When the scholar arrived outside the villa, he saw from a distance that there was a house on fire in the village, and the fire was very large, the flames were half a story high, and the smoke was rolling, and the beeping sound of sparks bursting came from time to time.

He followed Xie Qian's horseshoe prints all the way, and now when he saw the fire, he was afraid that his young master would have an accident.

Not daring to think about it, the scholar rushed to the villa with the horse's belly between his legs.

Xie Qian was embarrassed, silently looking at the flames that flickered in front of him from time to time. His shirt was charred in several places, his shoulders and face were stained with charred ash, and there were several bloody streaks on the back of his hands that were still dripping with blood.

Two or three wooden barrels were tilted on the ground, and a few gourd scoops were thrown beside them. The elderly couple at the head of the village were desperately pulling Liu Qing, and she wanted to go into the house to save her young lady.

"Ask my son to save my young lady......"

Liu Qing couldn't cry, she had served Xue Birong for a long time, and she had always regarded Xue Birong as the backbone, how could she expect the master to end up like this!

She just went to the kitchen to get some side dishes, thinking that Gongzi Xie was here and asked the young lady to spend more time alone with him, she simply washed the vegetables slowly, but before the dishes were cooked, a fire dragon rose up in the side room, which was terrifying.

It's good, why did it suddenly catch fire? Liu Qing didn't give up, broke free from the grip of the two, crawled over and knelt in front of Xie Qian to beg him to save people.

Xie Qian looked at the hands that were stubbornly shaking the corners of his clothes and didn't say a word.

Seeing this, the old woman hurriedly stepped forward to pull up Liu Qing and persuaded: "The fire is too big, and the young master is also injured, the girl can't let him go in and take risks." When she saw Xie Qian jumping out of the fire, she was frightened, if Xie Qian had three long and two short, she didn't know how to face Old Lady Xie.

Liu Qing just cried and shook her head.

The old woman said again: "It's all blamed on me, the young master was kind enough to go to the front to see me, so I left him to drink a cup of tea, who knew that Miss Xue would go there." If I had known this, I should have asked the young master to go back to Miss Xue earlier...... If the girl wants to blame, blame the old body! ”

In the middle of the night, Mrs. Xie learned of the fire in the village, and she listened to the scholar's narration in silence, and finally felt a heavy heart.

She ordered expressionlessly: "Tomorrow, you go to the temple and ask the master to come and do a water and land dojo for seven days and seven nights, and by the way, find a place on the mountain over there and let her go." If someone asks, you just say that the disease has entered the body and there is no cure. ”

The scholar understood the old lady's worries, and the fire spread for nearly an hour, and by the time they found Xue Birong, the corpse was charred and unrecognizable. Such a horizontal death must never be told to outsiders.

He was ordered to retreat, and only the grandparents were left in the house.

The old lady stared at Xie Qian, and she didn't say a word for a long time, and the room was so quiet that you could hear a needle dropping. Xie Qian stood up straight, the old lady didn't ask, he followed without saying a word, and he had no intention of retiring.

"What's going on in Zhuangzi?"

After a long time, the old lady broke the silent confrontation, and her tone was rarely stern.

Xie Qian raised his eyes and said calmly: "Just like the scholar said." ”

"Really?" The old lady put her hand on the armrest of Huanghuali's chair and said coldly: "I want to hear you tell me in person!" ”

Xie Qian pursed his lips and said, "I just went to see the old lady's family, and when I came back, the wing room was on fire......

Before he finished speaking, he heard a "bang" from above, and a teacup shattered in response.

Xie Qian closed his eyes and bowed his head silently.

The old lady stood up from the Taishi's chair: "Do you still think I am a three-year-old child?" Old Mama...... How many years have you not seen them? I'm afraid I can't even remember what they looked like, right? Do you have the heart, and at night, you went out of your way to visit them? ”

She got up in a hurry, and repeated reprimands were also in a hurry, causing a burst of coughing sounds.

Others don't know the ins and outs of things, but the old lady is clear. In the afternoon, she was overheard by Xie Qian when she talked to Su Youhua, and heard that he went to the eldest daughter-in-law's place and the mother and son had an unpleasant quarrel, and even when she called Su Youhua to say goodbye, she didn't see anyone.

Xie Qian's thoughts about Jinnian, she saw it in her eyes. Now that the marriage has changed, he should go to Zhuangzi to ask Xue Birong about the rumor that Jinnian Gonghan was rumored. The old lady didn't believe it, after Xie Qian learned the truth, he was filled with grief and anger, and he was still in the mood to see the old servant who had no friendship......

From the moment Xie Qian entered the door, she didn't let go of any expression on Xie Qian's face, and her face was never indifferent, even when the scholar mentioned that Xue Birong was so burned that his face couldn't be recognized, there was not the slightest warmth in his eyes.

What else is not clear to her, although she hates Xue Birong extremely much, she has never thought of letting her die, it is a fresh life. But her eldest grandson, who has always been gentle, can kill people invisibly without moving!

Such a person, if he handed over Sister Nian to him, would Sister Nian repeat the mistakes of her second daughter? !

Old Mrs. Xie felt a pain in her heart and a chill, she covered her chest and asked Xie Qian to retreat. The maid was waiting outside the house, she called the maid in, and told her to get a pen and paper, and she wanted to reply to Xie Lan......

The stage of Sufu was set up the day before the play, in the twilight smoke pavilion next to the Chengbi Lake, the twilight smoke pavilion sat south and faced north, and the opposite side and the left and right sides were built to walk the horse building, there was a bridge corridor to connect the stage and the three horse buildings together.

Not long after the hour, the guests came, and the female relatives were all good friends on weekdays, the sister-in-law of the Liu family and the Xu family, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Shi, and the wives of nearly ten families also came.

But Mrs. Huang didn't come, her eldest daughter-in-law came with two little girls, ** years old, looking like a snow doll, followed by her uncle and grandmother's granddaughter, the three of them gathered around and didn't know what to whisper.

The second lady of the British Mansion, Zhang, also returned from the Yang Mansion, Yang Ru passed away, and she accompanied Mrs. Yang in the Yang Mansion for several days. Su Jinxi was afraid that she would inevitably be depressed after staying in the Yang Mansion for a long time, so she sent the maid from the Su Mansion to the Yang Mansion last night to move Zhang's luggage.

The position of the female dependents is located on the second floor directly opposite the stage, the play has not yet begun, from time to time there are maids shuttling between the time to bring tea and water, and several ladies are talking about the key repertoire of the day - "Pick the Pulley", which is the traditional Peking Opera repertoire, the old lady's favorite.

What made the ladies happy the most was that the Liu family invited Chen Chuanyun, one of the top celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River, to sing Wusheng.

Chen Chuanyun is not only good at singing, but also handsome and beautiful, with a pair of eyes like water and affection, there are rumors in Yangzhou City, saying that the daughter of a high family has seen him once, and then he made a fuss about marrying Chen Chuanyun as his wife.

Those ladies said that Chen Chuanyun was crazy, and Jin Nian laughed, she didn't believe that these rumors were true or false, but she was curious about Chen Chuanyun's appearance.

At the end of the hour, a maid came upstairs to ask the old lady if she could start a play, and the female guests were already full, and the male guests on the left side of the horse were already sitting in a lot of people.

The old lady was very satisfied, and asked Honeysuckle to grab a few handfuls of broken silver and go to the back of the stage to reward, and not long after, there was a gong sound of "Qiang, Qiang, Qiang" on the stage. Real lady online service, help you find books to chat with you, please micro / letter / search / search hot network article or rd444 waiting for you to tease~

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