"I'm afraid it's Aunt Cui who hurts my father the most this time." Wanying said.

Aunt Lin didn't answer Wanying's words, and said: "Silent and silent, sometimes you may not be able to fight for your own profits, but if you fight is not fighting, if you don't fight, you will push it into your hands if you don't want it, and someone else's will break your head if you shouldn't." Your father also loves her, but her mind is too much. ”

"Mother's words, Qing'er understands."

"What my mother taught you is not to understand, but to do it, do you understand? How many times have my father and mother told you that when you go to the palace, it's none of your business, but what's going on with that maid named Qiuli? Aunt Lin changed her words and asked Wanying directly.

"Mother, she is really pitiful, and she is also a desperate person."

"Son, you are kind-hearted, but my mother always feels that this girl's eyes are erratic, as if there is something hidden in her heart."

Wan Ying told her mother how she got acquainted with Qiu Li in the palace, including why Qiu Li followed Wan Ying.

"Xu is mother thinks too much, but my mother still doesn't worry about you after all. That's why I'm always careful. ”

"Mother, Qiu Li is pitiful to death, if I don't care about her, what will she do? There are several younger brothers and sisters in the hometown, and they all count on her in the palace to settle in her uncle's house. ”

"Mother understands, in a few days, after this period of time, my mother sent a few little girls to Taiyuan Mansion for a trip."

"Thank you, mother, Qiu Li knows that she must be happy to die."

Aunt Lin suddenly remembered something she had forgotten, and asked Wanying: "My mother has been busy these days, have you decided on the people who followed you to the palace this time?" ”

"Qiu Li doesn't know anyone at home, so she must go over with Qing'er. Hongfu also told Qing'er in private that she wanted to serve in the palace with Qing'er. Lu Rong is too young, and her mind is so strong, she is afraid of causing trouble in the past, so it is better to stay at home and make plans when she grows up. ”

Niang nodded heartily and said, "Let Yun Niang go with you, Yun Niang is an elderly person, she has seen a lot of things, and she thinks more about everything than you children." ”

"Qing'er listens to her mother's orders."

The mother and daughter talked for a long time, Aunt Lin focused on the needle and thread in her hand, and Wanying also lingered in Li Yi'an's "Wuling Chun". "It's the soul of the whole poem. Wanying was fascinated by the last sentence: "I heard that Sungai Spring is still good, and I also plan to go on a light boat." I am only afraid of the Sungai boat, which cannot be carried and has many worries. ”

It is effortless to carry the wind with the wind, how can it carry Yi'an's thousand catties of sorrow. However, Yi An did not seem willing to abandon her sorrow.

Otherwise, if it can be carried, let it be carried away by the wind, and if it can't be carried, let it sink into the river, which is a good thing for Li Yi'an. It's just that she is holding on to her body tightly, maybe she is really reluctant to throw it away......"

It is said that Master Shi was called by the housekeeper, and when he saw that Master Shi was out of the Treasure Pavilion, he leaned into his ear and said: "Master, no one calls Master, the slave made up a lie, Aunt Cui refused to go on the road, and she was looking for death in the firewood room to see the master for the last time." ”

Master Shi's head tilted slightly to the side, and he said lightly: "It's gone, just send it away." ”

The housekeeper was embarrassed and said, "Master, she hit her head to pieces, and blood flowed everywhere, it seems that she has to see you." We slaves don't dare to take ideas indiscriminately! ”

"It's gone, send it directly to Zhuangzi, you don't have to go back to me." After speaking, Master Shi directly brushed his sleeves and prepared to return to the Treasure Pavilion. As soon as he stepped into the courtyard gate, he stopped again, stood for a long time, turned around, and said to the housekeeper, "Lead the way......

Along the winding stone path, Master Shi followed the housekeeper around and around to a remote courtyard in the house.

The butler took out a key from his bosom, unlocked the door, and after carrying the master into the courtyard, he fastened the latch with his backhand.

Walked to a room with blood stains on the window paper, hurriedly walked to the master, took the key to open the rusty lock, and said to the master: "I have gone out of the way, the master has anything to say, the slave is guarding at the gate of the courtyard." ”

After the housekeeper finished speaking, he went out of the courtyard directly, and heard the sound of the courtyard door closing. It's a house that hasn't been inhabited for a long time. The walls of the house were covered with cobwebs, and a thick layer of ash fell on the webs. Blocks of red paint peeled off the partitions in the room, and a few rotten curtains gently blew the painted wooden pillars.

The curtains fluttered suddenly, and Master Shi saw Aunt Cui wearing a middle coat, lying dirty in a pile of straw. Although the clothes were worn on the body, the rope buttons were not fastened, and the snow-white plain brocade on the front placket was covered with dirty bloodstains.

Master Shi walked up to him, opened his mouth slightly, and was speechless for a long time. Half a day squeezed out a few words from his mouth: "No one has tortured you, why do you have to suffer yourself?" ”

Aunt Cui's curled up body shook suddenly, her messy long hair suddenly rose gradually, and she said resentfully: "Master, you are willing to come, if Mei Shan doesn't show the determination to die, how can they let the master come over?" ”

"If you have anything to say, say it!"

"Master, Mei Shan's head hurts so much! Master, you rub Mei Shan. ”

“……”

"Master, Mei Shan is about to die, isn't the master distressed?"

"I originally wanted to give you a way to live, but you walked the road to death yourself."

"Master, did you already know?"

“……”

"It must be, otherwise Mei Shan wouldn't have thought of why the master suddenly faded away from Mei Shan a few years ago."

"If you know, why do you want to die yourself?"

"Master, Mei Shan is only in her 20s, and she has been a widow all her life, and she is unwilling!"

"I coveted your youth and beauty, but I didn't expect to break you up. When I find out your adultery. I also thought, as long as outsiders don't know, I will help you raise the child, and when Shao Yang Wanping grows up in the future, she will naturally only recognize me as her father, not to mention that Shao Yang is my favorite youngest son, and I can't bear to knock them out of the door, I really can't be ruthless. And Wanping, rude and willful, like you, I love and hate, I don't know what to do? ”

"Master, you really already knew!"

"The Western Regions essence water you use is a tribute from the palace, and there are only four bottles in total. The eldest princess's family has a share, Beiping, Dong'an Wangfu, and the fourth share is our family. The essence lasts for a long time and is easy to contaminate. He was just a doorman in the Shuntian Mansion at the time, so he wouldn't be able to enter and leave the eldest princess's mansion, right? It won't be the guests of the two princesses, right? ”

"Master, don't wash your innocence for yourself, you must have a shadow in your heart, that's why you gave me that bottle of essence, waiting for us to jump into the fire pit."

“……”

"Now that I know what's going on? It's not a ghost who died unjustly, and I've enjoyed the blessings that my lord shouldn't have enjoyed in the past few years, maybe I'm born with a hard life, and I can't stand this great wealth, so I lost my life. The fortune teller said before that I had an eighty yang life, but I didn't expect that just after thirty, I had to feed the fish and shrimp in the water. Hahaha......"

“……”

"Master, what are you going to do with Shao Yang and Wan Ping?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own arrangements......"

"Master, please, let them live, I will die to see you, one is to say I'm sorry, and then I can't rest assured that my children will not let them go. Master, although they are not born to the master, but they are raised by the master, they only recognize the master as their father. ”

Master Shi was troubled for a while, and immediately interrupted Aunt Cui and said, "Don't say it!" ”

"Sir, if you treat them as kittens and puppies, they will repay you for raising them in the future. Give them a way to live. ”

"I will place these two children ......"

After Master Shi finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the house, leaving Aunt Cui shrunk in the straw pile, rushing to the door, and screaming in a low voice: "Master, I'm sorry, I'm the number one ungrateful and shameless woman in the world." I'm sorry for you, sir......"

Even though Aunt Cui exerted all her strength, her voice could not float out of the room, because her voice was so weak and weak, like a flickering candle flame, even if she tried her best, she could not shine the light farther away.

Walking out of the small courtyard, Master Shi put down the big stone in his heart heavily. Looking at the sky, the sun in March was exactly the same as ten years ago, and it was also such a warm day, and Master Shi unexpectedly met Aunt Cui.

The wind is still as warm as it was back then, but he and the bright and delicate woman are different.

On the way back, a small doorman at the gate ran over in a panic, and said breathlessly: "Master, there are one or two hundred people named Huazi at the door of the house, and more than a dozen of us who take care of the home can't get rid of it, do you want to lock the gate." ”

Master Shi frowned and said, "Since you want to come to the door for food, let the kitchen make some dry food and distribute it to them." ”

The housekeeper on the side hurriedly stopped and said, "Master, I can't help it!" You haven't known that you've been sick for the past few days, but tens of thousands of refugees have recently come to the capital, and the accents are all from the Zhili area. It's not that we are rich and unkind, tens of thousands of refugees, this is a matter of the imperial court, if the lord intervenes, something will happen. ”

Master Shi was stunned and asked, "Tens of thousands of refugees?" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly replied: "It is tens of thousands of people, these refugees are the whole village to escape to ask for food, we take care of these 100 people, the rest of the refugees know that there is food here, and they will not overturn the house!" After speaking, without waiting for the instructions of the master, he said directly to the little servant: "Hurry up and close the gate, and let all the strong men in the house go to the gate to listen and drink." Then go to the camp in the west of Beijing from the back door, and borrow 200 elite soldiers from there to come back. ”

The little servant quickly took the instructions and flew to the door, and the master grabbed the housekeeper and said, "How much gas and silver do you have in the family account now?" ”