In November, the weather in the capital became colder and colder, and as soon as Jiang Xinyao arrived at this season, she was like a kitten, shrunk in the room, too lazy to move, and either read or write all day long, and occasionally did a few stitches and threads when she was interested.

This day happened to be the full moon of the great-grandson of the Hou Mansion, and the old lady and the Gu family, the Wu family left the mansion early in the morning and went to the Hou Mansion to congratulate and eat wine. Jiang Xinyao, as always, pushed her body to be in bad shape and refused.

Since Xin Yao hit the Dragon Boat Festival cruise in Suzhou Shenfu, she hated the social activities in the inner house, and whenever there was a post, she said that she was sick.

The old lady and the others returned home in the evening.

Gu didn't change his clothes, so he went to Tingfeng Xuan, drank a cup of tea in his daughter's room, and then returned to Qiushui Courtyard.

After Mother Li left, she said mysteriously: "Miss, okay, why did the treasury of the Hou Mansion enter the thief?" ”

Xin Yao said with a smile: "Xu is the Houfu Jinshan Yinshan is just a few things that are missing, and it is not emptied, what is so strange!" ”

Mother Li said with affection: "Miss, the year is at its end, we have to watch the things in our room closely, don't be like the Hou Mansion, being robbed." ”

Jiang Xinyao smiled like a flower: "Mom, I have two taels of silver a month, and I can't accumulate a few taels of silver all year round, who will steal me, I am almost the same for relief, I don't look down on thieves with this little belongings!" ”

The master and servant looked at each other and smiled.

Xin Yao tilted her head, her heart moved, and she said: "Mother Li, go out of the house early tomorrow morning, bring a message to Yiyuan, and say, let Sixteen, Xiao Han's two guys in Jinjue Pavilion, around Yiyuan, send some more brothers to guard, those two places are the real gold and silver mountains!" ”

Mother Li nodded solemnly, as if she remembered something, and said with a straight face: "Miss, my uncle is also a person in the officialdom." Miss, do you have to change your title, don't call that guy, it seems that there are no rules in our house. ”

Jiang Xinyao glanced at Mother Li faintly.

"Mom, I didn't get engaged to him for long. Why did my mother's elbow turn out? ”

Mother Li had a black line on her head, and hurriedly said: "It's not my mother's elbow that turns out, it's also Miss's life-saving benefactor, and our uncle ......."

"Mom!" Jiang Xinyao interrupted, and when she heard the words "life-saving benefactor", Jiang Xinyao felt a little uncomfortable.

"Don't aunt, uncle's name, I haven't married yet."

"Good, good, good. Don't call, don't call, call Xiao Gongzi the general line. I said Miss, in the past, Miss had a good temper towards everyone, how did she get to my uncle...... Xiao Gongzi has a big temper here. ”

Jiang Xinyao snorted coldly. turned over and spit out three words faintly: "I hate to marry!" ”

……

On November 16, the civil and military officials of the capital took a day off, and all those above the three grades entered the palace banquet.

Jiang Hongsheng was just a small fourth grade, and he was not qualified to meet the emperor, so he called his two sons into the study early in the morning. School Exam Articles!

The sun was very good on this day, Xin Yao dressed tightly, and took a few big girls to the garden for a walk.

At noon, Xin Yao had a great appetite and ate two full bowls of rice. After taking a nap, he shut himself in his study, and no one should disturb him.

Li's mother was not in the house for a day that day, and it is said that she was sent to the house by the second wife early in the morning.

In the evening, the old lady wanted to show the meaning of the whole world's celebration. A table was set up in Guiyun Hall, and the family had a reunion dinner together.

After only three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, a little girl from Guiyuntang came to report, saying that the people of the Hou Mansion were waiting outside, and they were in a hurry to see the old lady.

The old lady was in high spirits today, drank two glasses of water and wine, her face flushed, and after discussing a few words with Jiang Hongsheng, she invited someone in to reply.

The person who came lowered his head and entered the house, plopped, fell to his knees, and cried: "Old lady, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, Master Hou...... Master Hou, he was imprisoned! ”

Only a green sound was heard, and the sweet white porcelain wine cup shattered in response.

Mama Qian exclaimed, Jiang Hongsheng's eyes were quick, and with an arrow step, he helped the old lady who leaned back, and shouted: "Old lady, old lady!" Doctor! ”

In a moment, there was chaos in Guiyun Hall, and cries erupted.

Seeing this, Xin Yao nodded to her mother, and pulled Brother Hao out of the courtyard quietly.

Halfway through, Jiang Xinyao couldn't help but glance back and let out a long sigh.

Brother Hao didn't know what was going on, and asked, "Sister, why are you sighing, is the old lady sick?" ”

Xin Yao touched her brother's head and said, "The old lady is sick, my brother has to be obedient these days, my father and mother will be very busy, if my brother has something, come to my sister first." ”

Brother Hao said happily: "Great, I like to play with my sister!" ”

Xin Yao bent down, flicked Brother Hao'er's forehead, and said angrily: "Since Ming'er, I have played literacy games with my younger brother, whoever is more literate will have a reward, does my younger brother dare to compete with my sister?" ”

Brother Hao pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Hmph, why don't you dare?" Whoever loses is a puppy. ”

……

In the main hall of Yiyuan, the candles are bright, and there is a man in brocade sitting on it, which is the second prince of today, King Jing Yan Songyuan. The first row slipped away, and Yan Sixteen, Xu Hongyuan, Du Tianxiang, and Xiao Han stood in turn.

The four of them hung their heads in unison, and their faces were all afraid.

Yan Songyuan's face was grim, his face changed a few times, and he put the teacup on the coffee table and said, "Say, who did this?" ”

The next four people, you look at me, I look at you, are silent.

Seeing this, Yan Songyuan laughed instead of being angry.

"Du Tianxiang, what is that called, I heard that you spent a lot of silver; Xiao Han, the Hou Mansion of Annan is your future father-in-law's uncle's family, and it's really hard to say whether he will be implicated or not; Yan Huannian, my father said that there is only one Imperial Concubine Shi in your house, which is too thin, and said that he would reward you with a few more beauties; Xu Hongyuan, you are not too young, it is time to get married, you call me a second brother, I have to worry more about your marriage! ”

The four of them trembled when they heard this, cold sweat broke out, and they couldn't help but look at Yan Sixteen.

Jiang Sixteen sighed in his heart and scolded his mother in his heart.

I saw him take a step forward and said: "Second brother, this matter is my idea, if you want to beat or scold, just come at me, it has nothing to do with the three of them!" ”

Du Tianxiang's eyes rolled slightly, and he secretly gestured towards Xiao Han.

Xiao Han secretly raised his eyebrows, which was a response.

Yan Songyuan's expression was clear. smiled faintly at Yan Sixteen.

"Sixteen, how many pounds and taels do you have, will you be a brother? Alright, let's get it straight! ”

Yan Sixteen refused to keep silent. Only use the corner of his eye to aim at Xu Hongyuan.

The corners of Du Tianxiang and Xiao Han's mouths twitched, not daring to squeak.

There was a deathly silence in the room.

Yan Huanyuan was not in a hurry, and while sipping tea, he took in the small movements of the four of them, and the chill on his body was leaked.

Xu Hongyuan knew that he couldn't hide it today, so he gritted his teeth and stepped forward and said, "Second brother, this incident started because of me. ”

"Oh?"

Oh, it made Xu Hongyuan feel a little frightened.

He took a deep breath and said, "Second brother knows, my Xu family is ruined, father." My mother died early because of the Hou Mansion of Annan, and the blood feud between me and the Hou Mansion of Annan is not a day or two, so I set up this plan! ”

Yan Songyuan turned the fingers on his hand and smiled weirdly.

"Ah Yuan, I heard that the nurse of the fourth lady of Jiang Fu. Go to Yiyuan often! ”

With a fluttering sentence, the hearts of the next four people trembled, and they were thinking about how to get this thing over.

Xu Hongyuan struggled for a while, and had to say truthfully: "Second brother, here's the thing. I have been a jade family for several generations, and in my grandfather's generation, I especially like ancient jade. I also have a lot of good things in my collection. Among them, there is a piece of white jade double tiger Shouheng, fine workmanship, exquisite carving, age, two jade tigers are lifelike, not like ordinary products. The Xu family suffered that year. These ancient jades were kept by my father, and my father entrusted his granddaughter Jiang Xinyao for safekeeping before his death.

Jiang Xinyao grew up beside my father, and the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is extraordinary. After his father died, he was taken back to Jiang's mansion. My second brother is Jiang Hongsheng, who is married to Gu. Concubine Zhou, this Zhou is a relative of the Marquis of Annan's mansion, and the old lady of the Jiang family is called an aunt and nephew. The Zhou family relied on the old lady to spoil him, and relied on the Hou Mansion of Annan as a backer, and several times thought that my second brother's main room, Gu, was killed, and my niece suffered an unjustified disaster.

The last time Xiao Han and Xin Yao fell into a mountain stream, it was Zhou's mother Xu Shi and Miss Jiang Fusan who joined forces and invited people in the rivers and lakes, thinking that Xin Yao was killed, but fortunately was rescued by Xiao Han, and only then did he save a life, and he has not recovered yet. ”

Yan Songyuan thought about the few in his backyard, and couldn't help but sigh: "The inner house is private, just like the court fight, either you die, or I live!" ”

Xu Hongyuan said: "That's right. Xin Yao suffered this catastrophe, so she set up this plan, only if this plan is not to involve the Hou Mansion of Annan, Xin Yao let me make my own choice! ”

Yan Songyuan sneered: "Naturally, you don't want to miss this good opportunity!" ”

Xu Hongyuan raised his head slightly and said unabashedly: "That's right." ”

Yan Songyuan said: "You found someone to rob the Zhou family's gold shop?" ”

"Exactly, before that, we also blackmailed her for 50,000 taels of silver, and the Xu family was hollowed out all of a sudden, in order to force the two sons of the Zhou family to Zhuangzi."

Yan Songyuan said: "You bought that farmhouse?" ”

Xu Hongyuan shook his head: "I didn't buy it, it took us two months to dig the ditch to lead the Liu family to this matter!" ”

Yan Songyuan said again: "How do you know that the two brothers of the Zhou family are good friends with Zhou Dongliang?" ”

"Sixteen looking for someone to investigate."

"In this way, these three people swallowed this box treasure, and you also planned it."

"Yes, the Zhou family is now almost at the end of the mountain, Zhou Dongliang is a womanizer, and he has long been famine outside. With such a big box of treasures, who is not impressed when they see it? The Zhou brothers have always been timid, and if they don't find a big backer to do this, they won't dare to do it! That's how the Hou Mansion of Annan was involved! ”

"How did you expect that Zhou Dongliang would definitely take the white jade double tiger head."

Xu Hongyuan swallowed his saliva and hesitated whether to say it.

Xiao Han took the opportunity to cough lightly and tilted his head away.

Seeing this, Yan Songyuan's face was even colder.

"Xiao Han, when will you learn to play dumb riddles with your second brother?"

The meaningful words made Xiao Han's heart skip a beat. (..)

( Miss Jiang Si )