Chapter 20 What happened after the death
Jiang Xinyao chattered and rambled, and told Mrs. Xu's words and deeds on weekdays, every move and every move to Mrs. Xu, telling her eloquently, warming people's hearts and lungs, and making the old lady burst into tears.
Xu Hongsheng secretly wiped his tears on the side.
"After my grandfather came back from the capital, his health deteriorated day by day. In the Mid-Autumn Festival of that year, he chanted a poem, 'The twilight clouds are overflowing and cold, and the silver man silently turns the jade plate. This night is not good in this life, where to see the bright moon next year', I said, 'This poem, too sad, you have to be punished with wine', as a result, I didn't drink the wine, and gave me a stone. It was this stone that put me on the thief ship. ”
Jiang Xinyao smiled bitterly.
"Grandmother, grandfather is a fox, and he is cunning, and I can only bow to the wind. We also said that every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, he would give me a treasure, and now he has been gone for four years and owes me four treasures, I can remember them.
When my grandfather was dying, he told me three things, you know all of them, three things are three things, but he still had to make me swear, 'If I break the covenant today, my grandfather will go to the eighteenth layer of hell, and I will be fried day and night, and I will never be able to live forever', Grandmother, he is too ruthless, he has driven me to a dead end.
Grandmother, when you come back and help me bring a sentence, just say that I hate him for the rest of my life, and I don't want to make food for him again. It's not good to use whoever swears poison, but you don't use your own. ”
Mrs. Xu couldn't cry, Jiang Xinyao took out a handkerchief, gently wiped away her tears, and said with a smile: "I know that I have suffered a lot of grievances, but I have also been angry with him many times, it can be regarded as a draw, grandmother, don't cry for me, grandfather he saw it, maybe he scolded me like something!" ”
Mrs. Xu burst into tears and laughed, crying and laughing: "You kid, you can really coax people, good boy, don't worry, see him, I'll be angry for you." ”
"Thank you grandmother for being the master for me. You're tired, rest, and I'll come back to see you. ”
Old Lady Xu grabbed Xin Yao's hand and gasped, "Child." Sit a little longer, and Grandmother has a few words to say. ”
Xin Yao looked at the old lady's face, her heart was not good, and she couldn't help but look back at Xu Hongsheng, seeing that the latter nodded, and sighed: "Grandmother, please speak." ”
"Ah Yuan, give me the box. Child, thank you for being with him for five years, and for having you by his side, his life has been excellent. It's the first time we've seen each other. There's nothing good for you, this box of things is just a little bit of grandmother's mind, you open it and see, it's all my old things, don't dislike it. ”
Xin Yao took the box. After a rough glance, he only felt that the jewels were brilliant and dazzling, and he hurriedly said: "Grandmother, it's too valuable, keep it for my little uncle to marry his daughter-in-law in the future." ”
"His, I gave it to him a long time ago. This is my only one for you. Child, as soon as I see you and listen to you, I like it, I treat you as my own granddaughter, and my grandmother can always leave something at the bottom of the box for my granddaughter. Grandmother is about to die, and I can't wait for you to wear a crown, how can you be willing to refuse? ”
Xin Yao sighed: "Xin Yao, thank you grandmother, now I finally know, you and grandfather." It's really a husband and wife, the same domineering. ”
"You're right, grandmother loves to hear that. Ah Yuan, come here, kneel. ”
Xu Hongyuan wiped his tears, stepped forward and knelt down, "What does my mother command?" ”
"Listen, in your lifetime, protect the Jiang family."
Xu Hongyuan said with tears in his eyes: "My son obeys." ”
"Mother is going to find your father soon, and I can't wait for you to start a family, so my mother doesn't ask for anything else, but I ask you to leave a queen for the Xu family. You have a weak temperament and don't understand economic affairs, don't interfere in the affairs of Jinjue Pavilion, and when the child is older in the future, you will take over Cuiyuxuan from Xin Yao. Your marriage, be sure to let Xin Yao help you see it. ”
Xu Hongyuan cried as follows: "My son obeys orders!" ”
"Jiang Quan, you regard his father and give him a pension to the end."
"My son obeys!"
"The last thing, you must not forget, the revenge of the Xu family, you can not revenge, the person who caused your father's early death, you can take it back for your mother!"
Xu Hongyuan bowed to the ground and said in a loud voice: "My son obeys." ”
Old Mrs. Xu suddenly coughed violently, but she still said to Xin Yao: "Child, grandmother still has to be domineering, Cui Yuxuan is handed over to you, that is the hard work of several generations of the Xu family, grandmother only begs you for this one thing!" ”
The woman on the bed was dying, staring at Xin Yao intensely.
Facing a dying person, Xin Yao had to smile bitterly: "Grandmother, don't worry, since I have taken over, I will not abandon it." The grandmother was overbearing a few times, and the granddaughter was willing. ”
Mrs. Xu was relaxed when she heard this, and she couldn't support it, so she fell over.
Xin Yao screamed, and a figure flashed over quickly, touched the old lady's snort, pulse, and said in a deep voice: "I am physically exhausted and have fainted." ”
Xin Yao gave up her position, helped Xu Hongyuan and Jiang Quan, who was kneeling on the side, and cried: "The old lady has been waiting for this day, I'm afraid I've been waiting for a long time, and when I get below, I am accompanied by my grandfather, you can rest assured." Let's all go out, there are many people in the room, and the turbidity is heavy, which is not good for the patient. Little uncle, we still have to discuss the matter of the joint funeral, this will not be a sad time. ”
Xu Hongyuan's eyes were red and swollen, he nodded, stepped forward and touched his mother's hand, looked at it fixedly, and then turned around and went out.
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By this time, everyone had already taken their seats.
Yan Sixteen changed his usual uninhibited appearance, and said: "Fourth Miss, let me introduce you, these two are my friends with Ah Yuan, this is Du Tianxiang, and this is Xiao Han." Tianxiang's medical skills are very good, and Mrs. Xu's illness is all due to him. Tianxiang, Xiao Han, this is the fourth lady of the Jiang family I told you. ”
Jiang Xinyao got up and said lightly: "I have seen the two sons, thank you for helping the Xu family." ”
Du Tianxiang was dressed in a white shirt, and said with high eyebrows: "Fourth Miss doesn't have to be polite, we are brothers and sisters with Hongyuan, if we don't contribute at this time, when will we stay?" ”
Xin Yao smiled faintly and did not speak.
Jiang Quan looked at the inner room, and his face was sad: "Du Gongzi, how many days is there left for my young lady's illness?" ”
"Uncle Quan, Mrs. Xu's illness won't last long!"
Rao is Jiang Quan had already prepared in his heart, and when he heard this, he was still like being struck by lightning. He turned his face in a daze, and said with tears in his eyes: "Fourth Miss, what happened behind this, you ...... it?"
Xin Yao knew the worry in Jiang Quan's heart, and instead of answering, she asked, "What does the little uncle think?" ”
Xu Hongyuan gritted his teeth and cried: "My father and mother have been in love for a lifetime, and I want my mother to ...... I just don't know ......."
Xin Yao saw that he was spitting and spitting, and he wanted to stop talking, sighed slightly in her heart, and said bluntly at the moment: "Little uncle, you just have to do what your grandfather said." On the Jiang family's side, I'll figure it out. Big deal, old plan for new use. There is only one point, the monument can only be erected after the old lady dies. ”
"Miss, you mean ......?"
"Master, you don't need to say more, just understand it in your heart. The affairs of the capital, put aside for the time being, you go south with your little uncle and send Grandmother Xu on her last journey. ”
Yan Sixteen's face changed slightly, and he pondered: "The journey from Beijing to Suzhou Mansion is too far, and the weather is hot, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do." ”
Xin Yao nodded, looked at him deeply, thought about it and said, "There are two ways to try." First, the outside of the coffin is sealed with triple soil to form a closed space inside the coffin. The second is that the coffin is made of sandalwood, and the sandalwood is said to have the effect of repelling insects and embalming. It's just that it won't last long, and it needs to be whipped up quickly. ”
After Xin Yao finished speaking, she turned around and solemnly looked at Yan Sixteen and the other three with a deep blessing.
"Three sons, I am in the Jiang family, I am in an awkward situation, and I can't help much. The little uncle is weak, bears the pain of losing his mother, and is afraid of acting inconsiderately, so please help everyone here. ”
Yan Sixteen got up and said, "Fourth Miss is polite. Xiao Han, you go to find the Sanhe soil and sandalwood coffin, Tianxiang, here, you watch. I'll go get some good horses, master, prepare dry food and water for the road, and set off at any time. ”
Jiang Quan thought about it and was about to answer. Xiao Han, who had been sitting on the side for a long time and had not spoken, suddenly said in a loud voice: "Fourth Miss, are the Sanhe soil and sandalwood coffins really useful?" Where did you find out? ”
Du Tianxiang glanced at the woman in front of him with a blank look, and his slender fingers pinched the teacup and drank it all.
Xin Yao didn't notice it, and sighed lightly: "In the book that my grandfather gave me in the old years, it seems to have been mentioned, I can't remember it clearly, whether it is useful or not, it's really hard to say." If Xiao Gongzi has a better way, don't try it. ”
Xiao Han's face sank like water, and he said truthfully: "There is no one below." In this way, they will do as the young lady instructs. ”
Xu Hongyuan didn't say a word, and bowed deeply to everyone, and the haggard face made people can't bear to look at it anymore.
Xin Yao stepped forward to hold his arm, patted him lightly, and comforted: "Little uncle, take care of yourself, don't drag your body across first." There's a lot to do. ”
Xu Hongyuan felt sad in his heart, and nodded forcefully.
Xin Yao thought for a while and said, "First send someone to Suzhou Mansion Jinjue Pavilion to inform Fu Bo, and he will definitely arrange the affairs over there." ”
Yan Sixteen reacted quickly and said, "What's so difficult about this? Leave it to me. ”
Jiang Xinyao took out a sealed letter from her sleeve, handed it to Yan Sixteen, and said, "Young Master Yan, please bring this letter to Fu Bo, he will know it at a glance." ”
Yan Sixteen raised her eyebrows: "Fourth Miss should really be as careful as a hair, okay, let's go our separate ways." ”
Before the words fell, I saw Weiyun running in in a panic.
"Miss, Miss, no, Aunt Zhou is making trouble at the door of Jinjue Pavilion, she must see the second wife and Miss, and if she doesn't go back, I'm afraid that the money shopkeeper won't be able to stop it."
Jiang Xinyao's face was stunned, and she hurriedly said: "Little uncle, sons, Xinyao took the first step and was rude." After that, he didn't care about saluting, and wanted to turn around and leave, but was blocked by a pair of big hands.
"Fourth Miss is slow, I'm afraid it's too late to go back at this time, why don't I take the first step and help Miss Fourth block it."
Yan Sixteen sneered again and again, and said solemnly: "There is really that brave enough to dare to join in the fun at this time, and I am not afraid of settling accounts after the autumn." Xiao Han, you just have to stop it, I'll take it if something happens. ”
Jiang Xinyao looked at Yan Sixteen in front of her suspiciously, and came out.
The crowd didn't have time to say more, and went their separate ways.
Xu Hongsheng endured his grief and stayed in his mother's room with Jiang Quan. (..)
( Miss Jiang Si )