Chapter 18: The White Horse Passes Through the Gap
There were tears in Zhou's beautiful eyes, but the tears were soon wiped away, leaving behind the washing of her by the world, and those eyes that had long lost their former glory.
Wang Sanlang, the man standing in front of Zhou, had a little more embarrassment on his originally dry face. sighed, and then said unspeakably: "My second brother can't walk humanely, and he used to rely on medicine to maintain himself. I'm really sorry for Mrs. Hu. ”
Wang Sanlang was also one of the insiders back then, because the Wang family was ashamed of Hu Niangzi, after Wang Erlang's death, Wang Sanlang made the decision to let Hu Niangzi leave. It's just that I don't know that Mrs. Hu has never returned to the Hu family in Yangming County. It wasn't until the Hu family came to ask for someone that Wang Sanlang knew that Hu Niangzi had not returned to his home. Wang Sanlang sent people to inquire in many ways, but they did not know where Hu Niangzi went. The Hu family refused to give up, and they have come to the Wang family to make trouble over the years.
Two days ago, Wang Sanlang learned the news of Hu Niangzi. I thought that I could finally give the Hu family an explanation, but I didn't expect such a scene.
After listening to this, Xie Jian, who was on the side, was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Although there is no husband and wife between him and you, he treats you very well." It's just how do you do it? ”
"Again, excellent." Zhou's face turned hideous: "Do you know that after I discovered his secret, he coerced me that if outsiders found out about it, he would definitely kill me." I have come to this point, how can I be willing to live this life like this. ”
Zhou smiled and breathed a sigh of relief. made Song Lier inadvertently remember the day Xie died, and let go of everything.
"I learned that there was a new horse farm and begged him to take me there. He has always been willing to create the illusion that we have a good relationship in front of outsiders. I told him that I didn't know how to ride a horse, so of course the two of us would ride together. After riding for a while, I said I was tired and got off the horse first. Then he inserted a silver needle into the horse's buttocks, quickly took it out, and turned away. Soon Xie Yuan fell from his horse and hit his head on the ground. At that time, it was not a big problem, but I wanted him to die, so I stuck my hairpin in the back of his head. Then wipe the blood stains of the hairpin off his body and put it back on his head. Anyway, he was lying on top of me, and I couldn't avoid getting bloodstained, so why not have a little more? ”
Zhou said very lightly, as if he was talking about interesting things that had nothing to do with her. After speaking, he picked up the teacup from the coffee table next to him and took a sip of tea, and raised his head to look at Jiang Zhu.
"Jiang Shaoqing, but what happened to my servant in the end?"
"She married Li Shilang and eventually died to protect you." Jiang Zhu stood outside, watching the snow slowly melting in the sunshine, as if this case had finally ended after many years: "I want to ask, what is the crime of the Kang family?" ”
"It's nothing. It's just that Mrs. Kang was dissatisfied with Kang Alang's mercy everywhere, and she was killed, and finally committed suicide in fear of crime. Zhou remembered Mrs. Kang's appearance, and then remembered Xie's appearance, and finally fixed in his mind the appearance of marrying into the Wang family at the age of fifteen.
Dressed in red, he stepped over the brazier, lifted his hijab, and smiled.
Zhou, like Hsieh, committed suicide by poisoning himself in prison.
The Hu family, who were far away in Yangming County, learned the news and rushed to the capital to cremate the body of Hu Niangzi, who was finally found after many years.
At the end of the year, a huge imperial history mansion has been empty, accumulating a layer of dust, just waiting for the next master to move in, bring glory.
teahouse
"It's been boring lately." Song Li'er lay on the table listlessly, looking at the storyteller below talking about the recent popular picture albums in the capital: "Have you read it?" ”
"I took a copy, but I didn't see anything famous." Chen Xueqing said as he took out the album from the wide cuffs and flipped through it casually, opposite the pattern that the storyteller said. Before I could take a closer look, the album had been taken away from my hand, and when I looked up, I saw that it was Jiang Zhu: "Jiang Shaoqing"
"It seems that Jiang Shaoqing has finally given up the mountain." Since the case was solved that day, Jiang Zhu has not gone out again, and he has either stayed in Dali Temple or Jiangfu all day. Anyone who visits, they don't see it. Song Lier was able to meet Jiang Zhu when Li asked her to send Jiang Zhu some food that she had cooked herself. What I saw was very different from the usual Jiang Zhu, and he was very lazy and lazy.
"Hmm~" Jiang Zhu responded lightly, looking at the album he had taken from Chen Xueqing's hand.
"This is a popular picture book in the capital today, and almost everyone has one." Song Lier knew that Jiang Zhu was at home recently, but she definitely didn't know.
Jiang Zhu glanced at it twice, felt uninterested, and put it on the table: "Song Jia is okay?" ”
"It's okay, it's just that my leg hurts and I need to recuperate for a while." Song Li'er said lightly.
A few days ago, Song Dingfeng met a gangster on the way back from Bozhou to deliver medicinal herbs and injured his leg.
"What do you say as if nothing is going on?" On the day Song Dingfeng was sent back, Chen Xueqing and Song Lier happened to be in the teahouse, and when they heard the news of Song Dingfeng's injury, they hurriedly rushed to the city gate. At that time, Song Dingfeng was lying in the carriage, his leg had been broken, he couldn't move at all, his face was pale and weak, and he was very embarrassed.
Song Lier pulled her lips far-fetched, she really didn't want to say more about this matter, but seeing that the two seemed to regard themselves as the kind of unfilial heirs, she had to say: "My father is a liar, how can I meet any villains on the road, but when he got off the carriage by himself, his foot slipped and he fell and injured himself." ”
The rest of Song Li'er was embarrassed to say. After her father was injured, her mother was by her side all day long, and she didn't fake things big and small. can pamper him so much, if he is not comfortable at all, let A-Niang press him here, and give him a hammer. Song Lier was upset when she saw it.
"That's Song Jiaren, who is afraid that Madame will blame him, right?" Chen Xueqing still said something for Song Dingfeng.
"Hehe~" Song Li'er looked straight at her and continued to lie on the table. noticed that Jiang Zhu's gaze was still on her: "You want to go to my house?" ”
"Hmm." Jiang Zhu said lightly.
"You go by yourself, I won't go back." Song Li'er waved her hand and ignored it after speaking. Keep staring at the storyteller below.
Chen Xueqing and Jiang Zhu glanced at each other, saying that since he saw Song Li'er, Song Li'er was like this.
"I heard that Shengqingzhai recently came out with a peach blossom cake, and the people in line are all out of Yongchangfang." Jiang Feng Sheng Qingzhai bought a box of new peach blossom cakes for Jiang Zhu to try: "Xueqing wants to try it?" Jiang Zhu picked his chin at Chen Xueqing, and Chen Xueqing immediately realized: "Yes, I'm fine anyway." ”
"Is Mrs. Song going?" Jiang Zhu turned to ask Song Li'er at this time.
"Hmm." Song Li'er is like a mosquito and a fly.
Chen Xueqing gave Jiang Zhu a thumbs up, - you are still amazing.
The previous heavy snowfall almost buried the entire capital, but the weather has been very sunny in recent years. The streets are full of hawkers, a little more lively than ever, all looking forward to selling more things at the end of the year, so that they can go home for a lively New Year.
"Jiang Shaoqing, can you go back to Jiangnan this year?" The Chen family's parents are away, and Chen Xueqing is in the Song Mansion every year, and it is estimated that most of them are this year.
"No return." Jiang Zhu saw Song Li'er staring at the sugar gourd next to him, but he didn't come forward to buy it, Jiang Zhu saw this and bought a bunch and handed it to Song Li'er: "I don't like sweets." ”
Song Lier was not polite, and took it directly. After taking a bite of the sweet and sour hawthorn, there was a little smile on his face, and he explained for Jiang Zhu: "Now when I go back to Jiangnan, it is estimated that I will not be able to reach home until Chinese New Year's Eve." Before the Lantern Festival, it has to be publicized. This back and forth, I haven't stayed at home for two days, and I have to rush back. ”
"That's just as well." Chen Xueqing glanced at the bird seller, and waited for a while to see that no one cared about it: "I thought Jiang Shaoqing would buy me one." ”
"Go aside." Song Lier heard that Chen Xueqing was making fun of her and Jiang Zhu, and after eating the sugar gourd, she was relieved to explain why she was in this state: "I saw that A-Niang took care of A-Dad all day long, and after saying a few words, A-Niang directly took away all my pocket money." I'm very poor now. ”
"It's not a big deal, you tell me, what you want to eat is not simple." Chen Xueqing took a hairpin from the vendor next to him: "Do you want this?" ”
"This one does." Song Lier seemed to think of something, and the whole person laughed: "I pawned my jewelry, and I won't be rich." ”
"This is a good idea, I'm afraid that you just sold the jewelry on the front foot, and the whole city on the back foot must know that the Song lady of the Song family is too poor to sell jewelry." Chen Xueqing put the hairpin back and looked at Song Lier with disgust on his face.
"I can't help it. It's all closed, and there is no copper plate, and I can't buy some small things. Song Lier pursed her lips, looked east, and looked west: "I don't know, my father poured my mother with psychedelic soup, and this time he was so ruthless." It's a shame that I've managed the pharmacy so well. ”
"Buy it, I'll give you a cushion first, and then you can give it to me when the time comes." Jiang Zhu took the purse from his waist to Song Li'er.
"Hmm~" Song Lier hesitated for a moment. Looking at the dazzling things on the street, he was very greedy: "It's okay." ”
With the silver taels, Song Li'er is like a horse with loose reins, buying it all the way, but fortunately, the carriage of Jiangfu is not far away, and she can help put it away.
When I arrived at Shengqingzhai in Yongchangfang, the carriage was almost piled up.
Shengqingzhai is a famous pastry shop in the capital, although the decoration of the shop is inconspicuous, but everyone says that the taste is good. Recently, the peach blossom cake has been released, and there are people lining up to buy mountains of peach blossom cakes every day.
Jiang Zhu instructed Jiang Feng to line up to buy peach blossom cakes, so that the three of them were crowded in the crowd.
"Let's go to the side and eat something first, it will take a while here."
The three of them sat down at a small vendor selling tofu flowers next to them, and one of them asked for a bowl of tofu flowers.
"Jiang Shaoqing, if you don't come to my house in the Chinese New Year's Eve, anyway, you and Jiang Feng are a few people in your mansion, and it is very deserted." Song Li'er remembered that this was Jiang Zhu's first year in the capital, and there was no one in the house who could do it.
"That's right! This is no longer the case for me to go to dinner alone. Chen Xueqing gave Jiang Zhu a look and wanted to pull him into the gang together.
"Okay." Jiang Zhu was silent for a long time before saying.
I thought I was alone in this prosperous capital, but I didn't want to have the excitement related to him.