Chapter 13 Life and death are decided
Finally, when it was time to ride a horse, the sky was already dark, Lan Xi'er turned her head to look at Yue Tuo on a whim, and said with a smile: "How about we go back to Yanlou for a big meal after we enter the city?" ”
"Okay, okay, let's go, Aunt Lan." Before Yue Tuo could speak, Lan'er, who was sitting in front of him, had already clapped his hands.
"I'll treat you to dinner." Lan Xi'er saw Lan'er smiling happily, and her heart was also very comfortable, and the two nodded together.
Yue Tuo's eyes were full of tenderness and he looked at the happy two, his heart was warm, but his face sank, and he snorted lightly.
"Amma, let's go eat something delicious, okay?" Lan'er immediately laughed like a flower, twisting her body and trying to ask for her Amma's permission.
"Oh, that reminds me of Amma." Yue Tuo hid behind Lan'er and tilted his head, although his tone was stiff, he had a smile on his face.
It's a pity that Lan'er, who was sitting in Amma's arms, couldn't see his expression. Still timidly, he looked up at Amma.
"Of course you're going to go, if he doesn't go, who will pay the bill." Lan Xi'er couldn't get used to seeing Yue Tuo's evil smile on his face.
"Didn't you say you invited us to dinner?" Yue Tuo turned his head sideways to look at Lan Xi'er when he heard the sound, with a smile on his face, but surprise in his eyes.
"Yes, I invited you to dinner, but I was forced out by you, penniless, and the hotel owner didn't know me, so I can only account for you." Lan Xi'er said as she saw that the road was narrower, so she hurriedly whipped her horse a few times and rode in front of Yue Tuo.
Yue Tuo saw her jade hand whip, although the horse was riding quickly, it slowed down quickly, remembering what she had just said to record her own account, his heart was sweet, and he said softly: "Okay." ”
Lan Xi'er thought that Yue Tuo had to make fun of himself again, but suddenly heard him spit out two words in a gentle tone, looked back at him, and saw that he was also looking at himself, his eyes were full of tenderness, his heart trembled, he stabilized his mind, and hurriedly turned his head and looked ahead.
Yue Tuo sped up his whip, rode to Lan Xi'er's side, and said slowly: "Yesterday was Lan'er's birthday, and I didn't have time to come back, so I had to make up for it today." ”
Lan Xi'er looked at the father and daughter in surprise, with the same eyebrows and eyes, the same smile, and soon laughed.
"Then we should go and have a big meal."
Lan'er clapped her hands vigorously after hearing this, and Lan Xi'er also asked her what she liked and wanted to give her a gift, and the more the two talked, the happier they became. Laughing happily from time to time.
Yue Tuo felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, Lan Xi'er's face was actually not stunning, she was a kind of beauty, with a pair of clear eyes and a sweet smile, which made people feel very amiable. And she's not dull, she's a funny person.
The most rare thing is actually her quiet as water, neither humble nor arrogant, which is different from the domineering or timid people in this family. This is something that Yue Tuo especially appreciates and cherishes.
Along the way, Yue Tuo carefully rode his horse, always letting his horse follow Lan Xi'er, so that his daughter could talk and laugh with her. Lan Xi'er also maintained her moderate speed, and the two rode back to the city in this tacit understanding.
"Master, you're finally back." Before entering the city, he was stopped by a team of people with red flags, and the people who came were full of panic. Lan Xi'er suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Master, Fei Yingdong has passed away." One of the guards walked up to Yue Tuo and saluted to report the news.
"What?" Yue Tuo and Lan Xi'er said in unison in surprise. After a moment's pause, both of them dismounted, and Yue Tuo handed Lan'er to Sony, who had already followed.
"When?" Lan Xi'er walked up to the visitor and asked.
"Back to Gege, a word came an hour ago, saying that he didn't wake up after taking a nap. The Han has an order to let all the adult men in the family go to the vigil. After speaking, the messenger looked at Yue Tuo, waiting for his instructions.
Yue Tuo frowned, looked at his daughter in embarrassment, and then looked at Lan Xi'er.
"I'll send Lan'er back to the Eighth Uncle's Mansion, you go quickly, it can't be too late." Lan Xi'er looked at Lan'er again, who didn't know why: "Don't worry, I will make it clear to Lan'er." ”
Yue Tuo took a deep look at Lan Xi'er, and finally nodded.
"Sony, you follow Gege." After Yue Tuo finished his order, he rode away.
Lan Xi'er looked at the figure, stunned, with mixed feelings in her heart, and sighed lightly. Picked Lan'er up on his horse, and slowly walked towards the Huang Taiji Mansion while explaining.
Guarja Fei Yingdong is one of the five ministers, known for his bravery and good fighting on the battlefield, if the people of Jianzhou worship Nurhachi as a god, then the five ministers around him are heavenly soldiers and generals, but people ignore one point, they are flesh and blood after all, and they will die one day.
When Nurhachi heard the news, he almost fainted, and immediately ordered all the adult men of the clan to go to the vigil. The remaining four of the five ministers were also grief-stricken.
Fei Yingdong has a big Fujin and three side Fujin, ten sons under his knees, at this moment, in addition to his Fujin, children and nephews, the adult men of the Aixin Jueluo family are also kneeling in the mourning hall, and the scene is very spectacular. Just looking around, although there are crying all around, there are very few sad people in the mourning hall. Fei Yingdong's Dafujin is also a character of the Aixin Jueluo family, but he did not appear in the mourning hall at the moment.
Lan Xi'er knew the news and came to salute with her aunt the next day, and after the salute, she was led into the inner courtyard. Yue Tuo knelt on the side of the mourning hall, his face was tired, his eyes were slightly red and swollen, and he looked at Lan Xi'er and nodded.
Just the moment she met Yue Tuo's eyes, Lan Xi'er felt that there were too many strange eyes around her. Lan Xi'er sneered in her heart, and suddenly understood that many things didn't start by herself, so how could she end because of her own actions. Even if he hid from Yue Tuo for a winter, others would still tie them together. Then he responded generously to Yue Tuo, nodded, and followed Eniang into the inner house.
"Sister, how long are we going to stay before we go home?" Nakia sat on the round bench in the small courtyard, pouting her cherry lips, supporting the stool with both hands, and shaking her feet constantly, the white cloth everywhere in the courtyard really made her very uncomfortable.
"I guess it's going to take a while." Lan Xi'er looked at her helpless little sister, but she could only shake her head helplessly, after staying for a day, she actually wanted to go home even more, after all, it was not people's expressions in this courtyard that they wanted to talk about her, or the legend of the old husband and young wife in this house. The women in the mansion are so idle, and anyone's topic can be talked about for a long time, so when Eniang actively inquired about the story, she finally couldn't bear to pull her sister to hide in the courtyard to find clean.
"Sister, then let's go play with Hauge." Nakia's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at her sister hopefully.
"No, Hauge is on business, don't bother him." Lan Xi'er looked at her sister who was already about to act, and hurriedly pressed her on the stool.
Although Hauge had just turned ten years old, his eighth uncle had already arranged for him to go to the wake of the spirit, where could he play. Lan Xi'er looked at her sister who was listless again, and couldn't help but chuckle. At the age of nine, innocent days, likes and hates can be shown on their faces, which is really enviable.
"Lan Xigege." The tone of this sentence, Lan Xi'er's first feeling was harsh. Turning his head, he saw Yue Qi, Jingda, and Minyue walking together, under the moonlight, the white clothes were fluttering, like fairies.
Jingda's beauty is too dazzling, just like the tone she just shouted herself, which is easy to cause others to be uneasy.
Lan Xi'er frowned, but she didn't get up, just quietly watched the three of them slowly approach, but Nakia suddenly jumped off the stool alertly, blocked in front of her sister, and looked up at the three of them. It's just that when he got up, he looked up and looked a little angry, like a full mother. Lan Xi'er couldn't help but chuckle.
"Xi'er, we haven't seen each other for a long time." It was Yue Qi who spoke, with a pair of eyes, gentle as water, nodding and smiling at Lan Xi'er generously and decently, and the whole action made people feel that this Fu Jin was knowledgeable, gentle and demure.
Lan Xi'er just rolled her eyes and nodded lightly with a faint smile. Yue Qi is not only Yue Tuo's sister, but her e-niang is her own aunt, and her e-niang is also Yue Qi's aunt, it can be said that they are the latest cousins in this family, and Yue Qi grew up behind Lan Xi'er since she was a child.
It's just that Lan Xi'er can't remember whether it was after Yue Qi married Du Zhi, or after she returned, Yue Qi was not as close to her as before, and even on many occasions Yue Qi turned a blind eye to her at all, so seeing her suddenly say hello, Lan Xi'er was actually a little surprised in her heart.
Yue Qi's estrangement, Lan Xi'er is still a little sad, but she gradually looks down on her, after all, Yue Qi is now the only concubine of He Heli and his aunt, and his identity is definitely noble.
What's more, most of the good or bad relationships in this family are based on interests. Just like at this moment, Yue Qi is the daughter of Fu Jin in the Prince's Mansion, and the two Gege are the nieces of the Prince Da Fu Jin. Dafujin has always been harsh and has never treated Yueqi's mother and daughter well. At this moment, these three people can come together, there must be some hidden stakes. But Lan Xi'er didn't bother to ask about this.
"Of course, this rumor is flying all over the sky, and Lan Xigege naturally has to stay in the house and not come out."
When Lan Xi'er heard this, she just looked at Jingda and smiled lightly. She didn't actually know when this fairy-like Jingda Gege had been hostile to her since she began.
The clear eyes looked at Jingda again, and sighed lightly in his heart, his stunning face was actually a little unbearable, and he was afraid that he would suffer in such a big family.
"Jingda, don't talk nonsense." Min Yue glared at Jingda and shook her head. smiled apologetically at Lan Xi'er again.
Minyue felt very strange about Lan Xi'er, and she couldn't tell if she was envious or jealous, but at least she didn't want to be an enemy of this Gege.
"But I forgot, it's time for me to say hello to Fang Fujin." Lan Xi'er finally stood up and bowed to Minyue to say goodbye.
Min Yue had already married Zilharang at the end of last year to be his side Fujin.
Seeing her like this, Min Yue's cheeks suddenly turned crimson, her face was shy, and she nodded lightly at Lan Xi'er.
"Sister, your life is so good, who doesn't know that your brother-in-law is the only favor for you." Jingda looked at Minyue with envy, but naturally bypassed Nakia and sat down directly in her position just now.
Lan Xi'er heard her say brother-in-law, her heart trembled, but when she saw Min Yue's shy but low reprimand, she realized that she was talking about Zierharang.
"I think she's trying to get married." Yue Qi joked with Jingda with a wicked smile, and walked to the round stool on the other side of Jingda and sat down. With a smile on their faces, it was obvious that the three of them were very familiar.
"I know that you are also well married, who doesn't say that you are a Taiji young hero." After Jingda finished speaking, he looked at the courtyard again. "Yue Qi, you cousins, her life is not as good as yours."
Yue Qi saw that Jingda used all kinds of fun to make fun of herself, her heart was sweet, and she didn't spare her, and she was about to speak, but she saw that she had changed the direction of the wind again.
Thinking of his cousin, his heart also sank, and he sighed: "I don't know how Sister Ji Nai's is at the moment, I haven't seen her until now." ”
"After the husband took a nap with himself, he died in bed, so it's no wonder that he can be good. I heard that Da Fu Jin was stimulated at that time, and he didn't know what to do. Jingda finished speaking, and looked into the depths of the courtyard. A pair of eyes are especially pure and transparent when she is quiet, and this face is definitely worthy of the national color and fragrance.
Lan Xi'er frowned, she thought about whether these three people would find out if she was leading her sister away like this at this moment, of course the answer was yes. It's just the gossip in this courtyard, and she has heard too much in the day she followed Eniang. She didn't want to hear any more versions, especially those three people.
"I heard that their husband and wife have a good relationship, and Dafujin should be overly sad. If it were me, I would rather die in front of my husband than be left alone to face everything. Min Yue also sat on the round stool as she spoke, of course, she nodded at Lan Xi'er and motioned for her to sit down too.
Lan Xi'er smiled perfunctorily, sat back in her place, and held her sister in her arms.
"Sister Ji Nai is really pitiful, she didn't have a son and a half daughter left, I don't know what will happen in the future?" Yue Qi's face was full of worry. A pair of eyes flashed slightly, and soon they were dyed with a layer of tears, which made them even more crystal clear. This kind of appearance of worrying about her sister makes people feel that she is particularly kind.
Lan Xi'er also sighed lightly, since ancient times, she has a thin life, but if she is alive, how good can she go. It seems to be calm in this mansion, but it is full of blood and rain. is alone, even if her Marfa is a big man, I am afraid that she can't take care of her.
"What are you two doing with frowns, I should be the one who should be the most sad, and I have to worry about being this kind of old husband and young wife in the future." Jingda raised his hand and wiped his eyes with a handkerchief as he spoke, as if those eyes were already full of tears. Such a simple action under the moonlight also looks beautiful and weak, making people unconsciously want to protect.
Lan Xi'er was also a little touched, yes, it's a life in which someone else is in charge, and there is no certainty at all how far it can go.
Suddenly, Lan Xi'er felt that someone was tugging on her sleeve, and when she came back to her senses, she saw her sister in her arms winking at her, and then looked at the three people again. Lan Xi'er continued to listen to the conversation between the three opposites.
"What are you worried about, who doesn't know that the big lady has already arranged for you to marry my brother Yuetuo. That's the best in our Aixin Jueluo family. Yue Qi said with relish, but a sneer crossed his lips, and he glanced at Lan Xi'er with his afterglow unhurriedly.
Lan Xi'er was shocked in her heart, and her mind was wooden, but Jingda's voice was too proud, so she quickly called her mind back.
"Yue Qi, what are you talking about?" Although Jingda was angry, his tone was happy and excited, and the shyness and blush on his face could not be concealed, a pair of beautiful big eyes opened and closed, and the two eyelashes flickered gently like butterflies.
Lan Xi'er only felt that her heart trembled, trying her best to stabilize her mind, with a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, she looked at Jingda's shyness and Yue Qi's ridicule faintly, and suddenly felt a little in her heart, it turned out that these three people were here to announce the news.
"Sister, I'm hungry, let's go get something to eat." Nakia glared at Jingda angrily. A pair of big eyes looked at his sister. In an instant, he felt that this sister was too intimate, so he hurriedly led his sister, saluted the three of them, and turned to leave.
"Sister, aren't you angry?" As soon as she turned into another small courtyard and left the sight of the three of them, Nakia stopped and looked at her sister.
"What?" Lan Xi'er was still a little indescribably stiff in her mind, and looked at her sister in a daze.
"Yue Tuo's eldest cousin is my sister's."
looked at his sister with a confident face in disbelief, and said with a wry smile:
"Where are these rumors, you are so small, what do you know, don't talk nonsense."
"I know, I know everything. Sister, Hauge is mine, so I won't let him play with anyone else. ”
Lan Xi'er looked at her seriously and couldn't laugh or cry, she was taught a lesson by a nine-year-old little sister, and she was taught a righteous lesson.
"Sister, who do you think is that?"
Nakia suddenly screamed, and Lan Xi'er hurriedly followed her hand to look, and an unkempt man timidly grabbed the door frame and looked around the courtyard.
Lan Xi'er subconsciously protected her sister behind her, and the people on the other side had already seen them.
"Who are you?" This figure seemed familiar under the moonlight, Lan Xi'er asked cautiously.
"Xi'er." The man said and ran to Lan Xi'er.
"Sister, it's Sister Ji Nai." Nakia exhaled in surprise.
Lan Xi'er naturally recognized it, it was the great fortune in this mansion, Jin Ai Xinjue Luo Jinai, why did she appear in front of her with such an unkempt and tattered shirt, and the whole person was panicked and trembling.
"Do you have anything to eat?" Ji Nai's Dafujin swallowed his saliva. Ignoring the surprise of the two sisters. He looked at them expectantly.
Lan Xi'er nodded mune, she was going to take her sister to find food, knowing that there was a room in this cross-courtyard that was temporarily put for food for guests to enjoy, she immediately took her sister's hand and led Ji Nai to find something to eat.
"It's good if you're here, you come with me." Du Tuo dragged Yue Tuo's arm as he spoke, Yue Tuo glanced at Du Du and Guo Huan behind Du Tuo, froze his body, and with a force on his arm, he raised his eyes to look at Du Tuo, waiting for him to give an explanation.
Du Tuo shook his head, leaned over to Yue Tuo's side, and whispered: "Ji Nai was taken away by Xi'er, I can't afford to provoke Xi'er, you go with me and get Ji Nai back." How can you not keep the spirit, Marfa is about to come. ”
Although Yue Tuo was still stunned, when Du Zhi dragged him again, he had already kept up with Du Class's pace.