After passing the news to the Marquis of Huaiyong's mansion, Shuying began to pack her luggage. Because he planned not to stay there for a long time, he only brought autumn clothes and things that he couldn't take off. She temporarily promised Shentu Town, if it went well, once the evidence was in hand, she would immediately withdraw and retreat, and she would not be involved with the Huaiyong Marquis Mansion in this life.

But who can guarantee that she can fight for the truth by fighting hard like this.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Xu and a few servants sent her to the river, where a ferry was waiting to be dispatched.

Only then did I learn that Shentu Town had drunk a few more glasses of wine at night, and was so drunk that he couldn't come to see him off.

She bowed her head slightly, her eyes were red, her frowns were furrowed, and her lips seemed to be bloodless.

Mrs. Xu looked at her in her youth but wearing a silk robe, and felt very sorry in her heart, but she didn't know what to say to comfort her, so she only held her hand.

"Shadow girl, don't blame your brother for not coming to see you off, he must be very sad after drinking so much wine." Mrs. Xu suddenly took off the jade bracelet she had worn on her wrist for many years and put it on her, "This bracelet is considered to be our Shentu family's compensation for you." ”

"Auntie, I can't help it! You have worn this bracelet for so many years, it is as precious as your life, and you never leave your body, how can you give it to me? Shuying refused several times, but her thin wrist was still no match for Mrs. Xu's calm and powerful.

Giving her the bracelet is Mrs. Xu's meaning, and it is also the meaning of Shentu Town. She didn't know for many years that this bracelet was originally an ancestral heirloom of the Shentu family.

"You are too plainly dressed, and your body is small, why do the people in the Hou Mansion care about you? This bracelet adds a lot of color, but it is not gorgeous...... "Mrs. Xu's excuse, she can't hear the true meaning. The eldest lady was afraid that she would be bullied by the people of the Hou Mansion, so she used this bracelet to represent herself and support her lonely.

Shuying felt the remaining temperature of the emerald green, stored all the beauty in her heart, smiled sadly, bowed heavily, and said goodbye to Mrs. Xu and her past.

The fog on the river is thick, and there are vague egrets.

*****

It has not been enough to reach the boundary of the Marquis of Huaiyong's Mansion, and there are only a few sparse hangers at this moment, and their party is not noticeable, as if a gust of wind gently swept by the tip of the lotus leaf.

An Yue reported that she was sparse and asked someone to contact her, but the other party seemed to only see a gust of wind, and asked them to wait outside the door, and they didn't have a letter for a long time.

Unexpectedly, he would eat the closed door soup just after he came, Shuying smiled dumbly in the carriage, a layer of fine sweat appeared on his neck, and the fan in his hand shook busily.

An hour passed, and a different person looked at the door. An Yue helped her get out of the carriage, and she went to ask in person. The little guy only said that he didn't know how to arrange it from above, maybe the house was dedicated to the funeral, and he really couldn't spare anyone to answer her, so he had to wait.

Huaiyong Marquis Mansion is such a high-ranking family, and the rules of hospitality should not be like this. Now refuses to be outside, I'm afraid that someone really wants to watch her good show.

Shuying was resolute, and immediately knelt under the steps at the door of the Hou Mansion. Since they are acting, I will accompany them to the end.

When the little girl saw her like this, she was so anxious that she was so frightened that she sweated like rain. It's just that there are no instructions from above, and there is nothing to be done.

Gradually, there was more discussion in my ears.

"Who is this kid? How can you kneel here? ”

"Brother Qi doesn't know, I have seen this girl in the Mo family before!"

"The Mo family?"

"Definitely! She is the adopted daughter of the Shentu family, surnamed Xie, and the ancestor of the second grandfather and his father-in-law are of the same clan. Because her father was involved in that incident, the family was ruined, so she sent the Jinling Shentu family, and the two families were world friends. That little brother I happened to come out of Mo Yanshi's study, caught up with the girls' school, saw her in it from a distance, and her bearing was different from others, I asked Mo Dagongzi, only to know that this girl was not his daughter, only sent to study. ”

"I know that her father, Xie Sheng, who was formerly from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is indeed a talent. It's a pity ......."

The party is at peace, and everyone is in danger. In Jinling City, which involves many branches, at first it was almost a change of color.

Originally, Xie Sheng's sect was a little estranged from the Xie family in Jinling, and the party struggle was overwhelming, and they were even more eager to clear up their relationship with Xie Sheng, get closer to the old party Lu family, and dare not be contaminated with half a line of right and wrong.

Xie Shuying was coerced to this point in this way.

For five years, she couldn't help herself, like a bundle of useless straw being thrown around, she was already almost desperate, but fortunately, it was the Shentu family who took her in in the end.

Over the years, she has been thinking that if she were a child from another family, maybe it wouldn't be like this, she was a disaster in this world.

The man surnamed Qi and the person who had seen her in Mofu sighed, and they each boarded their cars and horses and left the Hou Mansion.

At this moment, the sun is still very big, cast on the snow-white stone lion at the gate of the Hou Mansion, shaking the eyes of the sparse shadow. She hadn't eaten lunch, and even in the morning, she had only hastily used a few pieces of snacks, and when she got up to this point, she began to feel a little dizzy.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance. The little guy squinted and saw that it was a young man in fresh clothes and angry horses. The young man dismounted at the side of the door, and he hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Penn is back!" Come in quickly, Hou Ye has been looking forward to the master for three days, but it can be regarded as looking forward to it! ”

"I'm afraid it's not only Master Hou who is looking forward to seeing me, but also someone else!" Lu Hongbin patted the dust falling from his shoulder sleeves, and his playful tone revealed a little helplessness.

Seeing this opportunity, she suddenly said aloud: "The surviving person is grateful to her deceased husband for taking care of her for many years, and she has come to pay tribute, but for some reason she can't even see the last side." If my eldest sister doesn't let me enter the house today, I'd rather kneel down for a long time, so I kneel in front of the door to see my deceased husband on his last journey! ”

Her words revealed the strength that her daughter's family should not have, which made Lu Hongbin a little surprised.

The young man habitually pressed the Minghong knife worn on his waist, and his words were a little more angry, and he asked the little guy, "How long has she been waiting?" ”

"Hurry up...... It's been two hours...... Master, let's go in quickly...... Hou Ye is waiting......"

"There's no hurry, we have to get them ready. You go and report to the Hou Ye first, saying that I have arrived, so I will go in. Also, ask Master Hou which of our guests did you forget to invite? I Huaiyong Marquis Mansion is so hospitable, it really loses everyone's demeanor! He looked at Shuying, his eyes sharp.

The little guy nodded like a sifting chaff, and his legs trembled when he was frightened by Lu Hongbin's words, and he turned around and fell a few times in a row.

Shuying couldn't help but feel dizzy, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, An Yue supported her behind and wiped her sweat with a handkerchief.

Five years ago, my father's unyielding resistance, my mother's bitter pleading, and my mother's sacrifice to protect ...... This scene swirled in my mind again.

In the middle of summer, the cool night like water was cut to pieces by the Ming Hong knife, and the fireflies scattered in all directions, and the air was filled with a bitter chill.

Ming Hung Knife!

When Lu Hongbin saw this scene, he suddenly became suspicious, but he couldn't make any moves easily. After a moment's hesitation, he walked in the door.

She strengthened her spirits, calmed down a little, raised her head slightly and said to him, "Thank you." ”

He paused imperceptibly, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised, and then quickened his pace and entered the door.

The funeral in the house, this person can still wear red, and no one scolds him for not understanding the rules, and his origin is by no means simple.

After about a quarter of an hour, someone finally came and told her to go in. She stood up and straightened her dress, followed a grandmother into the door, turned the shadow wall, and the open and magnificent Hou Mansion built by the mountains and rivers was in her eyes, and the original green water and green mountains were covered with a layer of white, which was more noble and solemn.

Smart and cautious like her, she couldn't help but be stunned by the shock. It turned out that she was so small that she was really not worth mentioning for the entire Yangshan Huaiyong Marquis Mansion.

The grandmother who led the way was not very old, and told her that her surname was Jiang, and at first glance she knew that she was a shrewd person, and said with a smile: "The girl is our honored guest here, if the subordinates of our Hou Mansion treat the girl slowly, the girl must not hinder the face of our second grandmother and not say it!" ”

"The eldest sister is strict in governing the family, it has always been like this, I know it." She knew that this Mama Jiang was suppressing her arrogance with the eldest lady of the Xie family and Xie Yuyuan, the second lady of the Hou Mansion, and she didn't want to or have the power to deal with her at the moment.

Mama Jiang smiled: "The girl is really as our second grandmother said, she is very smart, and she can understand it at all!" ”

Shuying looked at Mama Jiang who was not wearing sackcloth, only a gray-brown cotton gown, with a white silk tied around her waist, and she already knew that her master Xie Yuyuan was in a high position in the house, and it was difficult for others to shake Mount Tai.

Walking to the high place, she followed Mama Jiang's point and saw the mourning hall surrounded by buildings on the other side of the lake. The mourning hall is not far from the gate, which was originally the main hall in the Hou Mansion, where there is an imperial edict, the Lu family will be greeted there; If you have a VIP visit, you will also be seated in the main hall.

The building next to it is the study room of the old squires of the clan, and idlers are not allowed to enter. There is a high tower built against the mountain behind the mourning hall, which is said to be the place where the Lu clan patriarch meditated.

The shore where they were located was the west bank, and most of the buildings were the back houses of the Hou Mansion, so she was arranged to live in a small courtyard in the back. The back door of the courtyard is connected to the promenade, the shadow is in the northernmost end, there are several houses in the south, the back door is also connected to the promenade, there is a stream bamboo forest outside the promenade, the scenery is very pleasant.

Looking up, there was no inscription on the main gate of the courtyard, and I thought that this courtyard had been vacant for a long time. The small courtyard is about ten zhang square, the hall house is built in the west higher place, and the small scenery such as rockery, flowers and plants, verandah, and hugging the building in the courtyard are also exquisite.

Shuying only lives in the side courtyard next to Mrs. Xu's main courtyard in Shen Tu's house, and her living is mostly dependent on the main courtyard, and now she feels much more comfortable to monopolize the door.

Walking up the stairs to the hall, I realized that the room was not very large, like an attic for people to take a nap. Fortunately, there are also yarn cupboards on the left and right, and there are also a few huts behind the main house, and the whole courtyard is quite complete.

An Yue started from entering the Hou Mansion, and was full of emotion along the way, Mama Jiang looked at the two of them and smiled without saying a word.

While she was pacing around the room to observe, a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old came in outside. Mama Jiang suddenly became tender and asked the girl to salute the shadow girl. The girl bowed her head and knelt down, and timidly called out to Shuying, "Shadow Girl".

It turned out that this was Mama Jiang's daughter, named Liluo, who was also working in the second room, and Xie Yuyuan sent her to be a maid for her.

Seeing this, Shuying hurriedly untied the money bag she was carrying, took out the prepared reward money and gave it to Mama Jiang, and said, "Mama don't worry, I won't treat her badly." The two pushed and conceded, and Mama Jiang finally accepted it.

"After a while, the second grandmother will come to see the girl in person after collecting the sign over there, and the girl can rest for the time being." Mama Jiang instructed Liluo to serve the girl, and after explaining some miscellaneous things, she went back to the second room step by step.

In Shuying's eyes, any mother-daughter relationship is so precious, but it's a pity that she can no longer experience the fun of Chenghuan's mother's knees. She looked at the back of Mama Jiang disappearing at the courtyard gate and let out a long sigh.