Chapter 59: I'd rather die with incense on the branches (8)

Yesterday, Xia Mu Feng Ning Yuanbo, the entire Sijiu City was thundering, and the people knew that after Yan Mansion in the east of Chang'an Street, there was another great person.

These two families are next to each other, and they are feuding, so there is no way to say that there will be a fight.

I saw that the east of the street was Ning Yuanbo's Mansion, and the west of the street was Yan Song's Shoufu Mansion, and the two houses were connected, and most of the street was occupied.

In the early morning of this day, although there was no one in front of the gate of the Xia Mansion, but looking through the wall, there were halls and pavilions inside, and they were all grandiose, that is, the trees and rocks in the garden in the back area, and there were also the atmosphere of the green and moist, which was extremely magnificent.

But as the old saying goes, the poor have no relatives at home, and the rich and noble are all relatives. The relatives who can't be beaten by these eight poles, all those surnamed Xia are said to be Xia Mu's relatives. What second aunt and grandmother, three aunts, all came out of the smoke.

Early this morning, Xia Mu went out and went to Beizhen Fusi to see Zhu Xizhong and explain the poisoning of the Japanese slaves.

In the house, there is Ahsan's housekeeper, but everything is still up to the two grandmothers.

Who knew that early this morning, in front of the door of Ning Yuanbo's Mansion, there was an old lady dressed rustic, and with a **-year-old baby, she went to Chang'an Street, and came to the stone lion at the gate of Ningyuanbo's Mansion.

I saw a few brocade guards with big knives on their chests and belts, guarding the door and not daring to go in, thinking for a long time, and walking forward: "Hello gentlemen, I, I am a relative of this family!" ”

The brocade guard glanced at the old lady, saw that she was dressed in shabby, frowned, and said in an unkind tone: "You old woman, do you know what kind of place this is, and you dare to come to climb relatives?" ”

When the old lady heard this, she was anxious, and hurriedly explained: "I don't know, I am a Didao person, surnamed Xia, my ancestor was a small Beijing official, and I knew your grandfather in the past. Because he had a trace of relatives, he even recognized him as a nephew. At that time, the Xia family was still an official of the uncle Xia Yan, and he knew that there was such a sect, but there were few contacts. A month ago, I moved from Di Dao to the capital to live, I knew that your grandfather was in Di Dao, and I had a relationship with him, and I heard that his son was an uncle, so I came to take a look! ”

When Jin Yiwei heard this, it seemed that he really had a bit of a score, and his own grandfather was indeed degraded, so he hurriedly went in to tell him.

In the warm pavilion in the house, Princess An Ning was holding a hot hand warmer, talking to Xu Xiyi, and listening to the porter come to tell him, saying that the master's relatives were coming, and the two of them looked at each other.

Princess An Ning didn't know Xu Xiyi, so she went to find Ah San, saying that the two only knew Xia Mu, and they really didn't know what relatives his ancestors had, and they were afraid of being sluggish, so they hurriedly sent someone to call.

After Ah Sang came, he was confused when he heard what the porter said, but when he heard the news that the relative had the grandfather, he called in and asked, and said to Princess An Ning: "The grandfather has been demoted for more than ten years, and the grandfather remembers it very much. ”

When Princess An Ning heard the same, she called someone to bring her in.

Mrs. Xia tidied up her clothes at this time and taught her little grandson a few more lessons. The child, who was only seven or eight years old, knew nothing, and was only happy to hear that his grandmother had taken him into this big house to eat delicious food.

When the concierge came out, he waved his hand at Grandma Xia, and just smiled: "Come in, our grandma wants to see you!" ”

When Mrs. Xia heard this, she hurriedly answered and took her little grandson into the mansion.

It's just that when I went in and took a look, I saw that the smoke inside was sheng, which was different from other places. There are two big stone lions squatting at the gate of Zhongfu, three animal heads, and there are more than a dozen people in gorgeous clothes sitting in front of the door.

However, the main entrance is not opened, and only the east and west corner doors are entered. There is a plaque above the main entrance, and the plaque has six big characters in the big book 'Ningyuan Bofu'.

Mrs. Xia heard that this master was only twenty years old, so she followed the porter and said, "This master is only twenty years old this year, so he has such ability, and it is rare to be such a family." ”

The old butler of the porter listened and said, "My old lady, I can't tell you." Although this man is young, he is older than everyone in the world. But the lord is still easier to speak, but now he is married to a princess like a beauty as a daughter-in-law, but she is in charge of the family, and the princess has ten thousand hearts and eyes when she says less, and ten men who can talk also say that she can't. When you come back, you will believe it when you see it, and there is only one thing, and it will be too strict to treat the next person. ”

As she spoke, she saw the little girl come out and say, "The meal has been set up in the grandmother's house, and the ** milk is in the big grandmother's house." ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly urged Mrs. Xia: "Hurry up, go quickly." This time, the grandmothers are eating is a vacancy, let's rush first, if we are one step late, there will be more people who are going back, and it will be difficult to speak. After waiting for a break, the time is running out. With that, they walked into the bedroom.

As soon as the housekeeper lifted the curtain, he first arrived in the inverted hall, placed Mrs. Xia there and waited for a while, and went into the inner room to take a look, and saw that grandma was talking, and he didn't dare to go in recklessly, and saw Ahsan come out, and hurriedly said to her: "The old lady came to ask for peace today, and grandma said that since she is a relative, she must be seen today, so I brought her in." ”

When Ahsan heard this, he made an idea: "Tell them to come in, and sit here first." ”

When the old housekeeper heard this, Fang went out to lure the two of her in.

The two of them went up to the main room, and the little girl raised the scarlet felt curtain before entering the hall, and Grandma Xia only smelled a burst of incense and pounced on her face, but she didn't know what the smell was, and her body was like being in the clouds.

And when he saw that everything in the room was dazzling, it made people dizzy, and he couldn't help but be more careful.

When Ah Sang saw people coming in, she beckoned the old lady to come in, she stood on the edge of the kang, looked at Mrs. Xia twice, and had to ask for a seat.

Mrs. Xia saw that Ah Sang was covered in Ayaluo, with gold and silver, and a jade appearance, so she was the grandmother of Princess An Ning, so she wanted to call her aunt and grandmother, and suddenly saw the old housekeeper call her Miss Ah San, and she knew that she was just a somewhat decent girl.

So I felt a little relaxed, pulled my grandson on the kang, and took the little girl to pour tea to eat.

But at this moment, I only heard the sound of clattering, and it seemed to be the sieve of the cabinet, and I couldn't help but look east and west, and suddenly saw a box hanging on the pillar in the hall, and a thing like a weighing stone fell under it, but it couldn't stop the chaos.

Mrs. Xia was very curious and asked, "What is this?" What's the use? When he was staying, he only heard a sound properly, and it was like a golden bell chime, and he was frightened by it.

Ah Sang covered his mouth and smiled: "Grandma doesn't know, this is the most inseparable object for our grandfather, called Western clocks, my grandfather does not leave on time, what time of day should it be, all look at this watch." ”

Mrs. Xia was very curious when she heard it, and when she saw that the things of the clock were followed by a series of **, she was about to reach out and touch it, only to see the little girls running around and saying, "Grandma is down." ”

The old housekeeper and Ah Sang were busy going, and ordered the old lady Xia to just wait, it's time for them to invite you.

As she spoke, everyone in the house went out, and Mrs. Xia waited silently. But I heard the laughter of people in the distance, about one or twenty women, dressed brightly, and went into the hall and went into the house, and saw two or three women, all holding large lacquer boxes, and waiting here. I heard the sound of "setting the meal" over there, and gradually the people dispersed, and there were only a few people who were waiting for the dishes.

After a long time, I didn't hear it, and suddenly saw the two of them carrying a kang table and putting it on this side of the kang, the table was lined with bowls and plates, and it was still full of fish and meat, but it moved a few things.

As soon as the little grandson saw it, he clamored for meat to eat, and Grandma Xia slapped him. Suddenly, he saw Ahsan walking over with a smile and beckoning to him.

Mrs. Xia understood, so she took her grandson off the kang and went to the hall, where Ah San's chattered with her for a while, and then came to this side of the house.

As soon as the old lady entered the door, she saw a big red sprinkled soft curtain hanging on the chiseled copper hook outside the door, under the south window is a kang, a big red felt strip on the kang, and there is a chain brocade backrest and a lead pillow standing against the east side wall, covered with a large mattress with gold heart and green satin, and there is a carved lacquer sputum box next to it.

The princess of Anning took the autumn sable squirrel Zhaojun set, surrounded the beads, wearing a peach sprinkled flower jacket, a stone blue carved silk gray squirrel cloak, and a red crepe silver mouse skin skirt, pink and glossy, sitting there upright, holding a small copper fire basket in her hand to pluck the ashes in the stove.

**Milk Xu Xiyi sat on the edge of the kang, holding a small lacquered tea tray with a small cover clock in the plate.

Princess An Ning didn't know that people had come in without rules, so at this moment, she just shook the ashes in the stove and asked slowly, "Where is the eldest lady from?" As he spoke, when he raised himself to ask for tea, he saw that the old housekeeper had brought two people to stand underground, so he was busy getting up, but before he got up, he was already greeting with a spring breeze, and he was angry at why the old housekeeper didn't say it earlier.

Mrs. Xia bowed a few times underground and asked her aunt and grandmother. Princess An Ning hurriedly said, "Quickly pick up, don't bow, please take a seat." I was young, and my relatives didn't know me, and I didn't know what generation it was, so I didn't dare to call it. ”

Mrs. Xia sat on the edge of the kang, and the grandson hid behind her, coaxing him out in every possible way, but he refused to die.

Princess An Ning only said that it was okay, children are like this, and glanced at Xu Xiyi again, and smiled with her: "You and I just entered the door of my lord's house, these relatives don't move around much, they are all estranged, you know, they are tired of us, they don't want to come often, I don't know, it's only when our lord is developed, there are no relatives like them in his eyes!" ”

When Mrs. Xia heard this, she hurriedly said: "Our family is difficult, we can't afford to go, we came here, I didn't talk to my aunt and grandmother, even the housekeepers didn't look like words." ”

Princess An Ning smiled: "This is not disgusting. However, relying on the false name of his uncle Xia Yan, he won the emperor's appreciation, and whoever has anything is just an empty shelf of the old days. As the saying goes, 'there are still three poor relatives in the imperial court', not to mention our lord. ”

As he spoke, he asked the old housekeeper if he had returned to his master.

The old housekeeper hurriedly said: "The master went to Beizhen Fusi early in the morning, and he hasn't returned yet!" ”

Princess An Ning nodded and said, "You go and take a look, if the master returns to the house, if you have to be free, you can go back and see what you say." ”

The old butler hurriedly agreed.

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It is said that early this morning, Xia Mu took a sedan chair to Fusi in Beizhen, and when he saw Zhu Xizhong in the main hall, he saw that his face was not very happy.

Xia Mu hurriedly gave Zhu Xizhong a salute, Zhu Xizhong didn't raise his head, just pointed to which seat, Xia Mu glanced at Yang Qian waiting on the side, knowing that there was another big event, so he sat on the seat and smiled at Yang Wan: "What, Brother Yang, who is this who is making the grandfather angry?" ”

Yang Wan hurriedly sighed, sat down in front of Xia Mu, and whispered, "Hey, this matter has something to do with you, Ning Yuanbo!" ”

"Oh!" When Xia Mu heard this, his heart became thoughtful, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Uncle doesn't know, the senior brother of your fellow door, the first tough guy Yang Jisheng came back last night, but this good guy, as soon as he came back, he shouted that he had to impeach the Yan family's father and son, and you don't know that he was demoted because of the impeachment of Qiu Luan's Ma Shi, and this time he can't stop coming back, and he is catching up with the desk of Hu Zongxian's three divisions, isn't this obviously adding chaos? He also wrote to the cabinet, saying that he would rather die with incense on his branches, and that he would not be in politics or seek his position. This is to be happy if you poke a hole in the sky! ”