The Xie family welcomed the pearl into the cabin in panic.

Wen pulled her to sit down at the table, and ordered Sister Shanshan to bring hot tea and snacks. Although the ship's supplies have not yet arrived, there are still snacks and tea to fill the hunger. She looked at Pearl's thin and haggard appearance, and always felt that the other party had suffered a lot, so she subconsciously thought that she should let the other party eat and drink first.

Pearl held the tea bowl, felt the warmth in her hands, opened her mouth, and before she could speak, tears fell first.

Wen Shi was also a little panicked when he saw it: "What the hell happened?!" How did you end up in Pingwang Town? Didn't you stay in the capital and wait for the old lady? Where is the old lady now? ”

She asked several questions in a row, and the more she asked, the more panicked she became. Xie Mulin felt that it was not possible to go on like this, so he hurriedly pulled her to the chair opposite and sat down, and persuaded: "Mother, don't panic first, Sister Pearl is here, you can always ask the answer one question after another." If you ask so many questions at once, you have to give her time to talk! ”

Wen calmed down a little, and then asked the question he wanted to know the answer to the most: "Is the old lady okay?" ”

Pearl finally calmed down her excitement a little, and replied, "The old lady is sick. ”

Mrs. Xie's illness was actually scared out by herself at first.

The three of them lived in a small summer village in the mountains on the outskirts of Jinling City, and although their lives were not very convenient, their lives were relatively peaceful. Pearl and Mrs. He vaguely guessed that Mrs. Xie had caused some trouble and offended a nobleman, so they would flee to take refuge outside the city, but when it came to what was going on, they couldn't say. However, they all felt that it was impossible for Mrs. Xie to really cause a murder, so as long as she took shelter from the limelight outside the city, it wouldn't be long before she could go home.

Until Mrs. Jiang didn't hear from her for a long time, Mrs. He was ordered by Mrs. Xie to go home to investigate, and got the letter from Aunt Dajin from the third girl, Xie Yingrong, and the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse.

Mrs. Xie read Xie Yingrong's letter, as if she had seen something extremely terrible, her face changed greatly, cold sweat broke out, and she almost slipped from her chair and fell to the ground. She immediately ordered Pearl and Mrs. He to pack their luggage and hire a car to leave.

Pearl and Mrs. He only felt inexplicable, and hurriedly comforted her. The latter went back to the Xie family's mansion and didn't notice anything unusual at home, so he thought that Mrs. Xie had misunderstood something, so he repeatedly told her that there was nothing at home, the city was calm, and nothing happened, so she should not be afraid.

When Mrs. Xie heard this, she asked her a few questions.

Did the eldest lady Xie Yinghui be picked up by the people from the Yongning Eldest Princess's Mansion? Did you send a letter home after you left? Have the people who took them ever returned home?

Mrs. Ho's answer was: Yes. No. No.

Is the third girl, Xie Yingrong, seriously injured? Did you live in the Bian family and get the protection of the Marquis of Ningguo's mansion?

Mrs. He had heard some news from Aunt Dajin, so the answer was yes.

How did the third girl, Xie Yingrong, get hurt? Where was the injury?

In this regard, Mrs. He is not clear. However, according to Aunt Dajin, Xie Yingrong was bored at home and missed the days when she was in the back street of Cheng'en Temple, and suddenly wanted to go back to that small house for two days, so she packed her luggage and took the girl over. When she went to Cheng'en Temple to pray for the old lady's incense, she was smashed into a head and bled when she had an accident in the temple, and almost lost her life. Fortunately, the old lady of the Bian family was also in the temple at that time, and she always liked her, so she took her home to recuperate. The Bian family and the Marquis of Ning Guofu are in-laws, although the family is not very rich, but it is better to be quiet.

Aunt Dajin's statement was very vague, and she refused to elaborate on the reason for Xie Yingrong's injury, only emphasizing that she was no longer in trouble. But the more Mrs. Xie listened, the more frightened she became, muttering something "You can't escape if you hide", she refused to listen to anyone's persuasion anymore, insisted that Pearl and Mrs. He go to pack their things, and didn't even plan to go back to their homes in the city to pick up their luggage.

Pearl and Mrs. He had no choice but to do what she wanted, and immediately went to hire two carriages nearby. Although their master and servant went out of the city in a hurry, they also had six or seven suitcases of luggage, and there were no two cars, how could they fit it?

That night, it was pouring rain on the outskirts of Beijing, and pedestrians had already run home to avoid the rain, but the three of Mrs. Xie's master and servant took a carriage and drove onto the avenue. Mrs. Xie thought that the boat could not go fast on a rainy day, so she gave up the waterway and took a horse-drawn carriage by land instead, but when she went out in this weather, which coachman could stand it? Even if Mrs. Xie paid a lot of money, it was only to make them obey temporarily.

They traveled for three days in a row, day and night. Not only was the coachman tired, but Mrs. Xie couldn't hold it anymore.

She is an elderly person, traveling on a rainy day, and getting cold, coupled with uncertainty, frightened all day long, to the Lishui area, finally couldn't hold on, so she stopped and lived in an inn to recuperate for two days. Mrs. He also invited a doctor to see her.

Before Mrs. Xie's illness improved, the bad news came - the two coachmen stole a suitcase of luggage and disappeared with the car at night. That box of luggage is exactly the most valuable box among the six or seven boxes of luggage of Mrs. Xie, which contains almost all the soft coils she brought out, worth seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and her old man's jewelry private room is also in it. She left a hundred taels of silver for her family.

Old Mrs. Xie was so anxious that she vomited blood, and she was so panicked that Pearl and Mrs. He were at a loss. Later, the doctor prescribed medicine to stabilize her condition temporarily, but he also told her to recuperate well, try to be calm in case of trouble, and if there is a chance in the future, it is best to find another famous doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and there is only so much he can do.

Mrs. Xie felt that the doctor was not listening to what he said, and his skills were sparse and ordinary, so she wanted to scold, but she didn't have the strength to refute it. She had the best upper room in the inn, but she didn't have much money on hand. Thanks to the fact that Pearl and Mrs. He were both loyal and good slaves, and they were willing to pawn their own jewelry, and made up enough money for her medicine, but they could not continue to live in the inn, so they persuaded her to go back to Jinling's house to recuperate.

However, Mrs. Xie did not agree, she was very afraid of Jinling City and insisted on refusing to go back.

Pearl had to change her mind and persuade her to find a more prosperous town to recuperate, and hire a better doctor to treat her. At that time, the pearl's suggestion was, Jiangning or Liyang. Lishui is actually not impossible, but there is no better doctor there.

However, Jiangning is too close to Jinling, and Liyang is too unfamiliar. Mrs. Xie finally decided to go back to her hometown of Huzhou. Her mother's home is in Changxing County, Huzhou, where there are ancestral homes and relatives and friends of the clan, as well as the heirs who inherited the incense after her father's death.

Pearl and Mrs. He are not Mrs. Xie's dowry room, and they don't know that her hometown is in Changxing County, so they are a little surprised. However, thinking that Mrs. Xie's mother's relatives were there, they would have to rely on them when they went, so they obeyed Mrs. Xie's orders.

They enlisted the help of the innkeepers, made two newly-made silk garments, and hired reliable carriages and coachmen. But this time, the carriage was much more rudimentary than the one hired before. The three of them were crammed together with six suitcases of luggage, and the environment was not at all the same as "comfortable", but there was not enough money to hire another car. They were so reluctant to squeeze and took a car to Changxing County. Mrs. Xie did not rest well along the way, and she was tired from running around, and her condition became even worse.

However, when they arrived in Changxing County, they found the Lu clan's relatives, and their situation was not much better.

When Wen heard this, he opened his mouth and didn't say anything for a long time. Shemulin asked Pearl, "What happened?" Could it be that the people of the Lu clan turned their faces and refused to recognize people because our family offended the Cao family? ”

Pearl shed tears again, shook her head, and said, "No, it's because ...... The old lady and her mother's family ...... In fact, it has fallen out a long time ago! ”

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