Xie Mulin and Xie Huizhi followed Xie Yingfen back to the small courtyard where she lived and entered Wanqin's room.

Xie Hanzhi was guarding there, his pale little face still showing the weakness of his illness, and his chin was pointed, much thinner than before the accident at home. He is still in the stage of recuperation after illness, although there is no major problem, but the vitality lost due to illness cannot be regained in a short period of time, so his complexion has not been very good.

Xie Hanzhi and Xie Yingfen, the sisters and brothers, had obviously had a discussion about the things in the small brocade box, and after reaching a consensus, the former went to tell the brothers and sisters. Although the two children are young, they have experienced the drastic changes in their families, and they have a bottom in their hearts, knowing that the Xie Cao family is already enemies, and the Cao family is a flood beast.

It's not that they don't favor their own mother-in-law, but they think that their mother-in-law abandons the old master and chooses the Xie family on issues related to the vital interests of their sisters and brothers, and breaks with their blood relatives, the sacrifice is too great, and the mother-in-law often feels guilty in her heart. Now that the crisis has passed, her mother's relatives in the Cao family may take revenge on her, help the Cao family confuse or coax her mother, and do things that are not good for the Xie family. They want to save their mother, and they can't let her be used by the Cao family.

Although Wanqin was the son of the Cao family, she had been with Xie Pu for many years, and a pair of children were sent back to the Xie family in the capital shortly after they were born, and they were raised by the main mother Cao. The Cao family is a person, in addition to paying attention to his own children, how can he ever take his concubines and concubines to heart? It's just for the sake of fame, and I'll do some superficial work, and I won't spend a little more effort. Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi grew up under the care of their respective nurses and maids, and after enlightenment, they were taught by their husbands and brothers and sisters, and there was no shortage of rules and knowledge to learn, but they were not close to the Cao family and the Cao family at all.

Wanqin's relatives who are on an errand in Pingnanbo's Mansion don't pay much attention to the two children, and they don't see each other a few times a year, so Xie Yingfen and Xie Huizhi naturally don't have much affection for them.

Seeing Xie Mulin and Xie Huizhi coming, Xie Hanzhi immediately got up and led them into the back room: "Auntie went to the kitchen to help, and she won't come back until lunch." I sent the ginkgo out to buy something, and there was no one else in the courtyard at this time except us. The second sister and the third brother came to take a look, is there a problem with the things in this brocade box? ”

Xie Yingfen took two quick steps, took a key from her younger brother, opened the only locked wardrobe in Wanqin's house, and then reached into the cabinet and touched it for a while, Fang found a small brocade box from a stack of clothes, about three fingers wide, two fingers thick, two inches long, I don't know what wood it is made of, with a faint fragrance, the outside is still quite high-end brocade.

Such a small brocade box, at first glance, is not what the current Wanqin can have. The person who gave this thing to her probably is not an ordinary identity.

There was a lock on the brocade box, but it was not locked, Xie Yingfen gently picked it up, and opened the lid of the box, revealing a small paper bag inside. She found another silver hairpin from her biological mother, and gently picked up the corner of the paper bag with the tip of the hairpin, and vaguely saw that there were small gray-white balls the size of soybeans, scattered, at least a dozen, faintly exuding a fishy smell.

Xie Hanzhi said: "We don't dare to touch this thing, but it doesn't look like rat poison." My aunt can't fool us. When I was at Li's house, I saw the rat poison that Granny Li bought, and she taught me how to put the medicine so that the rats could eat it. ”

This kind of private communication between Mrs. Li and Erxiao, others probably won't pay much attention to it, and Wanqin is obviously not clear. Otherwise, she would not have used such a simple excuse to deceive her children.

Xie Yingfen said with a straight face: "In the past few days, my aunt has always been a little absent-minded, as if she is full of worries, and she has snatched the messenger from Aunt Dajin for three consecutive days. I guess she probably went to see her mother's family. If it was just her mother's family who said something unpleasant, she would be angry at most, and she wouldn't be so preoccupied. I'm afraid that her mother's family will force her to do something bad, so I want to find out what the hell is in this box! ”

Xie Hanzhi said to Xie Mulin and Xie Huizhi with some hesitation: "My aunt is in Pingnanbo's Mansion, in fact, only my grandfather is the closest, our maternal grandmother has passed away for many years, and now my maternal grandmother is married later, and several uncles and aunts she gave birth to have old grudges with my aunt." But my aunt has a brother who has been working as the second shopkeeper in our family's shop, and when the government confiscated the family's property, it was also detained. I don't know where he is now, but his life should be fine. My aunt has always wanted to inquire about this uncle's news, and I don't know if it was something that Pingnanbo's Mansion said. ”

It turns out that there is such a thing.

Xie Mulin thought for a while: "I heard my mother mention that the shopkeepers and bookkeepers in the family's property were previously detained by the government, and now they have all been released. When Pingnanbofu deceived all the properties from my father, it was still these shopkeepers and bookkeepers who watched the delivery. Some of them were retained by the Cao family, and some refused to contribute to the Cao family, so they went home first and waited for news. I don't know how your uncle arranged it, but I think my father will know better. ”

Xie Yingfen said: "I rarely see this uncle, but my aunt values him very much, and she used to send some things over every now and then, for fear that my uncle would call my grandmother and a few young uncles and aunts to bully him and have a bad life." It wasn't until her aunt begged the eldest lady in front of her and asked her uncle for the Xie family that she was relieved. My aunt doesn't owe anything to her brother, and if her brother wants to encourage her to do something bad, my brother and I will never agree! ”

Xie Mulin already knew the position of the two younger siblings, and nodded approvingly: "Don't worry, Aunt Qin hasn't had time to do anything, if someone really forces her to do something bad, as long as she confesses to her father, she promises that she will never betray the Xie family, and no one will blame her." ”

Xie Yingfen looked at Xie Hanzhi, who looked back at her and held her hand: "Auntie, as long as we have us, it's enough." If her relatives don't have any pity for her and don't care about her life or death, then we won't let my aunt continue to be dragged down by them. ”

Xie Yingfen nodded solemnly to her younger brother. The siblings reached a tacit understanding.

Xie Huizhi took the silver hairpin in Xie Yingfen's hand and carefully observed the tip of the hairpin: "The tip of the hairpin is a little black, it seems that this thing is really poisonous, but the toxicity should not be very strong." ”

Xie Mulin looked at it and said, "Even if the toxicity is not strong, after using so many pieces, let alone mice, the tiger can't stand it." ”

Xie Huizhi closed the box: "I'll take this first, go back and take it to the Yan Family Medical Center, and ask Second Brother Li to see what this is." ”

Xie Mulin grabbed him and looked back at the direction of the door: "Don't rush to ask someone first, I think, Aunt Qin should know the answer very well." ”

Wanqin stood outside the door at some point, her face was pale, and she held two bowls of soup in her hands. Apparently, she had just come from the kitchen, probably trying to bring soup to her children.

Xie Hanzhi looked at his biological mother and lowered his head. Xie Yingfen refused to avoid her biological mother's gaze, but stubbornly looked at Wanqin and asked loudly: "Auntie, now that the family is fine, don't you want me and my brother anymore?!" ”

Wanqin trembled, her hands were weak, and both bowls fell to the ground, splashing the soup on the ground, wetting her skirt, shoes and socks.

Xie Mulin stepped forward and said softly, "How could my aunt do this? On that day, the officers and soldiers raided the house, and the father was in danger, and the aunt was able to make the most correct choice, so naturally she would not be confused today, right? ”

The trembling on Wanqin's body stopped, she took a few deep breaths, and showed a gentle smile: "Of course, I am the Xie family, of course I know what I should do." ”

She looked at her children and sighed, "You really scared my aunt, and even the soup bowl was dropped." Today's good soup is ruined by you, don't be greedy when you look back. ”

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