du Hengshuang's twin sons, especially Sister An, who looked more and more like Du Hengshuang when she was a child, and couldn't help bending down to pick her up and crying.
Sister An and Brother Ping were frightened, and at the same time cried loudly.
Zhishu hurriedly said: "Adopted mother, be careful to scare Brother Ping and Sister An." ”
Ou Yangniang held back her tears and said to Qian Bo: "Let's go to the old lady to report the news and see what the old lady says." - I still don't believe me, I'm going to see the Grange for myself. ”
Qian Bo nodded, and came to Xuanrong Hall in the back garden with Ou Yangniang.
Xiao Taiji and Long Shuzhi are having fun in front of Long Xiangye, as well as Chen Yuejiao and Aunt Jin.
Since Du Hengshuang went to the Grange to recuperate, Long Shuzhi and Chen Yuejiao have re-entered the house and often come to accompany Long Xiangye.
Long Xiangye can't go to see the children every day, and she feels bored, so she often hangs out with Long Shuzhi, Chen Yuejiao and Aunt Jin.
Wiping dominoes, playing double-land, listening to operas, listening to books, and having a very comfortable time.
Hearing that Ou Yangniang came with the child, Long Xiangye smiled and pushed down the cards in his hand and said, "In the end, my grandchildren want me." As soon as they came, I was nonsense. ”
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