Chapter 258: Old Things
Bai Chuxi's imposing and hot-headed appearance made Rong Changning feel cute, and he couldn't help but laugh when he trotted all the way behind him. It's not because the second son lost his teeth, but because Bai Chuxi favors and protects him. It seems to be following him, and he doesn't even have to worry about the sky falling.
Bai Chuxi took her hand, and couldn't bear to scold in his mouth: "It's too much of a deception!" ”
Rong Changning took Bai Chuxi's hand and stopped: "Let's just leave, I'm afraid my uncle's face won't be able to hang up." ”
"Do you care if other people's faces can be hung up?" Bai Chu pursed his lips: "When people squeeze you, they don't necessarily think about whether you can hang on your face." It's better to do this, lest the people in the third room always think that the favors I received when I was young were enough for them to handle for a lifetime. The second brother is the same as me, and his actions are indeed excessive, so it is appropriate for my brother to teach him a lesson. ”
"These younger siblings don't follow their uncles, so it's necessary to be careful when getting along."
"Don't worry, I know a few of them too well. As long as our family's title is still there, they will climb down by themselves if they are given a step, and the communication between the two families will not be broken. If you want to put the longhouse in the right place, someone has to do something ugly, and you and your grandmother can't reach out. ”
Rong Changning hugged Bai Chuxi's arm and suddenly realized in his heart, it turned out that he had long been unaccustomed to the style of the third room, and it was good to be angry.
Later, when he went over to make amends to his uncle, Bacheng was just like Bai Chuxi said, and they would know to climb down by handing over the steps.
The two went back to Zhuyuan and sat for a while, and Mrs. Ying Guo didn't call anyone to pass the word, and she didn't know what happened. Calculating in his heart that the time was almost up, Rong Changning wiped his youngest son's round mouth, got up and wanted to go to the back to take a look.
Before he walked out of the yard, he saw Chang Qiusu in the second room from a distance coming in the direction of the bamboo garden, it seemed that he couldn't get out of this door, Rong Changning turned around and went back and instructed Xiao Dong beside him: "Look at the tea, cook a good tea." ”
"Huh."
As soon as he sat down, he heard Chang Qiusu's voice: "I guess, you can't sit still in the courtyard, hurry up and tell you what's going on behind you." ”
Rong Changning got up with a handkerchief to greet him: "It's still my aunt who is worried about us." Dick's Tooth ...... Can you go back to the doctor? ”
Chang Qiu sat opposite Rong Changning, took the tea handed by Xiao Dong and hurriedly took a bite: "It's just two teeth, why are you so squeamish?" However, Ah Yi's hands are really heavy, and he is also a fiery temper, and I see that several faces in the third room are not good-looking. ”
"The second child in the third room is too inappropriate to speak, don't blame Ah Yi for losing his temper. In the past, as an elder brother, Jean let go, but this is what he did wrong...... My uncle didn't say who it was, so who did he fire with? ”
I thought I could hear a few polite words from Rong Changning, but I didn't want to, Rong Changning refused to say a word of Bai Chuxi's fault. Chang Qiusu could only smile: "It's really too disproportionate, and there aren't many teeth that have been knocked out." ”
"Maybe it's because the long house that was tossed a while ago is gradually lonely, and people don't look down on us, right?"
"Oh, how come? Even if you are dismissed from office, there is still a knighthood? The bearing of the Hou Mansion is incomparable to no one. ”
"If you want to talk about bearing, that is, my marquis has it. I'm very stingy, I will repay my eyes more often, and there is an inconspicuous sentence that is very likely to be hated for a lifetime, not to mention that he said that I am jealous of what Daji and what sister I like...... Ah Yi hit him, and my anger can be dissipated a lot. After speaking, Rong Changning bent her eyes and smiled, she rarely smiled like this, which made people feel numb in their scalps.
People also knew Rong Changning's character, so Mrs. Yingguo and Bai Xiuyuan asked Chang Qiusu to come to Rong Changning to make peace. How can I know a few words, Rong Changning knew her intention, and showed her attitude unceremoniously, which made Chang Qiusu not know how to say his next sentence.
After holding it for a long time, he ate half a cup of tea, gritted his teeth and said: "I don't think Ah Yi wants to cut off contact with Sanfang from the bottom of his heart." Give them a slap on the wrist and tell them to keep some lessons in their hearts. The slap Ah Yi is out, and someone has to hand over the dates. Your grandmother is an elder, and it is more or less difficult to bow her head. ”
"What does my aunt mean...... Want me to bow my head? ”
"Look at my mouth!" Chang Qiusu slapped himself in the mouth: "How can you say that you are bowing your head?" It's reconciliation. ”
Even Chang Qiu didn't come to Rong Changning to take a look, so he didn't hide from others, picked up the teacup in his hand and said: "I have to listen to what the Hou Ye means, so that someone will want something in the future, we don't want to give it, so I said that my Hou Ye is afraid of the inside." It's okay to laugh with your family, but how can Ah Yi raise his head when he spreads outside? ”
Seeing that Rong Changning was relieved, it could be regarded as an explanation with the people behind him, and Chang Qiusu finally breathed a sigh of relief. But she has never been a person who is willing to meddle in the gossip of others, she raised her eyes and looked at Rong Changning, Rong Changning also understood, and waved her hand to signal everyone to go out.
Waiting for the people to leave, Chang Qiusu opened his mouth and asked, "I heard that something was dug up in your bamboo forest?" ”
Rong Changning fiddled with the handkerchief in his hand and didn't answer, Chang Qiusu said: "It's not that the people in your yard are talking nonsense, it's me who met it in the Lion Tower, and then I know that Zhuyuan not only dug up things, but also has big problems with things." Let me ask you, do you remember the former Aunt Duan in the main courtyard? "Happy
Aunt Duan? As soon as he entered the door, he was impatient to give himself the next person who was under the horse, and the nurse who gave Bai Chuxi a big milk, was the steward in the main courtyard at that time.
This person hasn't heard it for some years, and now he still remembers it for Rong Changning.
"How could you not remember?" Rong Changning replied: "He and that Yu Ya have eaten the oil and water of the long house for several years. When I was away, Ah Yi and my grandmother also turned a blind eye. ”
"She was an errand boy in the third room before, and then she was sent to the long room."
"What does this have to do with those two jars of wine?"
"Her husband was working in the Lion House at the time. I remember very well that those two jars of wine were a batch of Lion Lou brought back from southern Xinjiang, which was very rare. Even though he is a high-ranking official and nobleman in the imperial city, he can't get it without some doors. The eldest brother must have walked the door of the third room to get these two altars. ”
In front of her, Chang Qiusu became more and more excited, her two eyebrows were squeezed together, and she leaned forward for fear that Rong Changning would not be able to hear what she said: "When Aunt Duan had an accident in Zhuyuan, Bai Lu took people away and sent them out of the imperial city, there must be something unspeakable, but we don't know yet." My path is narrow, my ears and eyes are not bright, and I am no better than your connections inside and outside the imperial city. You go check on Aunt Duan and find her! ”
Rong Changning's smiling face was diluted little by little, and in the end, all that was left was questioning, and her eyes were as sharp and bright as an eagle that met its prey, and she asked, "How can my aunt be so concerned about this matter?" ”
"......" Chang Qiusu also realized that he was too anxious, but it caused Rong Changning's vigilance.
"Auntie might as well have something to say. What do you suspect? How much of what happened more than 20 years ago is something we should know but don't know? ”
After speaking, the tea cup in her hand fell heavily on the desk, and she smiled, charming and dangerous.
But more than 20 years ago, Mrs. Ying Guo nodded and pressed it down, and since then, the clansmen have never mentioned it, and then pulled out the theory by themselves, does it seem too ignorant?
But those strange trivial things gnawed at Chang Qiusu's heart like ants: "When the eldest brother went to Yucheng to quell the chaos, the sister-in-law stayed in the imperial city with Ah Yi and had nothing to rely on, and suddenly gave birth prematurely. Everyone in the clan knew that it was the head of my family who led people to surround the general's mansion and not call Wen Po and the doctor to enter the door, and then the princess regent came and killed the head of my family by mistake. The child was born, but the sister-in-law ran out of vitality and did not live for two days. ”
That sounds like a lot of grudge. I am the daughter of the princess regent, but my mother-in-law was killed by my uncle, is my aunt trying to settle old scores? ”
"No!" Chang Qiusu shook his head: "I admit that the head of the family has done something wrong!" And more than 20 years ago, the two families took a step back and turned the page, and they have been safe in the past 20 years. I just wanted to tell you that something was wrong with the head of the house in those days. He doesn't covet the property of the long house, and he admires the eldest brother very much, I really can't figure out what the reason is that he suddenly started to find trouble in the long house, and he also caused trouble! It's not going to be easy! ”
Rong Changning seemed to be indifferent, but his index finger tapped on the table again and again, and after thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but wonder if Chang Qiu still remembered the grudge of the year, and suddenly jumped out to sow discord when he saw that there was a gap in the third room of the long room?
But think about it again, with Chang Qiusu's temper that can't be hidden in his heart, even if he has such a mind, he can't hide it deeply.
The investigation is to be investigated, but it can't be put in the open, let alone led by her.
So Rong Changning replied: "Auntie's words Changning wrote down, and when I turned around, I sent someone to ask about the whereabouts of that aunt." ”
Chang Qiusu hurriedly nodded: "Okay!" If there is anything that is of use to your aunt, just say, if I know, I will tell you. ”
"Thank you, Auntie, for walking through."
"What's the need to thank you? On the surface, the original thing was done by the head of my family, and it was our family who was responsible for it. As a result, our orphans and widows have never really raised their heads in the clan. Chang Qiusu lowered his head, dipped his fingers in the tea and scratched on the desk: "Then the secret behind this is very important to us, otherwise who wants to come out and say what they are responsible for?" ”
Then Chang Qiusu shook off the Jinpa in his hand, wiped his fingers clean and got up: "Okay, I'll go back first." Later, if you have time, go to the back and take a look, and don't ask your grandmother to clean up the stall alone. ”
Rong Changning also got up to see off the guests: "Eh, auntie go slowly." It's been cold these days, and I got two streamer satin, which are very eye-catching, so take them back and pull two jackets for my nephew to wear. ”
"Done." Chang Qiusu nodded: "Don't send it." ”
After the person left, Rong Changning looked down at the four roads drawn by Chang Qiusu with tea on the desk, three long and one short......