Chapter Seventy-Six: Suspected Inner Ghost
On the first night after the housewarming, Liu Hui and his wife left after dinner. After cleaning up, the lights in the two and a half small courtyards were gradually extinguished. Wang Fulin took Wang Xiaomei to sleep on the second floor of the front yard, while Jinbao and Qiu Feng lived in the left and right rooms in the middle hall, with the empty middle one and the entire backyard. Originally, there were many empty houses in the small mansion equivalent to Xiao Sanjin, and according to Wang Fulin's meaning, it was no problem for Jinbao Qiufeng to live in the east and west rooms of the two corridors in the backyard, but neither of them refused, so he followed them. And the four palanquin men including Kang Da in the corridor on the first floor of the vestibule also went to bed early.
However, Wang Fulin didn't sleep well that night, even though the room he was in was far cleaner and more comfortable than the inn.
Although he didn't have the memory of Wang Fulin in the past, the simple and simple life in the countryside made him easily integrate into the world. Early the next morning, when he heard the rooster crowing, he could no longer close his eyes, so he simply improvised and decided to go back to Songming Mountain. After breakfast, he didn't tell his little sister about it, but found Kang Da and another old sedan chair man and discussed it with them. The two of them are loyal and honest people, although it is very hard to go back and forth for dozens of miles of mountain roads, but Wang Fulin generously rewarded each person with one or two silver, and clearly said that it was because he was concerned about his sister, so they readily agreed, and promised to keep their mouths shut.
So, as soon as Jinbao and Qiu Feng went to Master Li's to listen to the lecture, Wang Fulin found an excuse to go out on the sliding rod carried by Kang Da and the others. In such a hot weather, they had to sweat like rain, but Kang Da and the two of them could bear the hardships extremely hard, and they only stopped once along the way, and it took more than an hour to rush to Songming Mountain. When Wang Fulin knocked on the door of his old house, Wang Qi, who opened the door, saw the little master and stayed for a long time, and then hurriedly let people in.
"Why did the little official come back? Before the second master entered the city, he said that he would give you a message......"
"Erniang has suffered such a big grievance, how can I rest assured? The whole story is, you tell me again 1510. ”
Wang Qi is an old servant of the Wang family, and he was originally an orphan picked up by Wang Fulin's grandfather, so it goes without saying that he is loyal. When talking about the previous experience, he was ashamed to think that Yiqiē was his dereliction of duty as a gatekeeper, and gave the old liar a bowl of water, so that there would be no follow-up Wang Erniang to be deceived.
In the face of his self-blame, Wang Fulin was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Did this person mention selling books after drinking water, or did he use books to talk to you before?" Have you asked about the situation at home, such as whether my father and I are not? ”
"Although I am careless, I will not be so lightly talked by strangers! After he drank the water, he thanked him a thousand times, and said that he was going to sell books, and he took them out of his baggage for me to see. I didn't know how to read, so I asked my daughter-in-law to report to the two girls. ”
In other words, nine times out of ten, they have already targeted their own homes, not because they temporarily started to cheat after begging for water to drink. That's right, that's what most professional liars do!
Wang Fulin thought for a while, and continued to ask a few questions, seeing that there were no big clues, he suddenly moved in his heart, and asked again: "The second master told me before, took Erniang over, and sent a steward to take care of these fields in my house, how did those tenants react?" ”
Wang Qiden wanted to speak and stopped. After hesitating for a while, he said: "Not long after the little official left, our rotten gambler tenant Zhong Daniu is said to have made a windfall in the casino, and he actually came over in person to redeem himself with eight taels of silver. In the past, when Lao An was here, because he used to cry and beg for pleading, Lao An couldn't do anything about him, but Miss Yun hated him the most, so she accepted the money and responded happily. I heard that the person soon moved to the county seat with his daughter-in-law, who was newly married last year. Miss Yun went to ask the second master for help at that time, and accepted a fairly honest foreigner as a tenant to take care of the original rotten gambler's field. ”
Wang Fulin still remembers the scene when the two tenants came to the door, and what impressed him even more was that they asked for rent reduction in the name of rumors that were unfavorable to him. Now that the rotten gambler who was spurned by Wang Erniang was able to take out the silver to redeem himself, this is too abnormal! When he learned that the man had come to redeem himself a few days before the liar appeared, he had a little more speculation.
"Okay, you be careful of the door, I'll go to Mr. Nanming's house to see Erniang."
Wang Qi originally wanted to say that Wang Daoguan ordered Wang Erniang to be quiet alone, but it can be seen that Wang Fulin is unquestionable, and he still didn't dissuade him in the end. Seeing that the little master and Kang Da and the other two sedan chairmen spoke, and did not sit on the sliding pole, and walked alone to the side that was not out of the mountain, he suddenly sighed, and couldn't help but think of the master Wang Daoyun and the master mother Wu who had not even heard from him recently.
If it weren't for the fact that there were no elders in the family, why would it be like this, and the little master would have to run forward and backward with a show who had just entered school!
Wang Fulin came to Wang Daokun's garden familiarly, he hadn't seen the main owner in his previous two visits, and this time it was the same. The porter didn't expect him to come at all, he was taken aback at first, and after hearing what he meant, he hurriedly asked Wang Fulin to stay for a while, and then he pulled his legs and reported inside, and after a while, he ran out, and said with a smile on his face: "Auntie and grandmother invite the little official to go in." ”
When he was in the city before, Wang Fulin inquired and learned that Wang Daokun and Wang Daoguan's father Wang Liangbin were still there, but their mother Wu had passed away. At this moment, he followed the servant who led the way in, and saw that this place was different from the Cheng family mansion and the Xu family mansion that he had visited in Shexian County before, and it was not a simple Hui-style building, but a bit of Jiangnan garden charm. When they arrived at a small door, an elderly woman greeted them.
All the way or winding paths, or cross the bridge around the rockery, and wait until the deepest part of a three-room hall, the old lady smiled for him to open the bamboo curtain, he thanked and slightly bowed his head and crossed the threshold. Because of the lighting, he suddenly walked from the bright outdoor to the indoor, even though it was the middle of summer, he still felt that the room was a little dim, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, only to see an old woman about fifty years old sitting on the main seat, and she was holding tightly with one hand, it was Wang Erniang who didn't dare to look at him.
Seeing this scene, Wang Fulin hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, but he didn't hold it up, got up and bowed slightly, and then said to Wang Erniang beside him: "Your brother deliberately rushed back from the city on such a hot day, don't let him down." My old woman will make room for you, and your brothers and sisters will talk well. ”
After saying this, He Wei pushed Wang Erniang to Wang Fulin's side, and he smiled slightly, but he didn't hesitate to leave. Wang Fulin hurriedly thanked him, seeing that Wang Erniang's body stiffened first, and then ran away, he hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed her arm, and said in a stern tone that he had never had before: "What's the use of only knowing how to escape?" The Wang Erniang I know is a girl who holds her head high no matter what she encounters and will never hang her head! ”
Wang Erniang turned her back to her brother at this time, and she couldn't hold back anymore when her eyes were already red, and tears came out of her eyes. She turned around and cried out, "I'm just down!" What happened to such a shameful thing, how can I see you! Why are you here, why don't you just leave me in someone else's house! ”
"Little fool, you're my sister!" Wang Fulin simply took the person in his arms, with his experience of being a human being in two lives, where could he not see that Wang Erniang, who was twelve or thirteen, was a little girl who had not dried up, but she still had to use the fierce appearance of her teeth and claws to cover up the fragility in her heart. He patted her on the back, and then said word by word, "People do wrong things, not to mention that this time it's not you who are wrong, but the old liar." If every sufferer is like you, and he has to blame himself for being deceived, instead of bringing that liar out and bringing him to justice, wouldn't all the good people in the world go to death, and the wicked will get away with it? ”
In the past, when I saw Wang Xiaomei like a milk swallow throwing herself into the forest, being held in a circle by her brother, Wang Erniang was envious, and at the same time, she repeatedly warned herself that she could not act as recklessly as Xiaomei. Her parents are not there, the eldest sister is married, and the elder brother doesn't know much about housework, so she must be strong if she wants to support this family. But at this moment, being held in her brother's arms, she only felt that the weakness that had been suppressed in her heart suddenly surfaced, especially when she heard that this was not a comfort, but every word went straight to the bottom of her heart, she couldn't stop her tears no matter what, and she cried louder and louder.
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