Since the Shen family is a family cemetery, a sacrificial village was set up, with thirty or forty tenants. However, because the fields and houses are at the foot of the mountain, and the sacrificial farmers are also at the bottom of the mountain, in addition to going up the mountain to inspect and maintain on a fixed day, the huts on the plain mountain are empty, and there is no one to guard the tomb.

When Shen Yan and Shen went up the mountain, they saw that there was no movement in the Yang Mansion, so they stayed in the cemetery for a long time.

Fang only felt that no one was cheap, and now that Qiao's fainted, he found it inconvenient.

"Big brother, what should I do?" Looking at Qiao's with his eyes closed, Shen couldn't help but be anxious.

Although Qiao's crazy appearance is afraid of people, even if he encounters it, he can't ignore it. Now in the cold winter of Layue, in this wild for half a day, the good people will freeze to death.

Shen Yan frowned and said, "It's windy on the mountain, so let's help the second wife down the mountain first." ”

The Shen family festival village is at the foot of the mountain, not far from the avenue, and Shen Yan has seen it twice before going up the mountain.

Shen nodded hurriedly and said, "Well, then let's go quickly."

The two brothers wanted to support Qiao's, but the mountain road was uneven, and the fainting person did not move at all, so the two brothers could only take turns carrying Qiao's down the mountain.

Fortunately, the two brothers are not weak scholars who are powerless, even if they are tired and sweaty, they will carry people to the foot of the mountain.

Not far from the avenue at the foot of the mountain, a small village appeared in front of you, dozens of houses. One of the blue brick courtyards looks much cleaner and more decent than the others.

Shen Yan did not step forward directly, but put down Qiao's at the intersection, let Shen Yan watch, and Fang stepped forward to investigate.

Although the gate was ajar, there were many dogs in the courtyard of the village, and Shen Yan stood at the door and said loudly: "Is there anyone?" ”

There was a dog barking inside, and with a loud voice, "Which one are you looking for?" ”

While talking, an old man pushed the door out, full of vegetarian clothes, but his eyes were drunk and hazy, with a bit of alcohol.

Seeing that the person who came was wearing a Confucian scarf and stepping on official boots, the old man said with a little caution: "This prime minister is looking for a villain?" ”

Shen Yan said with a hurry: "Shen Yan, who is directly raised in Xiannan, is an old acquaintance with the second son of Shen Shangshu's family, may I ask the old man who is the old man of the Shen family?" ”

There are only dozens of families here, and the so-called "Zhuang Lao" is just a nice thing to say.

I heard that it was a lifter, and he had an old relationship with his own son-in-law, the old man said more and more respectfully: "It turned out to be Master Shen, it was the little old man's ......" Speaking of this, he noticed that he was wearing plain clothes: "Master Shen is here to send our third son?" If that's the case, it's unfortunate, half an hour ago, my third son went to the ground, and the old man and his party have already returned to the city......"

In front of him, the old man sacrificed to the head of the village, because the sacrifice table removed by the Shen family directly rewarded him, so he ate wine in the house not early or late.

Shen Yan said: "My brother and I didn't make it to the funeral in the morning, so we came to worship later, and we didn't want to find the second wife of your mansion fainting on the mountain...... Now that I have helped the second wife down the mountain, where to place it, I still need the guidance of my father-in-law

The old man was startled, and hurriedly pushed open the door and said, "Our second wife is here?" Where is it? ”

Shen Yan pointed to the back, and the old man saw two people standing seven or eight feet away.

The old man didn't dare to step forward, so he hurriedly turned back to the house, replaced the old woman and the two daughters-in-law, and helped Qiao's to the house.

If others see the current Qiao's family, they can't question her identity, but because when Shen Luo was mourned three years ago, Qiao's family had made a big fuss, but Zhuang Tou remembered it clearly and recognized it at a glance.

It's just that people helped them into the house, but Zhuang Tou didn't dare to make up his mind, and asked Shen Yan anxiously: "Master Shen, what do you think is going to do?" This is the second wife of our house, if there is a case, the villain and the family can't afford it

Although Shen Yan didn't want to be more and more important, there was no way to do it at the moment, so he said: "It's better to ask for a doctor, and then ask someone to report to Shangshufu." ”

Now he has the idea to call someone to arrange it, and he will go to the next village to ask for a doctor, and he will enter the city to report the news, but the arrangement is orderly.

There was nothing to do with the Shen Yan brothers, but the carriage hired at the foot of the mountain was no longer there, and the two brothers couldn't walk back for thirty or forty miles, so they could only wait for news from the side of the village.

Three or four miles away next door is a big village, there is a village field doctor, but there is a bit of real skills, was invited over, a few injections, Qiao's woke up faintly.

Because Qiao's family was placed in the East House, the Shen Yan brothers were invited to the West House to serve tea, and the doctor also went out to prescribe the recipe, and only the Zhuangtou mother-in-law and the two daughters-in-law were in the East House.

Qiao Shi looked around, didn't see the person he wanted to see, and his face showed disappointment.

The relatives and friends of Shangshu Mansion are old, and most of them guessed that Qiao's "recuperation" in the past two years was tired of it, but where did the Zhuangzi servant woman think so much? In their eyes, even if the second wife has gray hair and looks a little embarrassed, she is still a rich and noble person. Although she was dressed in plain clothes, she was embroidered with dark lines, wore a delicate silver head on her head, and had a string of silver bracelets on her hand, so she also bowed down to flatter.

The second wife didn't look at the two young daughters-in-law, but only looked at her mother-in-law and said in a half-loud voice: "Are you from Zhang Gui's family?" ”

The mother-in-law hurriedly smiled and said, "If you go back to the second wife, it is the old slave." ”

Although this woman looked vulgar, the rules were not bad, and the second wife said, "I was also waiting in the house before?" Where is it on duty? ”

"Exactly, the old slave was a third-class maid in the old lady's yard, and later went to serve in front of the third master, and when the age came, he pointed to the old slave's house, the second wife didn't remember the old slave, but the old slave still remembered the second wife." The mother-in-law stammered.

The second wife took off the bracelet in her hand, handed it over, and said, "I'm impatient and there are many people, you can talk to me."

The mother-in-law thanked the reward, sent her two sons down, and then stood by the kang.

The second wife loves cleanliness the most, but now she can't care about the dirty house.

Although she had made a mess just now, she also remembered Brother Shen Yan's words clearly. It's just that when I saw Shen at first glance, I couldn't care much about it under the agitation, but now I was lying on the kang, but I felt that something was wrong.

She wrinkled her eyebrows and said, "Zhang Gui is the head of the village, and the incense over there is all offered by Zhang Gui?" ”

The mother-in-law said: "Exactly, the old slave family doesn't dare to be lazy, and he will go to the mountain in three or two days, weeding the round grave, and it will not fall at four o'clock." Although the old guy was greedy for a few mouthfuls of the contents of the cup, he didn't have to say anything about his diligence, otherwise the eldest lord and eldest lady would not have handed over this errand to him all these years......"

Qiao Shi was silent for a while, and said, "The tomb of the grandson of the grandson is also served by Zhang Gui?" ”

The mother-in-law nodded and said: "Naturally, the eldest master has already explained that although the tomb of the grandson family is separated from the Shen family by a road, all the supplies are the same, so don't dare to slack off." ”

Qiao said: "In the past three years, in addition to the Qingming Festival, how many times has Mrs. Sun been sacrificed?" ”

The mother-in-law thought for a while and said: "The four o'clock and three festivals are not daring to fall before the eldest master ordered, and now there is a second son, even if he eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he doesn't dare to shorten anything."

Qiao's hand grabbed the mattress under him and said, "Why do you want to look at the second son's face?" ”

This woman seemed to think of something, and she wanted to speak again and again, her expression flickering.

The relationship between the Sun family and the Shen family is not a secret in the public servants of the Shen family. This mother-in-law looks old, in fact, she is two years younger than the second wife, and she was also a teenage girl when the second master made a lot of trouble for regretting her marriage, so she naturally remembers it clearly.

Fang Cai just didn't expect it for a while, but now that he was asked by Qiao's two sentences, he naturally thought of the origin. Although she had the heart to take the opportunity to stammer, she got a few rewards, but she only stammered, but she still remembered that her serious master was Shangshufu, and the second master's room was actually divided into a family, and even the servants on the side of Shangshufu were not mixed together.

Qiao's expression was blank and said, "You already know that the second son is the grandson of Mrs. Sun?" Is it the son of Sun?

The mother-in-law looked panicked, but she didn't dare not reply, so she whispered: "In the spring of the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, the eldest master brought the second son to worship Mrs. Sun, and he will always come to worship once or twice a year in the future, but he has never avoided people.

Qiao Shi only felt that his eyes were black, his throat and eyes were fishy, and he vomited a mouthful of blood with a "poof", and his body also fell crookedly.

The mother-in-law was trembling and hurriedly opened her throat and shouted.

Fortunately, the doctor was in the hall to prescribe the prescription, and before the person left, he hurriedly turned around and entered the house again, and showed Qiao's pulse again.

"Angry and angry, this is the fainting, but the vitality is insufficient, and now I vomit blood, but I will be raised, and I must not be happy and sorrowful......" The doctor got up, looked at Zhang Gui's family with no disapproval, and said: "This lady looks like a nobleman, and Sister-in-law Zhang needs to speak softly." ”

Zhang Guijia's face was full of wrongs: "This is our second wife in the house, it's too late for the old woman to be respectful, where do you dare to choke?" Today, our third son is at the funeral, and the second wife is afraid that she can't stand it......"

Since this doctor has some ability, he can naturally distinguish whether he is sad or angry, but he doesn't care about his own business, and he doesn't justify, he only prescribes a prescription, and he asks for a consultation fee and leaves.

Shen Yan and Shen were taken to the West House for tea, and when they heard the bustle of the East House, they also got up and walked to the door to listen to the movement. Hearing that the second wife vomited blood, the two brothers were shocked. Regardless of whether this Qiao clan is good or evil, it will not be their brother's turn to judge. If the Qiao family had a good relationship at this time, even if it really had nothing to do with their brothers, it would be difficult to ensure that there would be more suspicions with the Shangshu Mansion. Besides, there is also the Qiao family's side, which is not easy to explain.

Zhang Gui, knowing that his mother-in-law was a fast-talker, sent the doctor back, pulled her arm to the side, lowered her voice, and said, "What did you say to the second wife just now?" So angry that the second wife vomited blood? ”

Zhang Guijia said with a bitter face: "Where am I going to say something?" It's the second wife who wants to ask, and I don't dare not say it...... Looking at the meaning of the second wife, it seems that she doesn't know the origin of the second son, and she can't stand it when she hears it......

Zhang Gui is a servant of the Shen family, and he is the most loyal, seeing that the second wife is angry about this matter, thinking of the late grandfather, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "This is self-inflicted, it can be seen that God has eyes, the second son should be the grandson of the second house, isn't this coming back?" It's a pity that Mrs. Sun's aunt, the eldest lady raised her personally, and she was the second wife of our family, but she was robbed of her relatives and could only marry ...... other country. ”

Zhang Guijia saw that the old man was more and more speechless, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and said: "I poured horse urine, but it strengthened your dog's eggs, dare to chew anything?" Shut up, but the second wife is ...... inside."

The old couple muttered this, although the sound was not loud, but the house of the Zhuang family was not soundproof, and the Shen Yan brothers heard it really in the West House.

The two brothers looked at each other and did not speak for a long time.

The crazy words of the Qiao family, and this noble drunken mantra, confirmed the previous speculation of the two brothers, the Shen and Sun families have a deep relationship, and these words seem to have a marriage contract.

Renshoufang, Shen House.

Zhang Da was ordered by his father to quickly enter the city to report the news. However, the festival village was full of horses, and it was not fast, and there was snow on the road, so it took an hour to hurry up for thirty miles.

Because of the foreign affairs of the family in the past two years, Shen Rui has taken care of it, and this time Shen Jue's funeral is also the same, Zhang Da directly asked to see Shen Rui......