Chapter 072: Empty Box

There was a fierce quarrel in the study, and the little guys outside the door were listening with their ears pricked up. Suddenly, there was silence in the house, and just as the little maid leaned in front of the door again, the door opened with a "clang", and Lin Shijun walked out with a splash of ink.

The little guy gasped in shock, seeing that he was going to do a family affair this month, why did this old man still do it with his new aunt?

Lin Shijun stared at a face stained with ink stains, swaggered around the street, earned all the eyeballs, and then rode back to Zezhou. Pinch your fingers, there are only twelve days before the day of marriage, if he goes to the capital, he will just put in his wings, and he won't be able to fly back, is there a faster way.

Lin Shijun's eyes turned to his heart, turned the horse's head, and went to Baiji Cloth Shop. As soon as I entered the door, I went to find Ye Qing, and I always heard the shopkeeper scold Ye Qing for being the Bai family, and maybe Ye Qing had a way. Ye Qing was sitting by the well in the backyard, smoking a dry cigarette, listening to his babbling explanation.

"Are you here to see the owner of our Bai family? Then go and see you, aren't you the nephew of the owner? ”

"Go, I have to go. But aren't Uncle Ye all from the Bai family, I'm just asking, is there a faster way to contact us here? I went back and forth to the capital, and it took a month, and I was a little too late in time. ”

Ye Qing understood: "Oh, that's it." However, at this time of year, the owner is not in the capital. ”

???

Not in the capital! "And where is he?"

Ye Qing took a puff of dry smoke: "It's hard to say, there are batches of goods from Suzhou the day after tomorrow." I won't know until the people from the Bai family arrive. However, at this time, the owner is either in Jinan or in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Every year from March to September, it is a good time to do business, and there are several big fields that need to be watched by the owner. ”

If you don't find the right place, you miss it. Didn't he just run away for nothing, and he had to come here for a trip? However, these places are much closer than the capital. If there are eight days of horseback riding in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and this round trip is sixteen days, he is afraid that he will miss his marriage, if it is in Jinan, it is only three or four days away from here to Jinan, and it will take seven or eight days to go back and forth.

Ye Qing took the cigarette pot and knocked it on the edge of the well, stood up, the cigarette stick was rolled with a tobacco belt, and it was pinned on the waistband of his trousers.

"I take the liberty of asking, you are looking for our owner, but it has something to do with Zezhou's donation of temples?"

Lin Shijun hesitated for a moment, hurriedly waved his hand, and denied: "No, no, I'm not about to get married?" My parents died early, and I don't have close elders, and the closest one is this uncle, so I want to send him a post. ”

"Oh, when?"

Lin Shijun scratched his head: "The time is a bit rushed, and my father-in-law is set for the twentieth of this month." So, I thought it would be nice to inform my uncle as soon as possible. ”

Ye Qing stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, Lin Shijun looked confused, what is the situation?

"What are you doing in a daze, give me the post, and I'll ask someone to bring it to you."

Lin Shijun was shocked and grinned: "Then can you bring me with you?" ”

"No, carrier pigeons can't carry you." Ye Qing didn't smile, continued to stumble, and asked him to put the post up.

But where did Lin Shijun get the post, he didn't even think about inviting his uncle when he came. Second, just casually saying that, he patted his body and touched his pocket.

"Oh, look at my foolishness, I'll go home and get it, I'll deliver it later."

Lin Shijun didn't even return home, so he went to a nearby study, asked for paper and pencils, and finished writing the invitation. I also wrote a letter expressing my thoughts and wanting to see my uncle. As for whether his uncle wants to see him, it's hard to say, but he has to give it a try.

After writing, he hurriedly returned to Bai Ji Buhang and handed over the things to Ye Qing. Ye Qing asked him to come over the day after tomorrow to listen to the letter, and Lin Shijun thanked him again and again.

At present, only the day after tomorrow can know where his uncle went, and he secretly prayed in his heart that he must be close to him.

Lin Shijun saw that today and tomorrow are just free to do a happy event.

Qi Jingyan came out of the house, walked around the yard, and looked for green seedlings everywhere. Suddenly, a head sticks out of the firewood room, his face is blackened, and he still has an axe in his hand, obviously burning the fire and chopping wood, which is also too embarrassing.

"Seedlings?"

"Yo, our eldest lady, finally remembered me. I thought you eloped with someone and didn't come back. Where do you still remember, these little maids who are insignificant. ”

Qi Jingyan laughed: "Oops~ You won't make fun of your young lady less." See, how did you get so disgraced? ”

Qing Miao wiped his face, put down the axe, and stepped out of the door: "Hey, it's not what it used to be! Before, I was still the personal maid of the eldest lady? is very angry, but since I lost the eldest lady, I have become a useless coolie. There's no way around it, it's good to be able to give food to eat. A slave without a master, that is, grass without roots, where it floats, where it is. ”

Qi Jingyan was counted down by her, and her face turned red. But when she thought of the situation at that time, she couldn't help but be a little worried, she only cared about herself and ran away, and even forgot about her.

"It's also a sudden incident on my side, and you are implicated. That...... Are you alright? But what hurts? ”

"I didn't have anything to do, I was just thrown in the weeds. Xu is the heavy hand under the man, I didn't wake up for a while, but there is no missing arms or legs on my body, but my neck hurts for more than half a month. Qingmiao sighed slightly, somewhat frightened, but she was more worried about Miss, because she was in Zhongfu and heard some bad rumors.

"Miss, are you okay? When I woke up, it was late in the evening, and everyone couldn't find you, so nothing happened to you, right?

Qi Jingyan turned around: "Come, do you look at me like someone who has something?" ”

Qingmiao frowned in disbelief, still looking at her in circles, pulling her arms, moving her legs, and repeatedly making sure: "Is it really okay?" Is it really okay!? ”

"Really! It's more real than gold! ”

As soon as Qingmiao saw that she was fine, she crossed her waist angrily: "Then Miss, if you are really fine, then you are too much, how can you leave me alone?" Let me be in that grass for several hours, and if I hadn't woken up by myself, I would have had to freeze all night. ”

From Qingmiao's questioning, Qi Jingyan also felt that she was wrong, she was brought away, but she didn't bring them out well, and led her into the house.

"Actually, I'm not fine, and a little thing happened, so I didn't care about it. At that time, weren't we beaten by two people? The guy who hit me was light-hearted, so I woke up quickly, and by that time, you were no longer by my side. The two of them wanted to be rude to me, but I didn't expect me to wake up so quickly, so I fought with them, and for a long time, but I still didn't fight, and fell into their hands, and almost ....... Then, for some reason, Lin Shijun came and rescued me. At that time, the situation was complicated, and we went over the wall. ”

"Ahh What else is happening? Miss...... Are you really okay? ”

Qingmiao nodded twice when she saw Qi Jingyan, and then completely relieved: "This ...... It wouldn't be, it was the county chief's doing, right? ”

Qi Jingyan these days, she only cares about forgetting those bad things as soon as possible, and she never thinks about who hurt her? The county lord of Anping is not impossible, and the events of the day are also strange. However, she always felt that eighty percent of this incident was directed and acted by Zhong Mingjun.

"The county lord?"

Qingmiao nodded very affirmatively: "Except for her, who else is unreasonable?" Miss, you may not know that several things happened that day. The fifth lady pushed Miss Zhong Chanyu of the Zhong family into the water, and Miss Zhong was fished up by a strange man, and the family affairs that were originally scheduled were yellow. And in order to clear her name, Miss Fifth also jumped into the water herself, but afterwards she said that she pushed Miss Zhong to be the county lord of Anping and instructed her to do this. Moreover, the county lord of Anping had a big quarrel with Miss Wang Qiao at that time, and insisted that you were having an affair with Miss Wang's fiancΓ©, and said that you were going to catch the adulterer. Is that courtyard very biased, why is she not a prophet, this matter is inseparable from the county lord of Anping. ”

Qi Jingyan was stunned for a moment, there was a lot of information, and he didn't know which one to ask for a while.

"You mean, the fifth sister also fell into the water? Is there anything wrong with her? ”

Qingmiao said contemptuously: "What can Miss Fifth do?" She is now a phoenix flying on the branches, and she is the beautiful concubine of the son of the family, so she is beautiful. Besides, Miss Fifth is a person who knows water, others don't know, can we not know? ”

"Beautiful concubine? What's going on. ”

"Ahh The master didn't tell you, the fifth lady fell into the water and married the man who fished her ashore, just a few days ago, what did she marry? . ”

"What, all married?" No, she's messed up all at once? There was a time when a daughter married before the eldest daughter. However, why has she never heard of such a big thing? It shouldn't be, it is said that if she marries a child of a family, her father is not the kind of person who hides it, so why don't you tell her anything.

"Qingmiao, are you coaxing me? How can I say it, I also married my daughter, but I haven't seen it here, there is a happy word posted in this house, and a red silk or something? ”

Qingmiao scoffed: "What kind of happy words do you have to paste here, and what kind of red silk does you want to hang?" People are concubines, not marrying the main room. Only a dowry of 1,000 taels was given, a small sedan chair carried people, a string of firecrackers, and it was over. ”

Qi Jingyan suddenly realized that this was a concubine, and it was not a big deal, but she was still a little surprised, didn't Aunt Zhao hate being a concubine the most?

How could it be by his own daughter, not to mention that his father is not the kind of person who loves vanity, and Qi Qiaorong is also quite pampered, how can she suffer this kind of hardship?

"Whose family is this marrying? Didn't my dad stop him? ”

Qingmiao stroked his palm: "Can this old man not stop him, although he is a family, but that man is a person who does not do his duty, and the lady in the family is also a wicked woman." How could the master be willing to let Miss Five go, but no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't resist Aunt Zhao and Miss Five. By the way, I almost forgot to tell Miss You, in front of the master, don't mention Miss Five, the Lord is angry now when he mentions Miss Five. Fortunately, there is also Miss You save face for the master, otherwise the master will really make the fifth miss angry. ”

Qi Jingyan really didn't expect that Qi Qiaorong, whose eyes were above the top, would marry someone as a concubine, but the son of the family who listened to Qingmiao said was really not the person Qi Qiaorong married in his previous life, so he couldn't help but be a little strange, could it be that the trajectory of his previous life began to change?

Qi Jingyan was still distracted, and Qingmiao said again: "So, miss." This time, you must fight for breath when you get married, and rub their sharpness well. Aunt Zhao said, the fifth lady is blessed, and the husband's generous family is a dowry of 1,000 taels, and ordinary people are willing to give so much. The sarcasm of our aunt is shabby, but when I saw the dowry list sent by Lin Gongzi, there are 5,000 taels, see what Aunt Zhao says! ”

Qi Jingyan was a little nervous, with this kind of thing, she and Lin Shijun's wedding banquet couldn't make any moths, it was really going to make trouble. His father is not angry, but he will be spit on to death by the villagers of Shili.

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After these two days, Lin Shijun was busy with his feet on the ground, although he was looking for someone to do everything, but he was concerned, from the etiquette of greeting relatives to the red candle and happy words. Fortunately, with experience, everything in the wedding room has been arranged, and the rest will be arranged by them. As for the honor guard and dowry for greeting relatives, he prepared it years ago, but he didn't need it at that time. Now that he is informed, everything is in place, and now he is waiting for the day to come, and he will marry.

Lin Shijun rushed back to Zezhou overnight, and came to Baiji Buhang early in the morning to listen to the letter. Unexpectedly, Ye Qing yawned and sent him away: "You kid, how long have you been working in the shop, when have you seen that the goods have been delivered during the day, and you will come at night." ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to come at night, Lin Shijun suddenly became idle. If he wants to run back to Lingchuan again and again, he will definitely not be able to catch up in time. Besides, it's all done over there, it's useless for him to go back, he has to go back to his home, the small courtyard they entered, but this one person is in the yard, he always feels too lonely, it's not interesting, he must not want to stay.

Watering vegetables and sweeping the yard, the work will be finished in a while.

I'm going to lie in bed to make up for sleep, but I can't sleep because of things in my heart, tossing and turning. I felt like I had been lying in bed for a century, and when I looked at the time, only a quarter of an hour had passed. And with four full hours left in the evening, what should he do?

Lin Shijun planned to go to see Lin Huan in prison, and made some of his favorite food, so he carried the rice basket and went to the yamen of the prefect's mansion, handed over a little money, and was put in.

In the dark and gloomy cell, there were a few torches burning, and he was taken to the door of a single cell by the yacha, and saw Lin Huan nesting in the corner, with his back to him, with a thick quilt of brocade clothes next to him, and big fish and meat on the table.

"Lin Huan?"

Lin Huan suddenly hugged his head: "I don't know, I don't know anything, it's none of my business." I really don't know anything, I've said everything I should say, I remember Qingqing several times a night to the thatched house, I really don't know this. ”

Yacha knocked on the cell door: "Lin Huan, don't pretend to be crazy and stupid, someone has come to see you." ”

Lin Huan turned his head in a daze, and when he saw Lin Shijun, his eyes suddenly had brilliance, and tears fell: "Big brother! Big brother, you've come to see me...... I was wronged! ”

Although he knew that he was pretending, Lin Shijun was always unhappy in his heart.

"I know...... Don't cry, the people in the yamen are the fairest, and they will definitely be able to find out and give you an understanding. Don't be afraid, big brother is here. Official, can you put me inside? ”

The yacha laughed and said, "I've seen people come out and talk to you." But I haven't seen it yet, so I'm going to shut myself up and talk. If you want to go in, go in. With that, he opened the cell door and locked Lin Shijun inside.

Lin Shijun pulled Lin Huan and looked at it, not too worried: "You haven't lost weight, you've gained a lot of weight......

"I can eat and sleep, but I'm too lonely by myself, and the brother in the prison next to me was transferred away because I was annoying. Even the yacha thought I was nagging and didn't talk to me. What's the use of eating well, I'm about to suffocate to death by myself. ”

Lin Shijun couldn't hold back a smile, he couldn't go to jail for talking.

"I haven't been in Zezhou for two months, why are you still giving something wrong?"

Lin Huan wiped away tears: "Am I wronged?" There is no time to be wronged. Don't talk about this, big brother, what delicious food did you bring me? ”

Lin Shijun put the food basket on the small table, and the two sat on the ground: "What good can there be, your brother is so-so." However, I don't have to worry about eating when I look at you. ”

"Hehe, it's all thanks to Zhao Gongzi's care, otherwise half of my life would be gone, but I still want to go out and eat the rice cooked by my eldest brother." As he spoke, he buried his head in eating it.

Lin Shijun had been looking at him silently, and seeing that he was fine, he was somewhat relieved.

"You said before that you must be notified of your marriage."

"What? Big brother, you're going to get married? Is the order of Qi County set? When? Lin Huan asked with concern.

Lin Shijun looked happy when he saw him, and he couldn't bear to say: "On the twentieth of this month, the time may be a bit rushed, I don't know...... Can the yamen let you out? ”

The rice in Lin Huan's mouth fell out, looking extremely lost, and he said bitterly after a while: "It's okay." Then I will wish my eldest brother a hundred years of happiness in advance and an early birth of a noble son. ”

Lin Shijun patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry! ”

Yacha knocked on the door: "Okay, if you see that people are fine, come out, always stay in prison, we have to be scolded by the head!" ”

Lin Shijun stepped out of the prison door, glanced at Lin Huan, and left, Lin Huan! It won't keep you waiting too long.

He was preoccupied, wandering aimlessly on the streets, buying and tasting food when he saw it, squatting down to play for a while when he saw playing, looking at the sun from time to time, killing time.

In the evening, Lin Shijun came to Baiji Trading House. Ye Qing didn't tell him the news, and dragged him to drink, so he went to a nearby inn.

"Alright, let's go in and see for yourself!" Ye Qing turned around and left.

Lin Shijun was suddenly a little excited, couldn't it be his maternal uncle? With anticipation, he pushed open the door and watched a middle-aged man looking out the window at the sunset, holding a long fan with one hand behind his back.

"In Xia Lin Shijun, dare to ask the seniors?"

Bai Xiao turned around and was taken aback: "Yo, this blink of an eye, have you grown so big?" ”

"Uncle...... After many years, I didn't expect to see my uncle again, but my uncle has never changed. ”

Bai Xiao looked at it: "You...... It's still like your father, like your mother. There was a bit of regret in those words, and I could hear that he missed his sister and wanted to find a shadow from him, but he couldn't find it.

Bai Xiao shook his head, with a smile on his face: "I heard that you are going to get married?" Which girl did you marry? ”

"It is a family affair set by my mother before she died, the daughter of the Ling family of Qi County, Lingchuan County."

Bai Xiao nodded with satisfaction: "Jin'er has always had a good vision, and what she has set is definitely a good family affair." Ay...... I feel that when I carried your mother on the sedan chair, it was just yesterday. But in the blink of an eye, it's time for their children to start a family, children, come in and have a drink with your uncle. ”

Lin Shijun was surprised, he thought that Bai Xiao's attitude towards him would be as bad as in his previous life, but he never expected that he would be so friendly, this is a great opportunity, it is not as good as.

"Uncle, my nephew has a reluctant request, and I ask my uncle to agree."

Bai Xiao helped him up: "If you don't say it, I know it." Originally, I didn't want to interfere, but you sent a letter, and I will be my uncle, how can I refuse. There's no hurry in this matter, you can accompany your uncle to have a meal first. ”

"Good!" Lin Shijun seemed to see a glimmer of hope, the two reminisced, and talked about the events of these years in general, and the two kept talking about Tianming.

With Bai Xiao's secret support, Lin Shijun's affairs went very smoothly.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of marriage.

Lingchuan is a small place, so this day is particularly lively, I heard that the daughter of the county lord is married, and the people of this half of the county can't wait to take a look, who is this groom official?

Lin Shijun rode a high-headed horse, with ten miles of red makeup behind him, and any jade tree coral, all picked up the most eye-catching pendulum, and the dowry that his mother asked Bai Jin to leave him was really good.

He looked at the same scene and pace as in his previous life, and came to the door of this Qi Mansion, and the joy that surged out of his heart was as good as it was back then.

He felt as if he had never grown up, still the fool whose heart was beating like a drum, waiting for her to marry. Listening to the joy of beating gongs and drums, I watched boxes of etiquette delivered to Qi Mansion.

He thought, what is Qi Jingyan doing now?

Qi Mansion is busy inside and out, full of lights, and beaming.

Qi Jingyan looked at herself in the mirror, put on bright red lipstick, and was a little unrecognizable for a while, how could she go around and around as if she was back on that day, but in her heart, she couldn't be happy for half a minute.

Fearful of the future, she wondered, what would happen next? She was always afraid that if they walked again, they still wouldn't be able to go together, and when she thought of this, her eyes moistened.

When Qingmiao saw her, she looked like she was about to cry, so she quickly took a fan and fanned the wind into her eyes.

"My good lady, on a happy day, you can't cry, crying and wearing makeup will be over. This is a big event in a lifetime, anything can do. You just can't be ugly and let your husband lift her head. What's there to cry about? This Qi family will not run with long legs, when will you be homesick and when will you come back? It's a joy to get married, be happy! Think about it, in the past, only my father and mother were hurt, and now my husband is hurt, how beautiful, it's beautiful when you think about it. ”

Qi Jingyan was amused by her, looking at her serious and serious appearance, the little worry in her heart disappeared.

However, the one who cried the most at this time was Qi Lin.

He hugged Qi Jingyan's waist, half-squatted on the ground, and didn't let go at all: "Sister, don't get married!" You're always at home, stay with me, if you want to buy something delicious, I'll buy it for you. If you want to wear something nice, I'll buy it for you. Don't get married......"

Qi Lin's operation made Qi Jingyan cry and laugh, this little kid, last night, she still disliked her vigorously, let her marry quickly, and she lost money and silver, but the family business of Qi Mansion is not in his name, otherwise he will have to pay for it, then decisively, who would have thought that it would become a snot bag today.

"Hey...... Qi Lin! What did you say yesterday? You forgot? ”

Qi Lin wiped his tears: "If a man says, what do you still believe him do, it must be counted one by one." I thought yesterday that you were married, and I got married! But today, I can't bear it, and in the future, there will be no one in this house to play with me. ”

Qi Jingyan patted his head, where did this bear child learn this.

Outside, the grandmother shouted at the top of her voice: "It's time to welcome the kiss!" ”

Qingmiao picked up Qi Lin and said, "Little master, you are hugging, the eldest lady really can't get married." As he spoke, he took the hijab and put it on Qi Jingyan's head.

Qi Lin wiped his snot and stood aside, although he was reluctant, he didn't dare to stop it, he just sobbed vigorously.

"Carry the bride." As soon as the door opened, there were relatives and grandmothers on both sides, Qi Jingyan could only hear the commotion around her, they were all laughing and happy, and she couldn't help but be nervous.

Generally, there is a man in the family, and he goes on the sedan chair with his back in unison. Qi Lin clamored to come, but he was too young to carry it, so he called Qi Ting, the eldest brother of the uncle's family.

Qi Ting carried her on his back and sent her out, she listened to the grandmother next to her read the festive words, and then she really realized that she was going to get married.

For a moment, there was a sense of unreality, this thing was really too strange, and she pinched the back of her hand...... It hurts, it hurts!

Lin Shijun was blocked by a group of children at the door, such a scene in his previous life was sad for him, he was not ready at all. But now it was different, he turned around and grabbed a large handful of candy from Dim Sum Yang and gave it to the children, and then pointed to Dim Sum Yang.

"Xitang is here with this uncle, go find him and ask for it." The child instantly let go of him, the groom's official, and circled the candy dim sum Yang.

He took this opportunity to run to the door of the mansion, and he looked at Qi Jingyan, who was dressed in red, and was sent to him step by step by Qi Ting. Once when she passed away, the helplessness that couldn't be grasped became in front of her, she walked towards him step by step, and he suddenly felt that he had roots, and he was not fluttering, and he was gone.

The noisy drum music seemed to suddenly mute, and the whole world became silent, and only she could be seen in the eyes.

Step by step, they came to him.

Qi Lin called sweetly: "Brother-in-law! ”

Lin Shijun came back to her senses, stood sideways, and watched Qi Ting carry her onto the sedan chair. He had forgotten all the things he wanted to say, leaving him in a daze. Later, he was pushed on a horse and walked in the direction of home. He was stunned, and even the wind blowing in his face felt a hint of greasy sweetness.

Qi Rong stood at the door, sighed three times with his hands behind his back, looked at his wife, and then looked at the sedan chair that was gradually moving away, his eyes were slightly sour.

"Sir, it's time to greet the guests......"

Qi Rong raised his hand, ignoring the subordinates, just staring at the group of people, disappearing little by little, until he couldn't even hear the noisy sound, he reluctantly helped him, and his wife walked to the courtyard.

The small servants were hurriedly carrying the box, and suddenly a small man's hand slipped, and a corner of the box fell out of his hand, and the big wooden box directly shook the lid, and the soil and weeds inside fell to the ground in front of everyone's eyes.

The little guys were stunned, looked at Qi Rong who walked into the courtyard, and stammered in a panic: "Old... Master...... This... This dowry box, nothing in it? ”

Nothing!

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