Chapter 25

Bai Xianling was furious, and while pulling the messenger on the side to block in front of him, he scolded loudly, "Who are you? Trespassing is a capital offense! ”

The young steward did not speak, but took a token from his bosom and smashed it.

Bai Xian Ling leaned back, reluctantly took the token, and when he swept away the golden tiger on it, he was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, "Loyalty...... Loyal ......"

"Shut up, don't drink back and talk left and right!" The young steward lifted his leg and went inside.

A group of strong men quickly took over the defense of the courtyard, frightening a group of maids, concubines and servants who didn't know what to do.

In the end, Bai Xianling came back to his senses, waved his hand and motioned for everyone to retreat quickly, and then picked up his robe and hurriedly followed.

The two entered the house, and Bai Xianling saw that the cups and plates on the wine table were in a mess, so he said with some embarrassment: "Xiaguan doesn't know that the adults are visiting, it's really lazy, Xiaguan will let people reorganize the wine and food, and the adults will appreciate the thin noodles and taste the flavor of our northland." ”

How could the young steward have the heart to eat and drink, Zhang □ asked: "Bai County Order, what is the cause of the fire in the Hu family in the north of the city?" Where is the Hu family, don't come quickly! ”

The Hu family in the north of the city?

Bai Xian Ling went through all the big families in the city in his mind, and he was still confused in the end, but fortunately, Li Zhutou heard that the county order was in distress and rushed back to rescue, and he was theorizing with the two strong men at the gate of the courtyard, Bai County Ling heard the noise as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and hurriedly beckoned him in.

He smiled and said to the young steward: "My lord, this is Li Zhutou in our county government, but he knows all the big and small things in the city, why don't you let him reply to the adult?" ”

After that, he hurriedly told Li Zhutou about the question he had just asked.

Li Zhutou was shocked, he didn't know what the Hu family in the north of the city was coming from, he looked like an ordinary family on weekdays, why did such a person come to the door now? Although he didn't know what the identity of the young steward was, seeing the county magistrate groveling and serving like a little servant, he would definitely not be a small person.

Thinking like this, he didn't delay in talking about how the Hu family caught fire that day, everyone rescued him, and finally found the body, and no one survived.

The young steward's face was as white as paper when he heard this, and his expression was like a dead father, which made Bai Xianling and Li Zhutou extremely curious, but they were not stupid, and they knew that they couldn't touch the moldy head at this time, so they all pretended to be quails, shrunk their necks, and resolutely did not open their mouths without asking.

Sure enough, the young steward was stunned for a long time, as if he had finally accepted the result, and sighed: "That's it, no one expected it to be like this, I would have come a month earlier if I knew it...... Alas, how can the prince explain it......"

Bai County's order was returned, and he knew the identity of the young steward just after looking at the token, but Li Zhutou didn't know, but he heard his last sentence at this time, but his heart jumped, and he thought about it and said: "This adult, when he was searching for the fire in the day, he picked up something, which belonged to everyone in the Hu family, I don't know if the adults are interested in taking a look?" ”

The young steward glanced at him, and guessed that there was some untruth in his words, but he did not pursue it, but said, "Take it from me, if it is useful, it will definitely not let you be busy in vain." ”

Li Zhutou hurriedly thanked him, turned around and ran home, took a piece of mutton fat white jade from the concubine's makeup box and rushed back to the county office.

The young steward saw that the lines on the jade pendant seemed to be somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember how to think about it, so he accepted the jade pendant, and shouted loudly to a strong man to come in, and asked him to take fifty taels of silver and reward Li Zhutou.

In the end, he refused to be retained by Bai County's order and went to the mass grave outside the city.

Xu is everyone taboos that the six members of the Hu family died unexpectedly, and their family's grave was buried on the edge, which is easy to identify.

The young steward did not hire outsiders, and directly instructed the strong men to open the coffin, re-burn the wood for cremation, and finally put the ashes into six porcelain jars.

After finishing these, he returned to the capital the same way regardless of the darkness.

Seeing the convoy going away, Bai Xian Ling wiped a handful of cold sweat on his head, and only then did he start to get scared, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "It's really a bad year, there is no good thing, just put such a disaster, in case you are angry, how can it be good?" It's better to hurry up and pick up the middle and west, and be ready to be taken off at any time. ”

Not to mention how frustrated Baixian Ling was, just said that Shanzi drove the carriage that day, pulling Ye Lan and the two elders and two children, withstanding the severe cold, braving heavy snow, and even spent a Chinese New Year's Eve in a wild shop on the road, and finally arrived at the "safe place" in the mouth of the mountain on the tenth day of the first lunar month - Pagoda Village, which is said to be named because the mountain behind the village resembles a pagoda.

It's just that Ye Lan really wondered if Shanzi was frostbitten and his brain was injured, and the carriage was stopped by two extremely rough-looking men almost as soon as he entered the town.

Shanzi took off his hood, jumped out of the carriage and shouted, "Uncle Wu, Uncle Liu, I'm back!" ”

His voice was rare with three points of surprise and seven points of admiration, and Ye Lan, who was still worried about it, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that if they have met their own family, then there is no need to be afraid, with such a murderer, the safety of their family is also at least guaranteed.

The two big men were taking turns to "test" the resistance of Shanzi's back, and two slaps as big as a fan slapped on Shanzi's back and banged, mixed with hearty laughter from time to time.

"Haha, Li Xiaozi is back, this is great, if everyone knows, I don't know how happy I am."

"That's, that's it, and many people will accompany me to practice boxing in the future."

"You mean to have a drink with you?! Also, I'm afraid that girl from your family is going crazy. ”

A few people exchanged a few words, and when they heard Shanzi say that he had brought a life-saving benefactor back to live for a long time this time, the two big men hurriedly walked to the car and wanted to give the two elders a salute.

I didn't want to, but Ye Lan picked up the car curtain, jumped down first, and greeted the two with a smile, "The two uncles are fine, the little woman Ye Lan, they will live together in the future, and I hope the uncle will take care of them." ”

The two big men were stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Shanzi in unison, and said angrily: "Stinky boy, when did you get married outside?" ”

Shanzi's face turned red invisibly, but there was no response, or Ye Lan hurriedly waved his hand and explained-

"The two uncles misunderstood, I have already married, and the child is still in the car."

At this time, Hu Po and Hu Bo also got out of the car with a child in their arms.

The two big men didn't care about asking more, and hurriedly saluted, "Thank you to the old man for saving Li Shan's life, and we will slowly repay each other in the future." ”

The two elders glanced at each other, and after they understood that Li Shan was referring to Shanzi, they quickly separated one hand and helped the two big men, and said politely: "The two strong men are polite, when Shanzi was injured and fell to the ground, whoever saw it had to help, I really don't deserve you to be like this." ”

Shanzi saw that although Ye Lan had a smile on her face, her eyes swept to the two children from time to time, so he said, "It's too cold outside, let's go into the village and talk about it." ”

"Oh, I'm just happy, I've forgotten about it." The two big men hurriedly got out of the way and greeted with a smile: "There are still two empty rooms in my house, you come to me to settle down for a few days, the courtyard where Brother Shan lived before has been empty for a year, and you have to pick it up before you can live in it again." ”

Uncle Wu led the carriage to his house as he spoke, and Uncle Liu originally wanted to fight, but he shut up when he remembered his little pepper-like girl.

Ye Lan helped the second elder to get back into the car, but Shanzi took the reins and walked with the two uncles in the snow, Ye Lan lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the houses and streets on the side of the road, and listened to Shanzi and them, and the panic and anxiety in her heart had disappeared a lot.

Uncle Wu's family lives in the center of the village, and the house is covered with a bluestone yard, and the three main houses are very neat. Aunt Wu is a loud voice, since she took Ye Lan and the two old and two young into the house, her mouth has not stopped, but she is not annoying, but she is extremely enthusiastic.

Soon, Ye Lan sat on the big kang in the west house of the main house to feed the two children, the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses were very sensible along the way, it was rare to sleep and eat, and they didn't even hear the cry, at this time they knew that they had arrived at their destination, and the two brothers and sisters danced happily, and occasionally shared each other's feet.

Ye Lan's heart softened into a puddle of water, kissed them one by one, and then took the egg water pad prepared by Aunt Wu to cushion her stomach.

In the hall, Aunt Wu was gossiping with Hu Po, Xu inadvertently, and mentioned Ye Lan's mother and son many times. Hu Po is also a shrewd person, and she thinks that she will live in the village in the future, so she will talk about it briefly.

"Lan Yatou is my niece, because of her mother-in-law's unkindness, I was taken to my side, but her husband is an infatuated person, and she chased after her from home, and Lan Yatou was also pregnant. It was a good thing that everyone was happy about, but unfortunately a few days after Lan Yatou gave birth, the family sent someone to arrest her husband back, leaving them orphans and widows, I was really reluctant, so I took it with me wherever I went. ”

Aunt Wu originally thought that there was something about Ye Lan and Shanzi, but she didn't expect to hear such a tragic story, she was easy to be soft-hearted, and she couldn't stop her tears.

"Lan girl is really pitiful, the child is still so young, how can she live in the future?" After that, she was ruthless again, "Which family lacks virtue and forcibly breaks up the young couple?" In a few days, let Brother Shan take the old and young masters in the village to take a trip, even if they rob and snatch people back. ”

Hu Po saw that she was not saying polite words, so she hurriedly stopped and said: "Big sister, this matter has to be discussed in the long run, that family is not a small family, we just arrived in the village, and we didn't help everyone much, and it would be bad to bring everyone to suffer." ”

The two said a few more words, and Shanzi and Hu Bo came back with Uncle Wu. Just now they went to see the courtyard of Shanzi, and they really couldn't move in immediately.

Uncle Wu picked up the broom and patted the snow beads on the cotton shoes while saying: "You can live in my house for two months with peace of mind, and when the snow melts away, the old and young masters in the village will work together, not to mention repairing the house, it won't take long to build one." ”

When Hu Po heard that she was going to live in the Wu family for a few months, she felt a little uncomfortable. How many years have she been married, and the old man listens to her in everything, and she is used to being the master of the house, and it is really a little awkward to send people under the fence.

Ye Lan heard in the house that she was also a little reluctant, but fortunately, Shanzi had been with them for a long time and was familiar with their tempers, so she refused: "Uncle, I have seen that the house is not seriously damaged, it is better to choose a sunny day to simply plug the gaps, build a stove in each room, and make the kang hot." ”

Hu Po hurriedly said: "That's right, it's too troublesome for the eldest brother's family to stay for two months, and besides, we have two children at home, and the trouble at night can't be stopped." ”

Ye Lan in the room listened to it funny, and lowered her head and nodded on the foreheads of her son and daughter. The two children were treated by their aunts as the top flowers of the black pot, and spit out a few saliva bubbles aggrievedly.

When the Wu family heard that Hu Po and Shanzi said this, it was naturally not easy to stay, so Zhang Luo picked up the two wings, let the Hu family live first, and then move after Shanzi's house was repaired.

Soon, the wing room was cleaned up, Hu Po and Ye Lan took the child to live in the warmest and cleanest big room, and Shanzi and Hu Bo crowded into the small room.

Aunt Wu was preparing to kill chickens and geese to entertain the guests, and the villagers who heard the news all gathered, some hugged a jar of grain wine, some carried a hare, and some took a bunch of dried mushrooms, in short, no matter how much, they were not empty-handed.

Aunt Wu smiled heartily, pulled two women to help, and quickly sorted out a sumptuous meal.

The men took a big bowl and began to pour wine, shouting five and drinking six, it was very lively, and the women were good at gossiping, so they surrounded Aunt Wu to ask Aunt Wu what Ye Lan was from and what her character was.

Aunt Wu thought that Ye Lan was not a stingy person, so she took them to the West Wing.

Ye Lan had just coaxed the two children to sleep, and she was not annoyed when she saw a group of women, but took the snacks she bought on the road to entertain everyone.

Everyone was gossiping while eating snacks while secretly looking at her.

It was already dark at this time, an oil lamp was lit on the kang table, the big kang was burning very hot, Ye Lan was only wearing a new green muslin jacket, a pleated skirt on the lower body, a black hair with a fallen horse bun, a hibiscus hairpin loosely inserted, and a pair of silver cloves in her ears flashed with ghostly light, reflecting her already beautiful face with more gentleness.

The women sighed when they saw it, just now they heard that Ye Lan was from everyone, and they were a little unimpressed, but at this time they had to admit that Ye Lan was different from these rough peasant women, although she was in trouble now and her clothes were not very good, but the nobility exuded by her gestures was not something that anyone could learn.

Ye Lan was a little embarrassed by everyone, so she smiled and asked about the village, and the women were very enthusiastic about introducing her, and then I didn't know who mentioned Shanzi, so the house was even more lively.

(End of chapter)