Chapter 67: Better than Whom
"Someone deliberately released a snake?" Yun Xiu blurted out.
Ling Xiao glanced at her meaningfully, until she arrived at the mansion, took a bath, and sat under the porch to eat watermelon to enjoy the coolness, and the two continued to talk about the topic.
"Xiuxiu, the Beijing circle has the rules of the Beijing circle," he enjoyed the cool breeze, rare and positive, "Do you think no one thought it was deliberate or accidental?" Tacit and unspoken, because there is no evidence. “
"Do you suspect anyone?" Yun Xiu guessed, "I just don't want to say it." “
"Maybe Qi Yuheng knows more in his heart," Ling Xiao put down the melon in his hand, wiped his hands indiscriminately with Su Xiu's handkerchief, and returned it to her, "Those who play ball cherish the horse, don't say that the horse is abused, and then slander them as murderers, people will fight with you directly." “
Yun Xiu understood what he meant, "But didn't we just say it in the carriage, and there are no outsiders." “
"Who told you can't hear the outside of the carriage?" Ling Xiao looked at her and smiled, "You really don't know and pretend not to know, a few golfers went into the city with us, and they walked three streets along the way before parting ways." “
"Really? I really don't know. Yun Xiu sighed that the people in the army were really much sharper, "I said that you don't talk much on the road today." “
Ling Xiao handed her a piece of melon, "I'm not two-eyed, and I'm a sinner." “
"I thought you didn't care about anyone." Yun Xiu took a small silver spoon to pick the black seeds, "I didn't expect that Master Hou still has a sophisticated side." “
This evaluation doesn't sound like a good thing, Ling Xiao smiled. "You dare to run me."
"You didn't squeeze me less." Yun Xiu took a small bite of sand pulp, sweet to the root of his tongue, and said with a smile, "My family is also one of the largest families in Yangzhou, you have seen it with your own eyes, it is easy to cut." “
"Straighten your tongue." Every time Ling Xiao listened to her Yangzhou accent that came out coldly, he felt that he didn't hold back any good fart, "Yun Ying's speech is different from you." “
"My second sister follows the customs, how long have I been in the capital," the more she was not allowed to say, the more she had to say, "Oh, I don't like the family?" “
Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows and stared at her for a long time. Throw away the sentence "Chicken and duck talk", get up and enter the house.
Yun Xiu followed up, "I don't understand, I can teach you Yangzhou dialect if you don't understand, it's very easy to learn." “
Ling Xiao said in his heart, "Come here, take a nap." “
I didn't eat or sleep for lunch, Yun Xiu shook his head and stopped teasing him, "I don't sleep, I'm waiting to eat." “
"Don't you teach me Yangzhou dialect?" Ling Xiao forcibly dragged the person over, "Come on, teach one sentence at a time." “
Then the door of the south room slammed shut.
Yun Xiu was tossed enough, she thought that Ling Xiao's physical strength was really good. It's been less than an hour since I played, and I still have the energy to do something else.
Ling Xiao asked someone to put the food on the low table on the couch, "I just said to eat, turn my face and sleep again." “
Yun Xiu shrank in the bed like a shrimp, and complained: "I'm tired and don't want to eat, you can eat by yourself." “
"Shall I carry you to sleep on the couch?" Ling Xiao got into the curtain and hugged the person over, "I'll eat, you watch." “
Yun Xiu suddenly opened his eyes and fisted him twice, "You are a gentleman to eat, and the girl is watching, is it a human?" “
"It's you who said you didn't want to eat," Ling Xiao laughed as he picked her up, put her on the couch, and threw a coat over, "Put it on." “
Yun Xiu was wrapped in a coat, revealing half of his white calves, lazily nestled in the pillow, looked at Ling Xiao and said, "Just eat for yourself, and don't care about me." “
Ling Xiao took the chopsticks and pointed to the dish in front of him, "What to eat?" “
"Lion's head." After saying that, she opened her mouth and waited for feeding.
Ling Xiao clamped a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth, "Your hand is paralyzed?" “
"Hmm." Yun Xiu chewed and swallowed slowly, "I'm tired and paralyzed, I'm afraid I won't get better for a day." “
"You can't starve to death if you're hungry for a day," Ling Xiao picked up the bowl of rice, "Come on, let's eat it tomorrow." “
Yun Xiu got up and glared at him, didn't wear shoes, walked to the side of the bed with bare feet, pounced in, and snorted, "I can eat, drink and sleep, last time I ate mutton and held half a bowl of noodles and drank soup, I can't see the long meat just by eating, and the butcher doesn't want it." “
"Tell yourself?" Ling Xiao put down the dishes and chopsticks and ran to coax, "I supply chicken, duck and fish every day, but I haven't seen you grow two or two." “
"I eat less." Yun Xiu kicked him and said, "Don't touch me, you won't starve to death for a day anyway." “
"Okay, I'll feed you." Ling Xiao dragged the person to the side of the bed with a belt, "I don't wear shoes, where is it so atmospheric, I was beaten a lot when I was a child." “
Another kick.
Yun Xiu doesn't have to feed Ling Xiao, just this little bit of fun, she has never felt it in her previous life and in the Yun family, she can laugh and make trouble regardless of the rules, even if the sword is a mountain and a sea of fire, the people behind her will catch up.
"Ling Xiao," she said, kneeling beside him, holding a small bowl of bamboo and duck soup, "Is the marriage scheduled for the beginning of spring next year?" “
"Well, my mother specially asked someone from Qin Tianjian to watch it privately." Ling Xiao asked, "What's wrong?" “
"I think next month, okay?" Yun Xiu always felt unsteady in his heart, "Otherwise, I will have to go back to the new house in two days, and we will hide it from both ends, and we won't be able to hide it for long." “
But this kind of thing is a change of marriage period, unless the family doesn't want the girl to enter the palace draft, or Chongxi is a last resort, otherwise it is regarded as ominous, and the elders are especially taboo.
Ling Xiao was a little difficult: "I have already written to Yangzhou to tell Ling Zun that it will take ten days to change to the next month and take the waterway at the earliest." “
Yun Xiu frowned dissatisfied, "Last time I discussed with you, I told my grandmother about the Li family and brought forward our wedding date, you have to wait, it's good now, you can't change it if you want to." “
"How did I know that the family was in such a hurry," Ling Xiao felt wronged, "I told you the first day, the next day my mother entered the palace, and on the third day, Qin Tianjian sent the zodiac auspicious day to the house." I'm with you every day, can you rely on me? “
"Don't rely on you, rely on me." Yun Xiu was unhappy to get up, and sat on the other side of the low table, "I'll go back when the sun sets, just in time to go to see the second sister tomorrow and accompany her." “
Ling Xiao asked her to come over, "You don't go to block Qi Yuheng, they will solve the affairs of their husband and wife by themselves, and Mrs. Lu, you think there are so many people who see you." “
"I went to see my sister, why did I block my brother-in-law?" Yun Xiu was furious, "Mrs. Lu doesn't want to see me, I avoid it, and when the words come to your mouth, they become mine." “
Ling Xiao was on the matter, and didn't understand what the other party was angry about, "I want you not to go to Qi Mansion." Honestly live in a small house for a few days, when will I send you away, I know in my heart. “
"I'll go back by myself, I don't need you to send it," Yun Xiu held her breath in her heart, got up and packed her clothes, "What do you live honestly for a few days, just that little bit of dirty thoughts, I have no shame all day long, I can't remember anything else, and I can't leave at night." “
"That's not what you said last night." Ling Xiao said in his heart that Qi Yu Heng wanted him to change his temper, who was the dog's temper, "I'm too hot, you hold it and refuse to let go." “
"You lie down when you're done, and don't let me touch it, when I'm what!" Yun Xiu's seven orifices were smoking, and he said that he had to leave everything, and he couldn't stop it.
She went back to the new house for several days, giving medicine to the old lady during the day, and going back to her own courtyard at night, and Zhao Qingqiong asked her to play and didn't go.
"You think you're sick," Zhao Qingqiong had time to look at her, "Two days ago, a group of people chartered the theater, and a few people who played polo all went, and the little marquis asked why you didn't come." “
Yun Xiu made an excuse, "It's hot, my grandmother can't eat well, can't sleep well, she has been sick, and I called Doctor Ye to come and prescribe a few more medicines, and I will serve her old man at home." “
When Zhao Qingqiong heard this, she hurriedly asked, "Oh, you didn't tell us earlier, how is the old lady doing now?" I should have gone to see her old man first, and she came empty-handed today. “
Yun Xiu hurriedly stopped her, "Imperial Doctor Ye told me to recuperate, I didn't say anything, don't go, you must take medicine and sleep this time." “
"When the old lady is better, I'll come to visit again," Zhao Qingqiong thought she was outside. "You can enjoy the lotus in the process, the little marquis invites us to Changchun Garden, are you coming?"
Inviting a group of people and asking others to relay it, Yun Xiu didn't want to refuse, "Don't go." “
"What's wrong with you two?" Zhao Qingqiong heard that the two families had already made a marriage, so she joked with a smile, "What's wrong with me lately, one or two are not happy." “
Yun Xiu asked casually, "Who else?" “
Zhao Qingqiong said: "You have seen the girl who ate mutton together last time." “
Yun Xiu nodded: "I know, she is always good and often plays polo, I have seen it a few times in the racecourse." “
"Two living treasures," Zhao Qingqiong laughed, "The wedding date was set earlier, the tailor sent the wedding clothes, and the girl secretly took the selected color to show the lover, but the result was gray." “
"How?"
"The last time there was a snake plague, his beloved horse died, and the strange girl gloated when she turned around, saying that the horse died and the lights went out, and she didn't take white silk to pay tribute, but took a red satin diaphragm to respond to people." Zhao Qingqiong smiled and leaned back, "It's girly, ask others if it's important or horses, and he says horses." “
Yun Xiu was also amused, "What about the big fool." “
"Isn't it," Zhao Qingqiong tucked the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes. "At that moment, the girl turned her face, let him live with the horse for a lifetime, I guess I was really angry, the last time I played in the garden, I wanted to make peace with us, they entered the door with the front foot, and the girl left with the back foot."
Yun Xiu's eyes widened and asked, "Are you really gone?" “
Zhao Qingqiong nodded, "I can't make up a story, I say that the two elders know about it, I'm afraid it won't end well." “
Accepting the smile, she sighed slightly, "Actually, it's not much of a big deal for the two of them, and if they make a fuss, the girl's parents will definitely not be happy." “
After a pause, Zhao Qingqiong asked Yun Xiu, "What about the two of you?" What's the fuss? “
"It's not a big deal." The unhappiness between her and Ling Xiao couldn't be spoken, "I can't stand the thick words at both ends, as if everyone owes him." “
"The gentlemen in the Beijing circle talk a little, and the virtues that are used to the family," Zhao Qingqiong asked her not to take it to heart, "If you can speak, can you say that horses are more important than people, but the little marquis is good to you, I am not biased towards anyone, tell me about the past, the colorful white plum hairpin of your first horse race, Li Miao said that she has the same red plum hairpin, you remember." “
Yun Xiu said that he remembered.
Zhao Qingqiong: "Li Miao did take it out as a lottery leader, but she lost that time." “
Yun Xiu asked: "Later, didn't you say that you could discuss it with the person who won the lottery?" “
"It's a discussion," Zhao Qingqiong said, "The girl who got the lottery head didn't have any malice, she just teased her, and asked the little marquis to discuss, Li Miao didn't find anyone, so she went back and grabbed the hairpin and fell." “
It's like Li Miao's style, "This thing is over?" “
"It's over." Zhao Qingqiong continued, "Later, Li Miaoyang begged for a long time to make exactly the same thing, but Ling Xiao ignored it, and never gave away small things again. “
"We didn't know that Cheng Zi Li Miao couldn't find Ling Xiao, and pulled us to cry every day." Speaking of this, she remembered something, "This time the two families tore their faces, Li Miao didn't come out for a long time, we went to look for her, and she didn't see her behind closed doors, in fact, there are many people in the circle who annoy her." “
"I don't really like her either." Yun Xiu was blunt.
"Come on, don't talk about her," Zhao Qingqiong said with a smile, "Changchun Garden is here to enjoy the lotus, don't hold it, we are not blind, people can't speak in their mouths, and they will be able to do it in their hearts." “
Yun Xiu reluctantly agreed, "Grandmother has nothing to do, I'll come." “
She thought, why didn't Ling Xiao invite him personally? How much face can be spent on him.
The pavilions and water pavilions of Changchun Garden meander upwards, the artificial lake is cool in summer, the green cypress is shaded into a forest, and the violet bell begonias are flourishing along the coral-red railings, and the purple and red everywhere compete for beauty.
Lord Pingkang, Mrs. Lu and several other ladies of the Qi family walked at the front, and the girls invited by Yuguan in the back, Ling Xiao and Yun Xiu walked at the end.
"Do you like it?" He leaned in and whispered, "I like it, we will also build a garden for you after we get married, according to the style of Suzhou gardens, that is, the location is far away, on the outskirts of the city." “
Someone handed a ladder, and Yun Xiu naturally stepped down, "If you think about me, I will be satisfied, and besides, the suburbs of the city can't go a few times a year, and it's a waste to be empty." “
Ling Xiao liked her to understand the general situation, "Cheng, I will take care of you in the future." “
The county lord of Pingkang was tired of walking, so he sat down with Mrs. Lu and her party, and asked the others to disperse and play separately.
Ling Xiao immediately pulled Yun Xiu and found a hidden place to see the scenery.
"Aren't you bored in the house alone?" He asked.
"I take care of my grandmother every day," Yun Xiu leaned against the rockery and said sullenly, "Unlike you, I don't have anything to worry about every day." “
"The Privy Council has been too busy lately, so I haven't looked for you." Ling Xiao explained with a smile, "Zhao Qingqiong can see it, you wait for me to speak in person." “
Yun Xiu glanced at him, "You didn't speak, I'm not here yet." “
"You don't go to the mansion again, it's too hot, I think about it," Ling Xiao wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead, "You accompany the old lady, you can't get sun, you can't get hot, I don't worry." “
"Who bothered you?" Yun Xiu was afraid that people would see it, so he blocked his hand, and said recklessly, "I know the small house, I can't think of anything else except that." “
"Calling you over is to escape the heat," Ling Xiao thought that he was not a prostitute demon, "The courtyard is worth twenty gold bars, in addition to the land boundary, it is the layout, warm in winter and cool in summer, and in early autumn, you have to cover the quilt in the middle of the night." “
Yun Xiu felt that he was talking nonsense, "You have to cover the quilt in early autumn, and you can't freeze to death in winter, you can liar ghosts." “
Ling Xiao said that she didn't understand, "Burn the earth dragon in winter, and add a charcoal basin if you are generally afraid of cold, you can try it when you are there, and make sure that it is so hot that you sweat." “
Thinking that the wedding period would have to endure a long winter, Yun Xiu was melancholy, "It's all because you didn't tell your family earlier, when you get married in the spring, what kind of earth dragon will I use." “
"I said the small house for you." Ling Xiao laughed at her, "Give you the deed, and don't want it." “
Yun Xiu squinted at him, "Laugh again, believe it or not, I threw the key into the lake?" “
"Faith, faith." Ling Xiao laughed even louder, "Qi Yuheng called you aunt and grandmother behind his back, that's right!" “
"I knew you two dogs couldn't spit ivory out of their mouths!" Yun Xiu was about to fight, and suddenly there was a cry from the county lord of Pingkang.
The two were stunned for a moment and hurriedly walked back.
The closer the distance, Yun Xiu heard who the crying voice was, "Ling Xiao, Mrs. Xing is here." “
"I didn't invite her today." Ling Xiao's face was not colored, "I'm quite capable, I'm here." “
"Don't lose your temper for a while," Yun Xiu was afraid that people would see more jokes, "I guess Zhao Qingqiong and they will leave first, and Mrs. Lu and the ladies of the Qi family will not stay for long." “
As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Xing found the two people who had come over. Rushing to Ling Xiao's side without caring about his face, he tugged at his sleeve and burst into tears, "Where did you throw Brother Mu'er?!" He didn't return for two days and two nights, and the Privy Council barracks were searched, but no one saw him! “
Ling Xiao looked puzzled, "Li Mu is gone?" “
"You're still pretending to be garlic!" Mrs. Xing said hatefully, "I admit that you have an opinion about Miao'er, when will Li Mu recruit you to provoke you?!" You're going to hurt him! “
"Mrs. Xing, I hope Brother Mu and his friends will go out to play for a few days and come back, why should you embarrass the child." Mrs. Lu comforted, "I understand Brother Xiao'er's temperament, and he will never harm anyone." “
Mrs. Xing was in a hurry, catching whoever bites whom. "He's not your son! What do you know! “
The county lord of Pingkang immediately spoke, "Ling Xiao, you are honest, where did Li Mu go?" “
"I don't know." After he finished speaking patiently, he turned to Mrs. Xing, "You have time to cry and make trouble, why don't you go to find someone?" In case Li Mu is in danger, it will not help you to shed tears. “
Mrs. Xing was blocked for a long time, and sat on the ground with her ass and sprinkled, "If you don't find Li Mu today, I'll report to the official!" If you don't go to the palace to beat the drum! There's always a place for reason! “
"Cheng, you just go??"
Before he finished speaking, Yun Xiu pulled his sleeve and interrupted, "Otherwise, I'll find Zhao Qingqiong." You look for Qi Sanye, let's call more people to go out together, go to the place every day, and if you see someone, you may find it soon. “
Mrs. Lu looked at Lord Pingkang, and a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.
The county lord of Pingkang asked his mother-in-law to help Mrs. Xing sit down, and said to Ling Xiao, "Just do what Miss Yun said, you hurry up and find someone, don't delay." “
The two of them walked away.
Ling Xiao's anger did not subside, "What kind of good person did you pretend to be just now!" If you can't find it, the Li family won't be grateful to you. “
Yun Xiu poured him a cup of tea and said softly: "Grandmother once said that driving a dog into a poor alley will be counterattacked, Mrs. Xing is a decent person, crying and making trouble today, if Li Mu really has strengths and weaknesses, the Li family will definitely refuse to give up." Although my father was timid and afraid, he always said that the court was treacherous, the walls were knocked down by everyone, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes were staring behind the scenery. “
After a pause, she put her hands on the back of Ling Xiao's hand, "I hate you on weekdays, but it's just a little fun, how can I see you in danger." “
"You're worried about it." Ling Xiao leaned close to the corners of her mouth, and the anger in her heart vanished, "I know how to do it, you and Zhao Qingqiong and they find a cool place to rest, don't run around." “
Sending Yun Xiu away, he turned his head to find Qi Yuheng.
"I knew you were going to come to me." Qi Yuheng's eyes showed a chill, "The Li family went to the Hou Mansion so quickly?" “
Ling Xiao guessed that it was him and sighed, "Mrs. Xing ran to Changchun Garden and sprinkled in front of a crowd. “
Qi Yuheng sneered, "She has the leisure to spill and not go to find her son?" “
"Okay, Li Mu didn't go back for two days and two nights," Ling Xiao said, "I can't find it again, the Li family has come to a dead end, the matter of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has been stabbed, and the first one has involved the old man Qi." “
Qi Yuheng just didn't say it.
"Find the people first!" Ling Xiao didn't care about 3721 and stuffed him into the carriage. On the way, he asked, "When did you find out that it was Li Mu." “
Qi Yuheng snorted, "My coachman found two dead snakes under the car the next day, and asked a restaurant, people thought he was selling snakes, but he didn't want them at all, saying that the snake was fed realgar before it died, and the medicine died and couldn't be eaten." “
"I said no wonder, the people are fine, only the horses that bite the horses, and the ones who drink from the same tank." The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned like a smile, but his eyes were gloomy, "The one in the sink may not live long, but it is slower than the dry sun." I let the wind go out and said that Yun Ying was bitten and unconscious, and Li Mu's grandson was frightened and asked everywhere if there were dead people in Qi Mansion. “
"It's a thing that a dog doesn't pick up," Qi Yuheng was ashamed, "Playing yin with Lao Tzu, I will teach him a long lesson for a few days, and I didn't want him to die as a dog, he should be grateful to Dade." “
Ling Xiao had a bad premonition, "Where are you keeping him?" “
Qi Yuheng said, "The ravine on the outskirts of the city is dry and there is no water. “
The ravine was flooded and no one died, but there were waist-high weeds and reeds, and not even a single bird or beast was to be seen.
A group of several people picked up a stick everywhere, pushed through the grass and poked in, walked a cup of tea, and finally found Li Mu, who was scared of feces and urine, and his soul was scattered, and there were still a few stiff cauliflower snakes lying on the ground.
Someone covered his nose in disgust and shouted: "Master Li, a few small cauliflowers are scared like this, you dare to make it from a pig's kidney, right?" “
Qi Yuheng saw that no one reacted, so he went up and slapped him twice, "Hey! Master Li, don't sleep, take you back. “
Li Mu was like a world away, and when he saw the comer, he hugged his thighs and wailed: "What are you all doing!" Only save me now, I thought I was going to die! “
It's miserable, but I really want to laugh.
Everyone held back very hard and sent Li Mu back to the Li Mansion.
Qi Yuheng invited a few people who helped to have a drink, and the matter was settled.
On the way back, Ling Xiao asked him if he was afraid of being discovered by Li Mu.
Qi Yuheng shrugged calmly: "I am willing to accompany me to the end." “
It's all the way to go down the three indiscriminate, and it's better than anyone else.
Li Mu rested at home for two days, and he really couldn't remember who was smothered with a stick behind him that day, and then he was put on a sack, thrown on a cart, dragged to the wilderness, and thrown away.
As for those snakes, they were added temporarily when they were thrown at him, and the night was dark and the wind was high, and the cold slid across his neck, not scaring the fortune teller to death.
After such an experience, Li Mu restrained a lot, but his hatred for the Ling family in his heart continued unabated.
***
Dazzling, cicadas chirping and noisy, Yun Xiu listened to his heart impetuous, he couldn't sleep well in the afternoon, he didn't have energy in the afternoon, and he fell asleep before he could stay up for dinner in the evening.
Fang's mother asked Chunliu if the eighth girl was sick.
Chunliu said that it was not like it, it was just a little snooze, but it was not to say that it was snooze, because it was too hot to wake up in the middle of the night, and it was so hot that I couldn't sleep, and I sat and fanned, and I could only fall asleep again after fanning for half an hour.
Repeated every day, the temper became more and more irritable.
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