Chapter 114: Walking the Water
Xie Shuning was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and immediately went to look at Song's face, only to see that Song's face looked as usual, as if he had expected it.
She couldn't help but understand that this was not an accident, but an end.
After leaving the three old ladies for so many days, it is time in the end.
The old lady of the long house specially sent someone to invite the Song couple the day before yesterday, and only said, "The time is almost up, and if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that there will be many dreams at night." ”
The couple went back to the third room, and Xie Yuanmao drank wine outside for two days in a row to find Xie Qiye, and he was stunned until the top of the moon. When I came back, I hesitated outside the Jade Tea Courtyard for a while, and I didn't go to the study, but only went to Aunt Dong's small courtyard.
For two days in a row, night after night.
At this time today, it should still be outside.
Song then asked, "How is the fire?", while standing up and starting to walk out, after walking a few steps, he did not forget to turn around and tell Xie Shuning's brothers and sisters, "Stay well, don't run outside." ”
The two of them were busy and nodded their heads in agreement.
Song followed Gui's mother out of the door, and unhurriedly summoned people to order them to go down and let people fight the fire. Either way, the posture still needs to be sufficient.
After a busy period in the Jade Tea Courtyard, the Song family rushed to Shou'an Hall, and Xie Yi couldn't sit still. He took a few mouthfuls of food, looked out with his head probed, suddenly turned his head to look at Xie Shuning, and said with a strange smile: "Aman, let's go and take a look." ”
Xie Shuning glared at him and categorically vetoed: "If I don't go, you are not allowed to go!" ”
Xie Yi rolled his eyes, "Why don't you go?" I haven't seen it yet. ”
As he got older, Xie Yi also understood that he almost died with Xie Shuning when he was a child, because of whom. Now I hear that Shou'antang walks the water. I don't care if the three old ladies will be burned to death by the fire, and what Shou'antang will be burned into. All he could think about was what the fire should be, and he wanted to see it with his own eyes.
But where would Xie Shuning let him go. Half-coaxingly, he said: "If you go, what if you lose your hair by the fire?" I don't want to have an older brother who became bald at a young age. ”
"Hey, how can it be burned so easily......" Xie Yi stared at the night outside as usual, but the words he said gradually became lighter.
Xie Shuning struck while the iron was hot and changed the conversation: "By the way, it doesn't seem to be summer in many days, and I don't know when my uncle will arrive." ”
Seeing that she mentioned her uncle, Xie Yi suddenly lost the mind to go to the fire, pulled her to talk about her uncle urgently, and shouted to guess with her about her cousin Shu Yan's appearance.
The two of them gradually talked enthusiastically. The fire in the Shou'an Hall was also raging.
When Song arrived, he asked people to put out the fire.
But this is the source of the fire that was poured with tung oil from the house and lit in it, and the light is extinguished from the outside.
It will be useless to do it, and the people in the long house have also rushed over.
The fire almost burned half of the sky above the Xie family's house, and for a while, it was as bright as day, and it was impossible for the people in the long house not to notice it. In addition, the work must be done in place, and the fire here is together. Someone from the long room also went to report the news, so the people at home hurriedly rushed over. By this time, the fire had already set all the houses on fire. The tongue of fire is really like a fire snake, and it has never let go of the carved birdcage under the corner of the eaves.
Where can everyone care about fighting fires? Since it was important to save his life, he dispersed from Shou'an Hall in three or two clicks. Only a group of servant women were left to carry water to extinguish the fire.
Soon, there were many people crowded outside the main gate of the Xie family. Neighbors kept reprimanding people in the family and asking questions.
If there is a need, it is natural to help.
But whoever comes, it is useless to be afraid, the fire is so big that there is no possibility of extinguishing it, except for a few people who know about it, everyone is anxious.
At this moment, between the buildings that were gradually collapsing, there was a terrible and terrifying roar.
Everyone was shocked.
Then someone trembled and said, "The old lady is still in there?" ”
There was silence.
Song was heartbroken, covered his face and cried, "When I came, the fire was already big, and I couldn't save my mother in time, I deserve to die......
The second lady Liang stood beside her, and when she saw her crying, she scolded: "What are you crying for, if you want to cry, it should be the sixth child crying!" It's been an hour, and he hasn't come back yet! After reprimanding, he raised his voice and asked, "But someone went to invite the sixth master back?" ”
"I've gone to ask for ......"
The second lady's face was a little pale, she hugged Song, and said, "Now is the time to cry?" It's important to put out the fire! ”
Song Shi hurriedly wiped away his tears and responded continuously.
Quietly, but he glanced at the eldest lady.
When Xie Yuanmao finally came back drunk, the fire finally subsided, but everything was almost burned. The sporadic flames gradually turned into wisps of white smoke in buckets of water.
As soon as he stood still, the second lady reprimanded him sharply: "Mother is sick, you don't serve in front of you, and now something has happened, and it has dragged on until now, and you are full of alcohol, do you think you still have a rule?" Brother Yi is also weak when he sees it, and you, a father, are about to get older, why are you still so ignorant? It's really a joke, just with your style, you can actually eat well in the court? ”
She is a sister-in-law, and she scolded correctly.
Xie Yuanmao couldn't say anything, he didn't dare to say a word, he just squatted down with his head down, and cried out with a whimper.
The second lady can't see a man. People wept, thinking about whether they were too strict, but in an instant, they thought of their daughter Siniang's family affairs. Siniang's age is not too young, and people have seen it, but she is not too satisfied. But right now, although it was the third old lady who had an accident, it was always inevitable that she would be reminded of the sick old lady in the long house.
If one day the old lady of the long house suddenly went, wouldn't Siniang have to keep filial piety for her grandmother?
The age of the girl's family is self-defeating, and after one day, it will be one day older. The most important thing in Beijing is Miss Shijia, and it is not easy to find a suitable family.
The corners of her mouth twitched, as if she wanted to speak, but she didn't say a word, and walked away with a cold face.
This night, everyone in the Xie family did not sleep.
When the sky was slightly bright, there was still a large cloud of smoke hovering above the three-room Shou'an Hall. The ruins of the houses below are charred and black, and people can't bear to look at them.
Approached a little. There is a strong aroma mixed with the scorching smell between the ruins, and it penetrates into the nose.
In the ruins, a number of charred corpses were lifted. Unrecognizable.
But there was no living person in it, so they all judged. The third old lady is dead.
Xie Shuning leaned against the window and breathed a sigh of relief.
She knew that Qiuxi and Chunping had naturally been buried in the sea of fire.
If something like that happened, as the closest maids to the three old ladies, how could they still have a chance of survival.
She raised her hand to the sun.
In the golden sunlight, her white palms were almost transparent, and the small pink nails were rounded and smooth, and the finger bones were already elongated.
The top is clean, and there is not a trace of dirt.
But Xie Shuning felt that the hand was red. It's stained with blood, and it can't be washed off anymore. She couldn't help but feel astringent, but the look in her eyes couldn't be more firm, no matter who wanted to harm her mother, she would not hesitate to use all means.
In the Jade Tea Courtyard, the Song family also rubbed the corners of her forehead that jumped "suddenly" and sighed with Mama Jiang half in fear, "In this mansion, there is really no one who is not powerful." The old man of the long house is such an elegant and kind person on weekdays, and he really encountered something. is so resolute and decisive. I thought that at most, I would quietly end up with the old lady, but I didn't expect it. The old man spoke directly, and destroyed the entire Shou'an Hall by taking advantage of the water. ”
Anyway. All the secrets were burned by this fire.
Shou'an Hall was not rebuilt, but only razed to the ground. Empty and put it aside.
The funeral of the three old ladies was held in a beautiful manner, and there was an endless stream of people who came to mourn. The Chen family was led by Chen Wanyuan and cried. Lai refused to leave in the Xie family, and shouted: "My poor sister, married into your Xie family for decades, has not enjoyed a single day of happiness, and now she is dead in vain, if you don't give an explanation, we won't leave!" ”
At this time, no matter how disgusted the Chen family is, there is no reason to drive people away.
There is still a "pick money" on behalf of the bereaved family at the door of Xie's house, how can he drive away the third old lady's mother's family.
Of course, Chen Wanyuan also understood that the Xie family did not dare to drive people away at this juncture, so he threw away his face and shouted to see the Chen family.
"My aunt is gone, where is my daughter? When the little sister is alive, she loves Jin'er the most, how can she not be filial piety in front of the spirit? Doesn't this make the little sister walk and be restless? ”
That's really a shameless thing to say.
The Chen family is just Xie Yuanmao's concubine, if the Chen family is judged from her side, then they don't even have the qualifications to climb relatives!
Where is the reason for calling the concubines of their sons to keep the spirit? Whose face is this?
The Xie family was so angry that they couldn't wait to wrap Chen Wanyuan in mourning clothes and throw them into the coffin of the three old ladies.
But who knew that Chen Wanyuan quietly touched the coffin of the third old lady and muttered in a low voice for a long time, "Lao Tzu's 10,000 taels were just like this...... I'm afraid this coffin is worth a thousand taels, the Xie family is so generous, if Lao Tzu asks for silver, I don't know if they will give it or not......"
However, before he could put this thought on the surface, he was invited by the Song family.
Chen Wanyuan knew that it was the Song family who sent someone to call him, and immediately thought that the Song family was going to send silver to himself, so he hurriedly rushed over, but he didn't expect to enter the door before he was locked outside.
Outside, Mama Jiang was explaining to the people of the Chen family, saying that Chen Wanyuan was too sad and accidentally fainted, and he would have been placed in the guest room to rest.
This break lasted for a long time.
He was not given food and tea, and he was hungry all day.
On the second day, Chen Wanyuan was released, and he didn't dare to scold people on the Xie family's territory, and he didn't even wait for the third old lady to leave the Xie family quickly. When he went outside, he began to curse the Xie family desperately, preaching everywhere that the Xie family had killed the third old lady and wanted to kill him, the Song family was vicious, and the Xie family was not kind.
But when he said this, who would believe it?
When a down-and-out person speaks, no matter how loud he shouts, he will only be regarded as dumb.
On the day of the funeral, the Chen family didn't even come, and Xie Shuning really didn't even bother to disdain it after knowing it. How can such a person not be defeated.
She knelt down and kowtowed, her eyes indifferent.
Everything went according to plan, and the funeral procession walked out of Shijing Hutong.
In a place where no one was paying attention, there was a dusty young man standing around the corner, looking at the paper banner outside the main gate of the Xie family. (To be continued......)
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