Chapter 12: Self-Knowledge

Although the appearance and origin of the soul maid are not without oddities in the eyes of Chungui, but they are also temporarily uncertain and malicious, and because of many strange things, Chungui does not insist on avoiding thousands of miles, and she is an ordinary person, even if she has psychic abilities, but there is no other way to take the soul maid, and she can't avoid it, so she can simply be entangled, and the good thing is that Chungui does need more helpers, so he will summon the soul maid.

"Then next, I still have something to say to A-Niang, so I will bother the girl to let off the wind outside?" Spring return accompanied by a smiling face.

The soul maid didn't say anything, passed through the wall, and immediately replaced the Li family to come in.

Li sighed again: "Although Mama Liu never succeeded, the old lady and your aunt didn't dispel the idea so easily, how should this be?" ”

Chun Hui was not worried about this, and said indifferently: "I am fortunate to have it, and it may not be my misfortune to lose it, the marriage matter, but also follow the fate, there is another thing in my heart, I don't know if Ah Niang pays attention, today's Liu hairpin should be Ah Niang's old thing." ”

"But no, why didn't I pay attention, that white jade hairpin, or your father's birthday gift to me, at that time Huaqu owed a double loan outside, was chased/debt to the door, the Zong family forced me to promise to send you to Zheng Sanye as the outer room, I refused, the Zong family refused to help, I had to sell the field jewelry, in order to pay off the debt, only I am a woman's family, it is inconvenient to show up, those field jewelry, can only be sold to the Zong family, Liu Mama is the old lady's cronies, should be the old lady to reward her."

Chungui sneered: "What kind of temperament is Grandmother Uncle? Don't say that the servant woman at the bottom, that is, the granddaughter of Sister Shu, but I don't see such generosity, the white jade hairpin, the water head is very good, and the carving is also very exquisite, even if Ah Niang is sold to the Zong family at a low price, the value is there, how can the uncle and grandmother be willing to reward the servant woman. ”

"Didn't you steal it from the Liu family?" As soon as Li finished speaking, he shook his head like a rattle: "If it is really stolen, how dare she bring it out openly?" ”

When the heir brother fled to avoid debts, the daughter was surprised, and Ah Niang thought about it, before that, the heir brother borrowed more money to gamble, and lost empty-handed, so why was she worried? He knew that A-Niang was soft-hearted, and when he returned to begg, A-Niang would pay off his debts for him, although he had exhausted his savings for this, but the family still had land, A-Niang still had jewelry, where would he see him being beaten up for double loans, and he was desperate? ”

Li frowned: "Chun'er means ......"

The soul maid heard the fire and stuck her head in from outside the wall: "Auntie, you haven't opened your mind yet?" Your heir, Gu Huaqu, must have been instigated by the Zong family to leave! ”

"It's not that simple." Chun Gui's face became more and more solemn: "Although the heir brother may be threatened by the Zong family, he has always been lazy and lazy, and he has been out of exile for a long time, where can he suffer?" And when he heard that Ah Niang had repaid the loan for him, he no longer had to hide, two years have passed, why still not returned, although the property has been sold out, but Ah Niang also left the house, the heir brother came back, at least there is a place to live. ”

Chungui closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "My daughter suspects, I'm afraid my brother has been killed!" ”

"What?" Li was shocked: "This, this, this...... The Zong family dared to murder Hua Qu's life?! ”

"Brother is not a cautious man." Chun Gui had already stood up from the couch and walked to the window step by step, her back to the candle flame, and the darkness in her eyes was even thicker than the night outside the window: "At first, the Zong family was just planning to embezzle our property, so as to induce the heir brother to gamble, until Gu Huaying planned to cling to Zheng Huitang and move evilly, but for such a despicable thing, the Zong family will definitely refuse to let more people know, especially the heir brother!" Therefore, it is unlikely that the heir brother was coerced by the Zong family and cooperated with the Zong family to not leave the house, he should have been secretly murdered by the Zong family, and the daughter also suspected that the Liu family was also involved in this matter, otherwise how could the old lady be so generous and reward her with a piece of valuable jewelry. ”

It was precisely when there was a suspicion in his heart and a reminder from the soul maid that Chun Gui had an idea and scared the Liu family.

But Chungui's inference was too terrifying, and the Li family really couldn't believe that the Zong family dared to harm people's lives: "This, this is all Chun'er's inference." ”

"Yes, this is just an inference, so I have to find a way to verify it, if the Zong family really plots to kill the heir brother......"

"If the Zong family is so vicious, how can it be good, Chun'er, you have completely torn your face with the Zong family for me, how can they tolerate you?" Li Shi was in a hurry, and his eyes were full of tears: "It's a pity that although I am a soul, I only have a little effect of peeping, if I really become the rumored evil ghost, I will ask for the life of that vicious person, even if I am punished to suffer in the hell of Abi, I can't watch them murder my son." ”

But what evil ghosts, what hell, all these are rumors, even if good and evil are rewarded, that is just the words of the world's self-consolation.

"A-Niang, don't worry, if everything is really as I deduced, I won't give the Zong family such a chance." Chungui said decisively, and comforted him gently: "Besides, I am different from my brother, it has an effect on Zhao Zhizhou and Mrs. Shen, and it has also aroused the attention of public opinion. ”

In the final analysis, the patriarch killed people for the sake of profit, but at this time, he had already chosen to obey Zhao Zhizhou and be hostile to the Rongguo Mansion, his own life and death did not endanger the interests of the Zong family, and the patriarch did not need to take the risk of harming others and himself, but the old lady Gu did hate her to the core, but the old lady had never dared to disobey her husband, Chungui was very confident, and her safety was temporarily safe.

She also said that the old lady Gu said that the idea of the eldest daughter-in-law to Gu Changrong, and sure enough, it was adopted, she immediately arranged for the Liu family to follow the plan, and she didn't have the heart to sleep in the middle of the night, and waited for the Liu family to win the first battle, but I heard that the Liu family actually went home halfway to take care of her little grandson, and asked the housekeeper to ask for manpower and mule carts, and was busy going to the town to ask Luo to turn around to see the disease, the old lady was so angry that she complained: "The child's family, which one doesn't have a few cold stomach aches, she is so flustered, let go of the business and ignore it, that Luo turned his feet, I like to use some high-priced medicinal materials, look at it, she has to open her mouth to Brother Zong's daughter-in-law, and go out to our family's warehouse, it's not that I'm stingy as a mother, I can't bear the medicinal materials, it's just such a child, where can I stand it, go and tell Brother Zong's daughter-in-law, don't pay attention to Luo's corner, some time ago, the kid of Ma Laowu's family had a fever, didn't he use a few flavors of medicine to fry and eat it? and he gave her the medicine according to the recipe. ”

The servant and maid who was waiting next to him first came down, and then said: "It's all here, the eldest lady has been busy all day, thinking that she has already fallen asleep, so why don't you go directly to ask the pearl in the eldest lady's room, ask for a few flavors of medicine to send to Mama, how about relaying the old lady's words to Mama?" ”

After getting Yunke, the servant and maid really went twice, but to Liu, the words were more tactful: "The old lady said, Luo Crutches is not good at treating babies and young children, just last time Ma Lao Wu's kid had a fever, and the medicine with this prescription turned very quickly, Mama instead of waiting, it is better to try it first, if it really doesn't work, then use Luo Crutche's prescription." ”

Liu touched his little grandson's hot forehead, and saw him crying like a kitten without milk, his voice was weak, thinking that Luo's temper stinks when he is on crutches, and he always drags on his visit at night, and the town is still some distance, so he was afraid that his grandson's condition would be delayed, so he hurriedly took the prescription and medicinal materials, and called his daughter-in-law to make a fire and fry the soup.

The servant and maid asked again: "The old lady still asked, what happened to the eldest girl......

Liu sighed: "Don't mention it, the eldest girl has been taught to be more treacherous than before in the first two years outside, no matter how I provoke, she is not annoyed." ”

Thinking of what Chungui said gloomily, when she turned her head, her grandson really got sick, and Liu's heart was furious, and he wanted to tell his mother about this evil thing, but he was biased to his lips and hesitated.

Don't look at the old lady who usually loves to pray to God and worship Buddha, but she doesn't like to listen to these ghostly things in her heart, not to mention that she wants to tell the eldest girl that she has this magical curse, that is, the spirit, it is simply poking the old lady's heart, and if this word spreads, the clansmen will not all believe that the Zong family really can't live in the same room as the old man, and it is not conducive to the reputation of the Zong family.

So she didn't say anything, but she couldn't help but speculate wildly, afraid that the Li family's dead soul would really appear and not let her go, and she made a swing for a while, and comforted herself: How can there be so many ghosts and gods in the world, if this is really the case, the soul of the old man can still watch the Zong family plan his inheritance, forcing the widow and orphan to be cornered? It must have been the big girl who used some means to scare people.

But think about it carefully - the eldest girl only returned to Zong's house yesterday, and there is no helper by her side, where can she cause her little grandson to get sick? To say that the news was known in advance...... The daughter-in-law said that she was anxious to look for me, but she didn't meet the eldest girl at all, but just asked the two mothers-in-law where she was, and the two mothers-in-law didn't go to the mourning hall, and the eldest girl couldn't have heard about the accident to bluff me first.

Liu thought about it, and her heart became more and more bottomless, but fortunately, after a toss, her grandson's condition improved, and she was relieved, and heard that Mrs. Shen sent someone from the city to deliver the letter, saying that in two days, she would invite the matchmaker to come over with her to change the Geng post to discuss the marriage, and Liu was thinking about whether to say this in front of Mrs. Shen, and plant a notoriety curse on the eldest girl's head, so which family is not afraid? and they will not marry again.

But she was also cautious, thinking that the eldest girl had always been able to speak well, and she bit back and said that she slandered, and she couldn't come up with evidence, if Mrs. Shen believed the eldest girl's words, wouldn't she suspect that the sect family had other plans, but made a mistake.

Moreover, the eldest girl is also surnamed Gu, if Mrs. Shen really believes that the Gu family girl will use evil arts, and it will also damage the reputation of her own girl, wouldn't it be to beat mice and smash the jade bottle, which is really worth the loss.

He hurriedly dispelled this thought, pretended that nothing had happened, and waited for Mrs. Shen to come to the door again, and only stood aside to watch how the old lady and the eldest lady acted on their plans.

Mrs. Shen came to the door this time, and she was also determined to settle the marriage, if you want to say that the six ceremonies cannot be rushed, how can it take a year and a half, but since the spring return is to rush out of the cabinet during the hot filial piety period, the matter is urgent, and the simplification of various ceremonies is also in line with the common feelings.

After she sat down, she didn't see Chungui present, and she was not surprised, Mo said that Li's funeral was still going on, and Chungui, the filial girl, couldn't get out, even if she didn't talk about this reason, it was not good for the boudoir woman to be present when she was discussing marriage.

Only Mrs. Shen looked at the woman standing next to Mrs. Gu, wearing plain clothes and skirts, but obviously smearing rouge to make a good complexion, sometimes lowering her eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes, sometimes smiling at her attentively, twisting and acting indecently, she couldn't help muttering in her heart.

The old lady saw that Mrs. Shen was obviously concerned about her little granddaughter, and suddenly felt overjoyed, so she said: "This is the youngest daughter of my eldest son, her name is Shuzhen, she is not a year older than the spring girl, but she is much more sensible and polite. ”

Mrs. Shen has also been in the group of noblewomen for many years, how can she not understand the old lady's obvious voice? Then he said: "The old lady looks at her granddaughter, and naturally she is better than others everywhere." ”

Not to mention that the old lady's smiling face stiffened, the eldest lady was also stunned on the spot, and the girl was shy and timid: "Grandmother praises Zhen'er like this, Zhen'er is really ashamed." ”

Mrs. Shen: "This is a good idea, at least there is self-knowledge." He glanced at Guo's family, took the purse she handed over, and stuffed it into the hand of Miss Shuzhen: "I didn't think about seeing the girl, I didn't prepare a gift, a few silver nudes, it's a thing." ”

didn't bother with it anymore, and looked at Mrs. Gu again: "Your house has a lot of affairs, how can you still be pestering gossip, you should get back to the point, and when you are free in the future, you will officially meet the juniors." ”

Mrs. Shen was so straightforward, the old and tender faces of the Gu family were swept away, and Gu Changrong also repeatedly emphasized that if the plan is not successful, you can't be stubborn, the Rongguo Mansion is definitely in vain, and being able to marry Zhao Zhizhou is the only guarantee, so although the ladies of the clan are unwilling, they can only swallow their anger and follow Mrs. Shen's will to determine the marriage of Zhao Dagongzi and Chungui.