Chapter 15: Calculation
Seeing that his mother and sister were better than himself, he sighed in his heart, knowing that it was not good, he hurriedly ordered someone to call Sister-in-law Liu, and asked sharply: "Where is the medicine powder I handed over to you?" ”
Sister-in-law Liu was startled when she saw that the eldest lady's voice was full of emotion, and she was not gentle and graceful at all, and replied truthfully: "The slave maid has always been properly placed in her own room, and she just carried the things in her arms because it was almost time to cook." As he spoke, he took out two small paper bags from his arms and handed them to Yun Meng with both hands.
Yun Meng took it and sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and then he knew that something was wrong, and slammed the two paper bags on Sister-in-law Liu's face: "You useless things, they all made people drop the bag!" Get lost! She was flustered for a while, and she felt like the world was spinning. Fortunately, Mother and Yunluo went out for a walk, otherwise, if they knew, wouldn't they be noisy?
"Warm incense!" She frowned and shouted urgently.
Nuan Xiang hurriedly ran over.
"What happened to what I told you to hear?"
"Miss Hui," Nuan Xiang carefully considered the words, and recently somehow the eldest lady has a very good temper, "I heard that Lord Qincha will come to Qingcheng soon, it is said that this Qincha is a hunter on behalf of the heavens, and his power is very ......"
Yun Meng seemed to have countless mice scratching in his heart, extremely uncomfortable, and gasped: "I want the exact answer!" You quickly look for a bag to inquire about when Qin will arrive in Qingcheng, how many days will he stay, and what is the daily itinerary! Go down! ”
After Nuan Xiang left, she staggered to find the medicinal powder, mixed it in water, and drank it, the irritability and weakness gradually receded, but there were tears in the corners of her eyes.
She knew that her life was over! The man who gave himself the powder said that once you get this addiction, you can't quit it!
Yun Meng quickly wiped away her tears and mixed the powder into two bowls of tea, because she heard the sound of her mother and Yun Luo coming back.
The days passed slowly in her stagnant anticipation......
Finally, one day, Zhang took Yunluo to the upper room to find a gap to regain some property, and Nuan Xiang came with the news she wanted the most: "Miss, Lord Qincha is here, and he lives in the post house, and the slave maid also inquired that he is over forty years old, elegant and graceful, and loves beauty the most." Tomorrow, he will go to our Tianqi Temple, where Qingcheng incense is at its peak. ”
waved away the warm incense, Yun Meng didn't need to plan at all to discuss with Zhang's Yunluo: "Things have not been going well recently, I wonder if I should go to the temple to offer incense and ask God and Buddha to bless me?" ”
Yun Luo snorted angrily: "You always say that counting the days, that little slut should be crazy if she doesn't die, why do I think she is still alive and well?" It's so boring! ”
Yun Meng's face was extremely unnatural, and he smiled reluctantly: "Maybe it's because she has always been hard-working, so her body and bones are very strong, so the onset of medicine is relatively slow." She didn't tell them the truth at the beginning, only saying that what she gave Yun Ge was a chronic poison, and she didn't mention that eating too much would be addictive.
Zhang Shi drank a cup of tea, and the originally extremely sleepy person immediately refreshed himself and asked, "Why did you suddenly remember to make incense?" ”
Yun Meng explained while urging Yun Luo to drink tea: "Actually, I also want to go out with my mother and Luo'er to relax, but now the house is full of smoke and miasma...... I heard that my father deliberately repainted the upper room in order to marry the woman, and added a lot of things. ”
As soon as Yun Tianxiang was mentioned to marry another person, it really quickly diverted Zhang's attention, and Zhang chattered there and scolded Yun Tianxiang bitterly, and then made up his mind: "Okay, let's go to the temple to worship the Buddha!" ”
Yun Luo hesitated: "Mother, but now, your reputation for ...... has been ruined, and there are often servants talking behind your back at home, not to mention people outside." And I heard that the long-tongued woman in the neighborhood, Mrs. Hu, has been arranging her own affairs outside for a month.
Although Zhang was not happy, he also knew that once he went out, he would hear a lot of unbearable remarks, and he had a bad temper, so he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress the fire when the time came, so he had to sigh: "I am old, and I don't like to join in these fun, so you two sisters should go." Meng'er, I heard that there is a Wang Daogu in Qixia Temple who is very Taoist, you asked someone to invite me, and I am bored at home alone when you go out, so it is better to call her to relieve my boredom with me. ”
That Wang Daogu often goes in and out of the backhouses of major families, and she has some means of secretly regulating people.
Yun Meng didn't take it to heart because he had something in his heart, and only agreed casually.
The next day, Yun Meng and Yun Luo dressed up and prepared to go to Tianqi Temple to burn incense.
Yun Luo was surprised: "Sister, why are you dressed so shabby?" Yun Meng only wore a half-worn white skirt with a light blue armor and a stone-colored cloak on it.
Yun Meng smiled bitterly: "Luo'er, you don't know, my sister Kefu is famous, and the son of the Xu family has been gone for less than two years, if the dress is too bright and reaches the ears of the Xu family, I ......" said with red eyes.
Yun Luo couldn't bear it, and hurriedly persuaded: "Sister, don't be sad, I shouldn't mention this." ”
Yun Meng wiped his eyes and smiled reluctantly: "It's okay." "Personally choose clothes and jewelry for Yunluo, "You are different, you should be dressed brightly, but we are now going to incense the Buddha, but it is not very conspicuous, you see, this set of water red silk skirt is good, not particularly eye-catching, but also very elegant, especially the hem on this skirt, it is really delicate and meticulous!" ”
Yunluo also liked this skirt very much, and the color was not too gaudy, so she nodded in agreement.
Yun Meng picked out two pink beaded hairpins on her head, and wore pearl earrings the size of lotus seeds and rice on her ears. ”
Yun Luo showed a little shyness: "Sister is here to make fun of people again!" ”
The two sisters went out and got into the sedan chair.
Yun Luo is glamorous, Yun Meng is low and cowering, Yun Meng's complexion was originally better, but now Yun Luo has taken away all his brilliance.
After the two finished the incense, Yun Luo proposed to walk around the Tianqi Temple.
Yun Meng pretended to be embarrassed: "Isn't this okay?" There are so many people who come to offer incense, in case they get separated......"
"Just tell the maid to follow closely!" Yun Luo didn't follow, "It's so easy to come out!" ”
Yun Meng still didn't allow it, Yun Luo was soft and hard, and she finally had to say helplessly: "Okay, according to you, but we should go back early, otherwise my mother will be worried!" ”
Yun Luo nodded happily: "Okay, I'll listen to my sister!" ”
The two sisters took the maid and the maid to the apse, and through the verandah, they saw a huge release pond, which was now cold and frozen, but through the ice you could see all kinds of carp swimming at the bottom of the pool.
Yun Luo saw that everything was fresh, and she actually watched it, but Yun Meng's mind was not here at all, and she whispered to Nuan Xiang to pay close attention to the movements around.
Finally, Nuan Xiang gently tugged at the placket of her clothes and whispered, "Miss, Lord Qincha is also coming here......"