Chapter 116: The Return (Pink 720 Advance+)
Chambers had always been an old man, and he was a man of few words, often not saying a word all day.
With such a happy look now, Du Hengshuang has never seen it since he can remember.
"Chamber, what is it that makes you so happy? Can I go back to my parents' house first, say a few words to my sister, and then go with you to meet someone? Du Hengshuang didn't ask who wanted to see her, because she knew that Qian Bo was not a person who didn't know the severity. He said that if someone wants to see her, it must be for a reason and very important, and of course it will not harm her.
Qian Bo almost blurted out, but remembering the person's solemn instructions, he still swallowed that sentence fiercely, and anxiously said to Du Hengshuang, "Miss, you just listen to my old money once, can you go and see that person first?" ”
When Qian Bo spoke, Du Hengshuang was already sitting in the cart.
When Du Hengshuang went out, Qian Bo generally accompanied him, either as a coachman or as an escort.
Qian Bo sat outside the car, and Du Hengshuang was accompanied by Zhihua in the car.
Du Hengshuang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Since Uncle Qian said so, I will listen to Uncle Qian." Let that man come to see me at home, and I may not be too late to go back to my mother's house tomorrow to see my sister. ”
Qian Bo hurriedly shook his head, "Miss, that person is waiting for Miss in the Du family's house." ”
"Oh?" Du Hengshuang was a little interested, her long eyelashes flashed like crow's wings, and she said with a smile: "Is it my father's former close friend who came to Beijing?" ”
Du Xiancheng is a bold person and has made a lot of friends. After his death, his former friends often came from other places or went to the grave to pay their respects. or visited the orphans and widows of the Du family, and helped their family a lot openly and secretly.
From his father, Du Hengshuang understood the importance of friendship. Unfortunately, this is a kind of heart-to-heart between men, and between women, this kind of friendship is extremely rare.
Qian Bo was stunned for a long time, and then nodded and said, "How did the eldest lady know the Tao?" The man did tell him that if Du Hengshuang asked who it was, he would say that her father's friend came to see her......
Du Hengshuang tilted his head proudly. Smile playfully.
Zhihua made a mistake on the side and smiled secretly. persuaded in a low voice: "Uncle Qian, now I have to change my name to Grandma Da Shao, and I am still called Miss, my uncle should be unhappy." ”
Chambers snorted. Very disapproving. Then he whispered: "What young grandmother?" He turned a blind eye to the beating of the eldest lady. He also lost his temper and ran out of the house, not staying at home for the night, this kind of man. It should be taken off! ”
Du Hengshuang coughed violently, "...... Ahem, Chamber, don't talk nonsense. ”
Of course, it wasn't Qian Bo who said this, but at this time, Qian Bo couldn't say who said it, so he had to shut up stupidly, raised his whip and whipped it on the back of the horse pulling the cart, "Deaf, drive!" ”
The horse pulling the cart ran forward, and it didn't take long for him to come to the old house of the Du family.
After Du Hengshuang got married, the old mansion of the Du family was still preserved. Du Hengshuang and Fang Yuniang discussed that this old mansion would be a dowry for Du Hengxue in the future.
Zhihua helped Du Hengshuang get down from the carriage and followed Qian Bo into the Du family's mansion from the corner gate.
Enter the gate, bypass the shadow wall, and follow the verandah through the mountain to the double hanging flower gate.
The Du family mansion is the same as the Xiao family's mansion, which is composed of three houses: the main courtyard, the east courtyard, and the west courtyard, each with four entrances, and a back garden in the backyard.
There are five main houses in the main courtyard, with a canopy roof, a corridor in front and a building in the back, and a step in front of the corridor, and the frame is majestic. On each side there are two transept chambers with a width of one zhang.
Du Hengshuang walked in front alone, went straight through the weeping flower gate, and entered the main courtyard.
If they hadn't moved out, this would have been the residence of Du Xiancheng and Fang Weiniang.
Du Xiancheng died, Fang Yuniang remarried, and this place was deserted, only for Du Xiancheng's tablet.
Qian Bo grabbed Zhihua at the Hanging Flower Gate and didn't let her go in with Du Hengshuang.
Puzzled, Qian Bo said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I'm guarding here, and the eldest lady will be fine." ”
"Chamber, what are you talking about?" Zhihua complained, "You don't know Lu Dao, the eldest lady is married, I don't know how many people in Lu Dao are staring at her and making mistakes." ”
Chambers snorted, "I know." You little girl, can't you just wait a while? ”
Zhihua stopped making a sound, and watched Du Hengshuang bypass the shadow wall, unable to see her figure.
This is her home, and knowing that Qian Bo is right in front of her, Du Hengshuang is not afraid.
Walking up the steps, Du Hengshuang opened the curtain embroidered with dense double-petaled peonies and looked at the middle hall.
With his back to the door, there stood a man in Tsing Yi with his hands in his hands, wearing a hood, tall and mighty, looking at Du Xiancheng's tablet on the table.
Du Hengshuang felt that this back was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
However, seeing the man's focus on the tablet, Du Hengshuang was sure that he was his father's friend before his death, so he coughed lightly at the door.
The man was shocked, and after a while, he slowly turned around and looked at the door.
was only six years old at the time, and she has grown into a slim girl, with eyebrows and eyes as beautiful as her mother.
Cherry pink beaded folded branch flower double forest silk skirt, double silk light yellow printed gold partridge bouquet pattern yarn half arm, holding a snow-white shark silk shawl as thin as cicada wings, only homely dress on the head, combing back to the heart, inserted two red gold silk phoenix wearing peony hairpins, standing by the door, smiling and looking at himself, put his hand on his waist for a moment, and blessed him.
"What do you call this lord?" Du Hengshuang looked at the man curiously, and always felt that his eyebrows and eyes were indescribably familiar, and he suddenly felt a sense of admiration when he saw him.
The man standing on top of the middle hall is Du Xiancheng, who everyone thought had died in a shipwreck, and Du Hengshuang's father.
It's a pity that when he left, Du Hengshuang was only six years old, although he remembered the appearance of his father at that time, but after so many years, Du Xiancheng has experienced ups and downs overseas, and it has long been very different from what he looked like back then.
Du Xiancheng's eyes were sour, he paused hurriedly, suppressed the tears in his throat, and said with a smile, "Frost ......"
Du Hengshuang heard the voice. As if struck by lightning, he took two steps back, leaned against the long pillar by the door, and looked at the man in disbelief.
Eight or nine years have passed, and the appearance of people may change a lot, but the voice will not change so much.
Du Hengshuang kept Du Xiancheng's voice firmly in his mind.
She had long thought that this man was surprisingly familiar, and now that she heard this voice, she no longer had any doubts.
"Daddy...... Are you back? Are you coming to see me? Du Hengshuang asked softly like a dream, and the door opened for a while. He scrambled to close the door. Keep the sun out.
Du Xiancheng was also very excited. He didn't expect that Du Hengshuang would recognize him at once. You must know that when he left, she was only six years old. So many more years have passed. He himself used to look in the mirror. I don't think I recognize myself anymore.
"What are you doing behind closed doors? Am I not unsightly? "Du Xiancheng said. The mood calmed down and walked over to Du Hengshuang's side.
Du Hengshuang looked back in surprise, "Dad...... You're not? ”
Du Xiancheng stood five steps away from her. Wen Yan said: "Don't be afraid, child, I'm not dead, I'm back from overseas." ”
Daddy didn't die?!
Du Hengshuang's heart was like being tormented in an oil pot, and then being picked up and put into an ice cellar, constantly hovering in the coldest and hottest places.
"Dad, you're really not dead?!" Du Hengshuang couldn't hold back any longer, and threw herself into Du Xiancheng's arms and cried, just like when she was a child, every time she was taught by Fang Yuniang, she had to go to her father to cry. Du Xiancheng would hold her in his arms, not only soothing her with gentle words, but also promising a lot of conditions, to bring her beautiful flower clothes and jewelry, and take her out of the city to ride horses, hunt, and go to the restaurant. The days before the age of six, in Du Hengshuang's mind, were like being in heaven, without the slightest regret.
Du Xiancheng's hand was raised, and he stayed in the air for a long time before gently patting Du Hengshuang on the shoulder, "Good boy, let's not cry, if there is anything unpleasant, tell Dad, Dad will definitely help you do it properly." ”
Du Xiancheng's mind is as solid and reliable as a mountain.
Du Hengshuang snuggled into his arms, feeling unprecedented peace of mind and calm.
It seems to be a string that has been broken for nine years, and it is only today that it has really relaxed.
This feeling has never been relaxed even when I married Xiao Shiji.
Maybe it's because she knows that in this world, there is only one person who will spoil her unconditionally and love her, regardless of anything in return, as long as she is happy, he can do anything. - This man is her father.
Du Xiancheng was also extremely excited.
Her favorite daughter has finally grown up, and after so many years, she hasn't forgotten herself.
Du Hengshuang cried recklessly for a while, feeling much better in her heart, and embarrassedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, "Dad, I'm rude." ”
Du Xiancheng snorted, helped Du Hengshuang to sit down on the chair on the side, sat down next to her, stared at her face tightly and asked, "I heard that your mother-in-law beat you?" ”
Du Hengshuang let out a "uh" and diverted the conversation a little embarrassedly, "Dad, where have you been all these years?" Why didn't you even send a letter back? ”
Du Xiancheng knocked on the table solemnly, "What do I ask you?" No interruptions. - Long Xiangye, that dead woman, did she beat you? ”
Du Hengshuang coughed again, and finally covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Dad, how can you say this about my mother-in-law?" Besides, more than a month has passed, I am already well, no pain anymore, it is all over. My mother-in-law is very good to me now. ”
Du Xiancheng snorted and scolded with a smile: "Little slippery head, as far as Zhilu Dao Gu is concerned, he is concerned." At the end, he said: "Shuang'er, my father came back late, if I came back earlier, I wouldn't let you marry Xiao Shi and that kid." - My daughter-in-law married well, but she was slapped in the face by that mother-in-law! I heard that your face is swollen, and you tell me honestly, is it true? ”
Du Hengshuang lowered his head, playing with the flounder rose pendant hanging from his waist with both hands, and refused to answer directly.
"Don't try to be sloppy. Chambers told me at 1510. Du Xiancheng endured his breath. He died nine times overseas and finally returned with glory, only to find that his wife had remarried five years ago and married to Jing Zhaoyin's mansion with two children.
If it was an ordinary ordinary family, he would spend a lot of money and bring back his wife and children. But Jing Zhaoyin's mansion was not moved by a person who had just returned from overseas. Even if he is added as an envoy of Fransia, he can't fight Jing Zhaoyin. Besides, he already knows the truth. Fang Yuniang has already given birth to a son to Najing Zhao Yin Xu Shao.
With a son, it's different.
Du Xiancheng didn't understand why Fang Yuniang remarried, so he went back to Luoyang to investigate and secretly visit for a while before he understood the situation back then. It turned out that eight years ago, the news of his "death" came back, Fang Yuniang thought he was really dead, and returned to the ancestral house in Luoyang with her two children, but was bullied by the Du family as an orphan and widow, and almost took away her family property and swept her and her two children out of the house.
It was Xu Shao, who was the great Sima of Luoyang at that time, who came forward. to keep their family's property.
Later, Fang Yuniang kept filial piety for him for three years. married Xu Shao and filled the house.
The property of the Du family was still given to Du Hengshuang as a dowry.
Du Xiancheng learned all this, and knew that Xu Shao was married to Ming Media, and Fang Yuniang did not suffer a loss. only to breathe a sigh of relief.
Later, he returned to Chang'an. He asked someone to go to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion to report the letter. I just met Fang Yuniang a few days ago.
When Fang Yuniang saw him, she also had mixed feelings and cried in his arms. But when it comes to the future of the two, Fang Yuniang is still reluctant to leave the Xu family, after all, she and Xu Shao have a son. Boys are different from girls. Even if a girl is dragging an oil bottle, she will marry someone in the future anyway, it doesn't matter.
Boys make oil bottles, but they will be criticized.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Shao will definitely not agree to Fang Yuniang to leave him and follow Du Xiancheng again.
Du Xiancheng couldn't, so he had to leave quietly and no longer disturb Fang Yanniang's life.
His days with the mission in Daqi were short, and he was soon to set sail back to France.
Originally, he wanted to go to sea with his family, but now he doesn't need it.
His wife remarried, his daughter married, and the younger daughter didn't recognize him at all.
He originally thought that he was in Daqi, and he had no hope.
But just yesterday, he heard Qian Bo talk about Du Hengshuang, saying that she was in the Xiao family, and her life was not comfortable.
Hearing that Long Xiangye's dead mother-in-law actually dared to beat her daughter, Du Xiancheng's anger rose. He held it in the palm of his hand, and his pampered daughter was actually abused like this by that mother-in-law, did she eat the gall of an ambitious leopard? !
Du Xiancheng was already a little arrogant, and at this time he pulled out a shiny dagger from his hand and said to Du Hengshuang: "Your father and I are about to go back to France, do you want me to leave and help you solve this big trouble?" ”
Du Hengshuang was so frightened that she hurriedly said: "Dad, don't be like this, my mother-in-law treats me well." ”
"That's good, too?" Du Xiancheng slapped the table, "In the past few years since I was away, how did your mother teach you?" The Xiao family is such a mess, why did she allow you to marry? I told her back then that if Xiao Shi and this kid grow up and don't succeed, we will break the contract and not marry him. It's good for her, this pedantic woman, actually married you to the tiger's den in Longtan. ”
Comparing the Xiao family to the Longtan Tiger's Den is also too exaggerated.
Du Hengshuang couldn't help laughing, "Dad, there's no such thing." ”
"You don't speak for them anymore. Long Xiangye, the dead mother-in-law, didn't say it, when Brother Xiao found out that she was so virtuous, her intestines were repentant, but it was a pity that she would have given birth to a son, otherwise she would have been divorced. Now seeing her like this, I really regret that I pleaded for her good words back then, so I should have let Brother Xiao directly divorce her back then! Du Xiancheng was very dissatisfied with his baby daughter's mistreatment, and scolded Long Xiangye vigorously, and scolded Xiao Shiji, "I don't take it, I know that I let my mother bully my daughter-in-law to seek fame, this kind of man, we don't want it." began to talk to Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shihe, and threw him away, and Du Xiancheng helped her find a good husband.
Du Hengshuang was funny and moved.
Father's love is like a mountain, and this feeling of being a backer is something that my mother can't give.
Du Hengshuang spoke for Xiao Shihe, "Dad, and my brother are also thinking about me, and they have done a lot of things...... said, and said that Xiao Shihe set a trap to scare Long Xiangye, and emphasized at the end: "Dad, don't tell others about this matter at all." You know, if this kind of thing spreads, my mother-in-law will be ashamed of being a faceless slut. If she can't think about it for a while, it will also affect her brother's reputation. ”
Although Du Xiancheng is heroic on the outside, he is very shrewd and meticulous on the inside.
"You don't need to remind me, don't I know what kind of virtue the dead woman of Long Xiangye is? - Die to save face and suffer sin, you can't be like her. ”
Du Hengshuang nodded with a smile, and asked Du Xiancheng about his future plans.
Du Xiancheng said that he would soon return to France with the mission, and then said sincerely: "When I go back this time, I will ask the king of France for the opportunity to reside in Daqi." If it is successful, you can live in Chang'an for a long time in the future. ”
Du Hengshuang was very happy and asked many questions, the father and daughter kept talking until the sun was in the west, Xiao Shiji kicked the door open, and the two of them stopped and turned around and looked at the door.
Xiao Shiji stood in the doorway with a grim face, the sunlight shining in from behind him, hiding his face in the backlight, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.
Qian Bo followed to the door and said anxiously: "Uncle Xiao, I told you, the eldest lady has something important......
Du Hengshuang stood up from the chair and said unhappily: "What's wrong with you?" This is the middle hall of my house. ”
Xiao Shiji had just come in from the light, and his eyes couldn't adapt to the gloom in the room for a while, and he could only see a tall man sitting next to Du Hengshuang, angry and anxious, eager to pull out a knife and stab the other party into seventeen or eighteen holes.
Chambers rubbed his hands anxiously. But Du Xiancheng had explained to him before, asking him not to tell people that he was back, otherwise it would be difficult for Fang Yuniang.
Now Xiao Shihe is like this, obviously misunderstood.
Du Hengshuang also understood, and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Qian, it's okay." You can rest and go first. ”
Qian Bo looked at Du Xiancheng.
Du Xiancheng nodded slightly at him.
Chambers went down, and when he left, he closed the gate again.
Xiao Shiji was a little surprised when he saw the door close again.
His eyes adjusted to the light in the room, he looked carefully at the man who was sitting, and suddenly remembered who he was, and for a while his chest seemed to be smashed by a sledgehammer, his knees were weak, and he knelt in front of Du Xiancheng, and whispered, "Father-in-law......" (to be continued......
PS: There is a shift around 7 p.m. Today's three more fans. Khan, everyone's pink ticket seems to have been wooden. Embarrassment.