Huanhuaxuan has changed a lot. Probably repainted before the owner got married, the color of the verandah railing is brighter than before, there are more lattices on the wall, which is more delicate and rich, there are several more houses in the direction of the backyard, the houses in the second courtyard have all been rebuilt, and there are three main houses, now only Li You and Fan Xiru are used by husband and wife, the big girls live in the ear room, the east wing is the study, and the west wing lives in the aunt and the room. The other girls and mothers-in-law all live in the front yard or in the back room. The place where the big girls usually do their work and gossip has been moved to the corner of the verandah in the front yard.

Seeing Li You bring people in, the girls got up one after another to greet them, shouting and asking for warmth, some poured hot tea, some sent snacks, some took off their coats, some reported what happened in the courtyard in the two hours he left, and some glanced at Chunying and Shi'er with scrutiny in their eyes. Ritsu, who is the leader, combs the woman's hair. The dress is obviously more gorgeous than the other big girls, and she recognized Chunying and Shi'er at a glance, and stepped forward with a smile: "Why are the two sisters free to come back today?" Sister Chunying hasn't seen her for many years, is this always good? ”

Chunying didn't say anything affectionate to her, so she just smiled reservedly, Shi'er talked to her, and asked Xia He, Lixia said: "Miss He brought a letter from home, saying that her mother was sick, so she went home early this morning, and I am afraid that she will not be able to come back in the evening." Shi'er was a little disappointed: "I also said that she must be there, I knew that I was waiting outside." ”

Chunying asked Shi'er with her eyes, and Shi'er whispered to her: "Xia He opened her face at the end of last year. Chun Ying frowned, and her gaze at Li You was a little unkind.

How can this be reasonable, such an innocent and lovely baby was harmed by this kind of horse!

Li You waved his hand to get rid of the Yingying Yanyan, and turned back and said, "Shi'er will catch up with them, Chunying will come in with me." He went straight to the backyard.

Chun Ying felt dozens of cold lights shooting from all directions, sneered, and said lightly: "Third Young Master is so confused, what is your identity now, and what is my identity?" I'm a guest at the house today, you have something to do, just say it generously, just ask me to come into the house with you, what are you doing?! ”

Li You was stunned, and then she reacted, and now she is no longer his girl. It seems that there is something wrong with marrying a woman again, and being a lonely man and widow. However, the thing he was about to tell her was not heard by others. With a frown, he said: "It's urgent, you come in with me, it's a big deal to open the door for people to see." Lixia is here to guard the door! After taking two steps, seeing that Chunying was still standing still with a straight face, he sighed: "This matter has something to do with your family Hu Wangshan, don't you really listen to me?!" ”

Chunying's heart moved: "What relationship?" ”

"Just come in, I'll tell you slowly. What does he do, you know, do you want me to say it here in front of the girls? ”

said as if Hu Fei was doing something unseemly. Chunying pursed her lips, and when she saw Lixia coming to persuade her, she said: "Since you have a serious matter, why is there only one invitation to me in the post of the third young grandmother?" If I had known that it had something to do with Wangshan, I would have asked him to come along. I have never cared about his official affairs, even if you tell me, I don't know the details? ”

"It's not like that." Li You thought for a while, "There are too many people involved in the matter, and it leaks out." It's not good for everyone. That's why I called you, because you are half of your own. Don't worry too much, all the people in this courtyard are born of the family, and they won't say anything that shouldn't be said. He glanced at the girls, and everyone bowed their heads obediently. From Fang Cai's conversation, they also knew that Chun Ying was not a vixen who intended to hook up with her master, of course she wouldn't mess around, in case she annoyed the third young master, it wasn't fun.

Chunying smiled, changed her "polite" tone and said: "Third young master, don't blame me for being too careful, speaking of which, I was originally a guest of the third young grandmother, because of the old friendship, I just said a few words to you, but now that the third young grandmother is not here, you don't let others accompany me, making me embarrassed, I really don't know how to deal with it." Although our Hu family is not as noble as the Hou Mansion, it is also a decent family, and I have to take care of my husband's face and be cautious in my words and deeds. Nowadays, there are many villains in the world, who are accustomed to keeping an eye on other people's momentary negligence, making up some shadowless things to spread around, and bad people's reputation, so as to make fun of it. Although I am an insignificant figure, if I am criticized, not only will the face of the Hu family be damaged, but even the faces of the old ladies and wives of the Wenjun Mansion and the East Mansion will be dull, and the reputation of the third young master will also be affected. Therefore, I have no intention of you off. It's good to take care of the faces of several families, and if there is anything offended, please don't be surprised. ”

In her words, she made three meanings clear, one is to warn Li You not to treat her like an ordinary married girl, and she can call her as she wants, the second is to remind him to pay attention to controlling the mouths of the people around him, and the third is to raise two backers, indicating that neither the Hu family nor her Chunying herself can be at his mercy, and tell him to pay attention to proportion. But in addition to these three meanings, there is another meaning, that is: It's not that my identity has changed and I put on a show in front of the old master, I have no choice, and this is also for your good.

Li Youben is a clear-minded person, although he has always regarded Chunying as half of his own person, and there are fewer taboos in talking and doing things, but now that he has heard her words, he has also understood, and he can't help but feel annoyed. But what she said took up the big reason, if nothing else, just the face of Dongfu's uncle and grandmother, he couldn't ignore it. I had to grit my teeth and say: "The girl is too hearty, I'm not an impolite person." So he drove out all the girls who were working in the inner courtyard, and even Rouge was sent to the old lady to say hello, so that Lixia welcomed Chunying into the study to talk with him, and opened the window of the study facing the courtyard, so that everyone could see the situation inside, but it was far away, and he couldn't hear a word, but he still didn't call Shi'er in.

Shi'er didn't care, gave Chunying a reassuring look, and happily pulled a few acquaintances to talk to the old sisters. Chunying saw that Li You's arrangement was quite acceptable. Unhurriedly, he followed Lixia into the study. Rixia asked her to move to the right and take a seat on the first chair. She secretly thought in her heart, this dynasty is based on the left, the guest should sit on the left, and with her original identity, it is appropriate to sit on the right, but just now she talked about it, what are you pretending to do? He simply sat down on the second chair on the left generously, and smiled at Lixia: "Girl doesn't have to be polite. Lixia's face turned slightly red, and he sat down on the right side with a smile, and when he saw Li You enter the door, he immediately got up and stood respectfully.

Chun Ying slowly stood up and said with a smile: "The third young master is really polite. Li You looked at her seat and didn't say anything, just called: "Red leaves, pour tea!" Outside, a girl with a probe in her brain answered, and glanced at the study a few more times before leaving. Chunying noticed that she was still combing her unmarried daughter's hairstyle, and she looked like a big girl.

After a while, the red leaves served the tea, and quietly stared at Chunying a few times, but Chunying ignored it and slowly blew the lid of the tea bowl. Li You was impatient: "Go down after serving tea, what are you doing here?!" Momiji hurriedly retreated, and before leaving, he glanced at Lixia unwillingly, his eyes rolling, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

It seems that this is another girl who wants to climb up, but it doesn't seem to be so simple......

Li You asked for tea meaningfully, and then gave Lixia a look, Lixia smiled at Chunying very cooperatively, took out two cotton balls from his sleeve, plugged his ears, and turned around and walked to the bookshelf next to him to study the dust on the shelf. Chun Ying was dumbfounded, and said to Li You with a smile: "The third young master is really good at regulating people, and the girls under him are clever one by one. ”

Li You disagreed: "Do you think it's easy for me to be in this house?" She can be trusted, but there are some things that are difficult for her to know. After saying that, he stared at Chunying with an accusatory gaze: "It's a pity." You actually went to Dongfu! Why else would I be so troubled? It's not that there are no trustworthy girls, but they are just clever in small things, and when they encounter big things, they can understand my words, and they know the severity of things, except for you, I haven't met a second one! You're running away again! ”

Chun Ying almost rolled her eyes: "Third Young Master, it's useless to say more about these words, even if I want to stay by your side and wait, my wife can't tolerate it." I had nowhere to stay in this mansion, so I had to go to the East Mansion, but you said it was mine, and I didn't! ”

Li You sighed helplessly, turned around and walked to the opposite bookshelf, took down a thick set of scriptures, put them on the table, and after opening them, he took the top two books, revealing the hollowed out holes inside. Chunying watched him take out a yellowed pamphlet from the hole, and said secretly in her heart: I often see this kind of small mechanism in costume TV dramas, but now I can be regarded as seeing the real thing! It's a bit safe, but it seems to be a lot of fun and not too much trouble, so why don't you try to make a fun play when you get home?

Li You picked up the booklet and flipped through it, then sighed: "It's all your mother-in-law, and now this place to hide things can't be used anymore!" He glanced out the window before turning to her: "You are literate, take a look at this, and you will know what is going on." With that, he handed her the booklet.

Chunying hesitated, this thing seems to be a nuisance, right? If it's a secret, as soon as she takes it, she'll be an insider, and it's hard to refuse, right?

Li You was impatient and stuffed it into her: "What are you rubbing?" With your temperament, are you still afraid that I will force you to do something?! ”

Chunying carefully held the booklet and glanced at the cover, which was written in small letters: Shun'an Seven Years. There is also a word "Kang" written underneath. What does that mean? She hasn't worn it in Shun'an for seven years, what does the word "Kang" represent? She looked at Li You in confusion, and saw that he didn't mean to explain, so she had to turn the first page. At this glance, she was stunned.

According to the above records, at least in the seventh year of Shun'an, he once sent a large amount of money to King Ke's Mansion and Liang Taishi's Mansion, and these goods came from the filial piety of more than forty officials from other provinces, the lowest Chinese official was the county order, the highest was the political envoy of a province, the lowest military attache was Qianhu, and the highest was the Xuanfu envoy of the Zhenfu side. Judging from this account book alone, the power of King Ke's Mansion and Liang Taishi's Mansion was greater than imagined.

Chunying suddenly remembered that whether it was King Kang or the officials recorded in the account books, more than half of them were not on the list of guilty questions a few years ago, didn't that mean......

She gasped and quickly looked at Li You: "Third Young Master, this thing ...... It's amazing! If the emperor had been a little slower back then...... "It is precisely because the emperor's extermination action was fast enough that he restrained the main culprits before the influence expanded, so that these provincial forces were not alarmed, otherwise it is difficult to say who will die."

Li You nodded: "If it weren't for that, I wouldn't be in a dilemma." Looking at Chunying, there was a hint of relief in his eyes: "I knew you would be able to see it, and I didn't need to bother with my tongue." Talking to smart people is a matter of convenience. ”

Chun Ying didn't bother to pay attention to his compliment: "Where did you get it from?!" ”

"When the second sister-in-law moved to the back courtyard, she found it in her luggage." Li You said lightly, "At that time, the second sister-in-law was supported by the mother-in-law and left, and several girls were restrained, and the second brother shouted to renovate the yard and go to the bad luck, so the house was messy, there were people everywhere, and the second sister-in-law's softness was also touched a lot." I just went to see the excitement, and when I saw a big box, half-old and not new, it didn't look like something from our house, so I asked someone what it was. Chen'er, who used to be an errand boy in this courtyard, was in charge of the courtyard at that time, and told me that it was quietly sent by my second sister-in-law's mother's family after the accident, because there was a big iron lock and the box was made of iron, so no one knew what was inside. Only then did I realize that it was an iron box, but there was a wooden board on the outside, so I couldn't see it. I was so interested in it that I asked Chen'er to call a few people to quietly move the box away, and it took more than half a month to open it. There are many jewels and property deeds and the like, as well as the secret accounts of the Liang family, I handed them all over to my father at that time, this booklet is sandwiched in a bunch of ancient calligraphy and paintings, I didn't pay attention to it, it was not long ago that I turned it out and found the secret inside. ”

Chunying held the thin booklet, and only felt heavy: "If this thing is sent, it will be another bloody storm......"

"This is just an account, I'm afraid that the Liang family keeps it as a handle, and King Kang's Mansion must still have it! At that time, there will be more people involved. In fact, most of the people here are not the sworn friends of the traitors, and it doesn't matter if they escape. If it was handed over at that time, the emperor would also find it tricky. Li You suddenly felt a little irritable, "But the current situation of our family, if we can't come up with something to let the emperor know that we are loyal, we will be trampled into the mud!" Therefore, I can't take care of it, these people are not good people, since they were attached to the anti-party back then, they did not do less things to loot the people's fat and people's ointment, and they deserved it. ”

Chun Ying glanced at him: "Such an important thing, why don't you hand it over immediately?" Although I have only been back in Beijing for a few days, I have heard a lot of rumors. This thing will be handed over one day earlier, and the Hou Mansion will get out one day early, what are you still rubbing for?! ”

Li You was even more irritable: "If you flip through it carefully, you will know who is recorded in it...... Fan Jia...... Xiru's father's name is on it! There are also several families, all of whom are our family's family friends, and if I really hand them over, there will be too many people to offend! I'm afraid that from now on, the situation of the Hou Mansion in the capital will not be much better than now! ”

Chunying's eyes widened: "Master Fan is also on top?" But the third young grandmother ......, "She is very happy to invite herself very kindly?!"

"She doesn't know that." Li You frowned, "I only told her that this thing could save her father's life." So she believed. ”

Chun Ying stood up suddenly: "How can you do this?!" ”

"Why can't I do this?!" Li You impatiently regained the account book, "I didn't lie!" Her father was denounced, he embezzled a large amount of money for disaster relief in his early years, and he was still the first offender, and he would never escape a dead word. This thing was sent to prove that he was only one of more than a dozen accomplices, and the main culprit was his boss, who was forced to participate. Coupled with the contribution of King Jing's Mansion, her father will at most lose his official position and die! ”

Chunying breathed a sigh of relief, but she immediately thought that even the Hou Mansion felt that this thing was troublesome, so what did she ask her to do? Immediately said vigilantly: "You...... Could it be that you are thinking about ......?"

Li You nodded: "It's not difficult to send it up, but the difficult thing is to let the emperor know that it was sent by our family, and you can't let others know about it." Didn't your Hu Wangshan recognize the inner prison in the palace? I want him to send it in, and our family will be grateful to you and your husband afterwards. ”

Chun Ying gasped, what the Hou Mansion didn't dare to do, let alone her and Hu Fei? immediately refused: "Isn't there a way to Jingwangfu in the house?" Why do you need to find a little person like us? The Hou Mansion didn't dare to take risks, we didn't have the guts. You'd better ask for another master, I'll treat you today, it's not too early......"

Before she could finish speaking, Li You interrupted her: "I have already sent someone to invite Hu Wangshan, with you here, I will persuade him to help." ”

Chunying was stunned and furious: "What do you mean?!" Is it threatening?! ”

"I'm not going to force you!" Li You walked around irritably, "It could have been kept secret, but now, at least the people at my mother's place have known that I invited you here, and I have to ask afterwards, how many things in my house can be hidden from her?" If you can't cut through the mess quickly, there will be more troubles in the future! ”

Chun Ying sneered, gritted her teeth and said: "Third Young Master, I used to think that you were a smart person, but you were just a little stupid, but now I found out that in fact, you are not only not smart, but also very confused, which is outrageous, and you don't understand the truth of human feelings at all!" ”

Li You's face darkened: "What do you mean?!" ”。.。