The group went out early in the morning, and when the sun rose, they all returned to Shijing Hutong.

Xie Yuanmao hugged Xie Yi and got out of the carriage first, while Xie Shuning followed Song to get up and walk down slowly. A gust of wind blew in his face, Xie Shuning only felt cold, but his consciousness was much clearer. The plague in Tongzhou has been so severe that the palace has issued an order to block the road in and out of Kyoto, and the situation must be very serious.

The Ishii alley where the Xie Mansion is located is in the northern part of Kyoto, and the Imperial City is in the southern part of the city. Coming out along the palace gate, there is Suzaku Avenue. The southern city was inhabited by the nobles of the first class in the capital, and their respective mansions were built one after another along the perimeter of the imperial city. Therefore, if you are a newcomer to Kyoto, you don't have to ask to know which one is more expensive. The closer you are to the Imperial City, the more revered your identity becomes. The house is surrounded by the imperial city, from the clan relatives to the princes with different surnames, and they strictly occupy half of the Tai place.

The northern city was where most of the officials lived.

So as soon as he entered Shijing Hutong, Xie Shuning noticed that something was wrong through the small window on the carriage.

The doors were closed, and no one came in or out. This is not a common sight.

An order has been issued in the palace, and it seems that every household has received the news. And at this time, it was only an hour before they went out. It can be seen that this time, the situation is urgent.

However, no matter what she thought, she really didn't remember anything about it.

This unexpected thing really made her messed up.

After entering the mansion, Xie Yuanmao and the Song family saluted the old lady of the long room and said goodbye. The old lady's face was a little nervous, and she nodded and said to the two: "You don't have to go out these days, you can't go to Puji Temple, and when you have your mind, the Buddha knows it." ”

Song responded.

The second lady, Liang, held her waist, stood beside the old lady in the long room, and suddenly spoke: "I heard that another vicious mother-in-law has not been found yet?" ”

Everyone fell silent. After a while, Xie Yuanmao explained: "I can't find it, I'm afraid I've already run away." ”

"Ran away? This huge house, with so many people, would make people run away in vain? What a joke! The second lady frowned, as if she was very dissatisfied with his words, "Sixth, in the end, it is your child, if you don't feel distressed, do you want others to feel sorry for you?" is also such a big person, if the young man is not ignorant, if you can't even take good care of the children, it is better to send them back to Yanling as soon as possible. ”

She said this very badly, and her tone was a little mean.

But the old lady in the long room didn't stop her, first, she used to talk like this, and second, she was pregnant, and the old lady was too late to rejoice, how could she be willing to talk about her.

However, in this way, Xie Yuanmao suffered.

The second lady is a sister-in-law, he is not good at talking back, and although the second lady's words are ugly, she is also good, he can only hang his eyes in shame and can't answer.

But seeing that he was silent, the second lady was dissatisfied again, "Do you know that you are in the wrong or have you never listened to me at all?" It just so happens that the third family is going to take the six girls to Yangzhou, and there is no one to accompany the mother, so you might as well send a pair of children directly to the long house. ”

Xie Yuanmao hurriedly confessed, and said: "Thank you second sister-in-law for your order, my brother knows." ”

Seeing that his face seemed to be about to burn, the old lady of the long room spoke out to stop the second lady who was about to scold again, waved her hand and said: "That's it, the matter is over, what's the use of talking about it, it's just to increase sadness, Hugh said!" Who else said that if I don't have anyone to accompany me, you won't be counted as human beings? ”

The second lady said angrily: "What are you talking about! After speaking, the words stopped, and a group of people finally went to the long room in a mighty way.

After the people left, Xie Yuanmao wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and sighed: "The second sister-in-law's mouth, I don't know how the second brother has survived all these years. ”

Xie Shuning listened, and couldn't help sneering in her heart, who is her second uncle, and she can still be afraid of the second aunt's cynicism. Besides, the second aunt is the most hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, and the second uncle has been a husband and wife with her for many years, so how can she not know.

It's a pity that she couldn't say these words in front of Xie Yuanmao, so she had to stop thinking about it.

Song was silent all the way, and after a short time returned to Zhilanzhai, she said suddenly: "It's already this time, why hasn't there been a response to Yanling's letter?" ”

"I'm afraid that something will delay me on the road." Mother Gui came up with the water and said hesitantly, "Besides, don't talk about it, now that the road is closed, I'm afraid it's getting more difficult." ”

"No, count the steps, and the reply should be here." Xie Shuning sipped the water in the teacup, raised her head and interjected.

Song lowered his head and pinched her nose, "You little guy also know what a foot is?" After joking, she straightened up again, "Ah Man can figure things out, how can it be wrong." Could it be that Yanling never received our letter at all? ”

As she spoke, she became more and more uneasy, looking worried.

Xie Shuning was also anxious.

Only Xie Yi was young and ignorant, he didn't know anything, he was afraid of crying before, but now he still eats and drinks as usual, and as soon as he comes back, he shouts that he is tired and led by Lilac to rest. Xie Shuning accompanied the Song family, leaned on her arm, and considered the point: "Mother, we live in Zhilan Zhai, if the letter arrives, who will send it to us?" ”

When Song Shi heard this, his eyes lit up, and then quickly dimmed again, "I forgot this!" ”

Gui's mother was puzzled and wondered, "What did you forget?" ”

"Zhilanzhai is located in a remote area, if a letter comes, it must pass through Chen's hands first." Song explained.

Xie Shuning listened, and secretly added a sentence in his heart: The Chen family is a local snake, and he has suffered a loss recently, so he must be unwilling to be reconciled, and it is definitely possible to do something with his hands and feet on the letter.

At the same time, Gui's mother also understood, and couldn't help but show surprise.

Song thought for a while, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Quietly go and inquire if there has been any letter from outside recently." ”

Gui's mother answered, but when she came back later, she just shook her head and said, no. The population of the third room is simple, and there is only one man, Xie Yuanmao, and there is very little contact with outsiders, so there has not been a letter in recent days.

Hearing this, Song breathed a long sigh of relief. Xie Shuning's eyes suddenly turned cold, if she just said that she didn't receive a letter from Yanling, she might still be able to believe it, but if she didn't have a letter, she wouldn't believe it! Based on her understanding of more than ten years in her previous life, the third old lady has been in constant contact with the Chen family for so many years, and there will be letters and money exchanges almost every month, how can there be none?

But how do you say that?

She became anxious, and blamed her for being restless these days, forgetting that the letter would fall into the hands of the two poisonous snakes, Chen and the third old lady. But there was no way to say this for a while.

After a day of anxiety, she only felt depressed, so she decided to take Yuebai out of Zhilanzhai for a walk. This time, I was afraid that the Song family would be worried, so I also brought the big girl next to the Song family. The three of them wandered around, and when they came to one place, Xie Shuning wrinkled her little nose and muttered, "Where did the smoke smell come from?" ”