Chapter 98: Branches
Xi'er went and returned from Chongxiaolou, and all she thought about along the way was that this time it was fine, and something big was going to happen.
Pan Ruyun was still thinking about how to live after leaving Jincheng with Mr. Chong, but Mr. Chong ......
Xi'er rushed back to Pan's Mansion with her heart all the way, and Pan Ruyun frowned when she saw her coming back alone.
She pinched the time to let her out, she knew more or less about Chongxiaolou's temperament, and he should be in his yard at this time.
"How? Why didn't he come with you? You haven't seen anyone or what's wrong? ”
Xi'er looked at Pan Ruyun and stopped talking.
Pan Ruyun was most annoyed by her stumbling appearance, and raised her head high, "You are talking." ”
Xi'er thought for a moment and considered speaking.
"Mr. Chong has a guest, but the slave didn't dare to come forward, the slave and the maid were afraid that people would see it, so they waited there for a while and came back."
Pan Ruyun's brows still didn't loosen, "Guest? What kind of guests? "Chong Xiaolou is not the kind of person who can easily make friends.
Xi'er nodded, and whispered, "It's a lady." ”
Pan Ruyun was stunned for a moment, her heart tightened, and she hurriedly asked Xi'er, "Is it the neighbor next door who always pesters him?" ”
Xi'er shook her head, "No, the slaves don't recognize it, they ...... Mr. Chong and she seem to have known each other for some time, and the two seem to be a little close. ”
Before Xi'er's words fell, Pan Ruyun smashed a cup directly, Xi'er turned her head, and the cup smashed under her feet and shattered.
"What you say is true? If you dare to talk nonsense, I will peel you carefully. ”
Xi'er hurriedly shook her head, "Miss, the slave swears that what the slave said is true, it is what the slave and the maid have seen with their own eyes, if there is half a lie, the sky will thunder!" Miss, how dare the slave and maid use such words to Kuang you, the slave and maid will never dare. ”
Pan Ruyun finished smashing the cup, and when she heard Xi'er's words again, she almost fainted without slowing down, and Xi'er didn't care about anything else and hurriedly stepped forward to give her relief.
Pan Ruyun pushed her away, "You tell me what you see, the original book, carefully and carefully, and you can't miss anything at all." ”
Xi'er had no choice but to tell Pan Ruyun everything she had seen in Chongxiaolou about 1510.
After she finished speaking, Pan Ruyun shook her hands and smoothed her breath after a while.
She gritted her teeth, almost squeezing out a sentence between her teeth, "Do you know that woman?" ”
Xi'er shook her head, "The slave doesn't recognize or see it, her eyes are tight, but looking at the clothes, it doesn't seem to be an ordinary family's daughter, but more like a ......"
Xi'er hesitated again, and a knife burst out of Pan Ruyun's eyes, "What is it like?" ”
Xi'er said: "It's more like a person from the Fengyue place." ”
Pan Ruyun inhaled, shook her head, as if she didn't believe it, and chattered to Li, "Impossible, Xiaolou is not this kind of person, he is not such a person." ”
Xi'er stood to the side, her head bowed, not daring to speak again.
Pan Ruyun saw red again that night, and Mrs. Pan hurriedly went to invite the doctor to come over, prescribed some medicine, and told her to recuperate.
Where can Pan Ruyun calm down, she planned everything carefully, but in the end, this kind of variable was born here in Chongxiao Building, where could she accept it?
After Mrs. Pan sent off the doctor, she punished Xi'er, locked people in the ancestral hall and knelt all night, blaming Pan Ruyun's uncomfortable body on her head that she didn't take care of.
Pan Ruyun was worried about Chongxiaolou's affairs, and she didn't notice that someone around her took care of her.
Pan Ruyun was lying on the bed, as if she had lost her soul, and only then did she remember what Pan Ruyi said that day......
No, Pan Ruyi is not right, she will never allow this kind of variable to happen, Pan Ruyun thought hatefully.
Pan Yuliang originally planned to wait for Shen Yanting to come back from the racecourse and talk to him about Tong Lu.
She knew that if she wanted to do anything to Tong Lu, Shen Yanting would definitely be on his side. is not like Shen Yanjun, maybe he has to tell her a lot of truths.
But she didn't wake up until it was almost dark after a nap, she slept soundly, and Hongyi and Aban didn't call her.
It wasn't until Shen Yanjun came back and asked her when the young lady had started sleeping, and felt that she had been sleeping for a long time, so she woke up.
Shen Yanjun was afraid that she would sleep too much during the day, and she would not be able to sleep until night.
Pan Yuliang came with her and saw Shen Yanjun in front of her, she flattened her mouth, thinking of Tong Lu's matter, and she was not very happy.
"What's wrong? Unhappy to see me? ”
Pan Yuliang snorted, "You stinky men, none of them are good. ”
Hongyi covered his mouth and smiled, and Ah Ban pretended to be dead on the side.
Shen Yanjun was scolded inexplicably, "Why am I not a good thing?" ”
Hongyi smiled and said, "The young lady is angry elsewhere, so take the eldest young master out of your anger." ”
Pan Yuliang changed his glaring at the red clothes, and the red clothes hurriedly admitted the mistake, "It's the slave and the maid who are wrong, the slave and the maid are troublesome, young lady, you should dissipate your anger, it's time to have dinner in a while, if you are full, you shouldn't be able to eat for a while." ”
Shen Yanjun coughed, and Hongyi hurriedly stepped aside.
He asked, "What's wrong?" Who dares to be angry with you, you say, I'll help you get angry? ”
Pan Yuliang is now round, Shen Yanjun thinks it's okay, anyway, he thinks she looks good and cute.
However, she herself occasionally feels that she is fat and ugly.
If you can't grasp your back, you will be angry, and you will be angry if you can't see your legs.
I can't say it, I can only coax and make offerings.
Shen Yanjun listened to Hongyi's words, and thought that she was angry about some trivial matter today, and her tone was unconsciously a little funny.
Who knew that Pan Yuliang glared at him fiercely, "You are also a nasty ghost." ”
After saying that, he didn't want to pay attention to him, and twisted his head to the general.
Shen Yanjun bent down to personally help her put on her shoes, glanced at Hongyi again, and pretended to be angry and spoke, "Hongyi, you make it clear to me, who made your young lady angry?" ”
Hongyi secretly glanced at Pan Yuliang, and seeing that she didn't stop her, he told everything that happened today.
"Young Master Tong's wife has injuries on her arms, and it was Young Master Tong who hit ......"
Pan Yuliang continued with the words of the red coat and said, "I told you a long time ago, Tong Lu's affairs have to be managed, you don't listen to me, now it's okay, something happened." ”
Shen Yanjun looked like I agreed with what you said, it was me who didn't do good things, nodded and admitted his mistake, "It's my fault, I didn't expect Tong Lu to lose his mind so much because of the big smoke." ”
Pan Yuliang snorted, "Maybe he's such a person himself, beating women?" He's getting bigger. ”
Shen Yanjun didn't think that Tong Lu was essentially such a person, but Pan Yuliang was angry, so he couldn't say this, so he just said, "I'll go to him in a while." ”
Pan Yuliang thought for a while, "No, you have to go to him now, what if he gets right and beats people at every turn?" ”
Shen Yanjun looked at her serious appearance, and had to sigh helplessly, "Okay, okay, I'll go now." ”
As he spoke, he got up, "Take care of the young lady, I'll go over and see what's going on." ”
Unexpectedly, Pan Yuliang also stood up, "I'm going too." ”
Shen Yanjun stopped her, "What are you going to do?" You are inconvenient now, and you just said, that Tong Lu may be that kind of person himself, what if he doesn't recognize his six relatives and hurts you again? ”
Pan Yuliang thought about it, and had no choice but to be obedient, "Then you should also pay attention to safety, and by the way, you should also pay attention to Zhu'er's safety." ”
Shen Yanjun pinched his face, "Got it, little thing with no conscience." ”
Pan Yuliang pulled down her hand and pinched his hand, although the teeth were bitten fiercely and the expression was in place, the force of pinching Shen Yanjun's hand was not great.
Shen Yanjun took her hand, "Okay, if I delay, you can eat by yourself first." ”
Pan Yuliang nodded again and again, indicating that he would be obedient.
When Tong Lu and Shen Yanjun came back in the afternoon, Qian Zhuer told him that Pan Yuliang already knew about them, along with the matter of smoking.
So Tong Lu had been waiting in the courtyard, and he knew that Shen Yanjun would definitely come to him.
When Shen Yanjun took Adjutant Zhao into the courtyard, Tong Lu breathed a sigh of relief.
Qian Zhu'er glanced at him, and didn't know what to say, so she could only sit on the side.
When Shen Yanjun entered the house, she hurriedly got up, "Cousin." ”
Shen Yanjun nodded, "You sit." ”
Before he had time to change out of his military uniform, coupled with his cold face, he didn't look like a good person, Qian Zhu'er couldn't help but glance at Tong Lu and sat down slowly.
Tong Lu also got up when Qian Zhu'er got up, he lowered his head, and also called Shen Yanjun's cousin.
Shen Yanjun didn't squeak at this time, he sat down on the chair, and Qian Zhu'er's maid hurriedly went to add him tea.
Shen Yanjun waved his hand, "No, you go out first." ”
The maid didn't even dare to squeak and hurriedly withdrew.
Tong Lu was still standing in place, and Shen Yanjun was sitting reclining in a chair, looking up at him and frowning.
asked Qian Zhuer first, "How is the injury?" ”
Qian Zhu'er replied in a low voice, "It's not a big deal, it's just scary to watch." ”
Shen Yanjun snorted, and said, "If you are seriously injured, ask a doctor, don't carry it, your affairs have long been hidden, since Tong Lu dares to do it, are you afraid that people will know?" ”
Maybe the atmosphere was too depressing, Qian Zhu'er spoke quietly, and she didn't dare to breathe, Shen Yanjun didn't dare to refute anything she said.
After Qian Zhu'er finished speaking, Shen Yanjun finally turned his attention to Tong Lu again, and said, "What about you?" ”
Tong Lu looked up at Shen Yanjun and wanted to say something, but in the end he still didn't speak.
He quit, but failed.
Shen Yanjun saw that he didn't answer, and he didn't get angry, but just asked casually, "Do you still want to quit?" ”
Tong Lu's eyebrows jumped, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath and said.
"It's useless, you can't quit, I've tried, I've tried many times."
Qian Zhu'er also wiped her tears on the side, she had seen Tong Lu quit smoking, it was very painful, she felt that this injury on her body was nothing compared to him.
She sometimes hates Master Tong, Tong Lu is his own son, how can he be so ruthless to treat him like this?
Shen Yanjun looked at him and said, "Don't worry about this, as long as you are willing to quit, I have a way to help you, but ...... It's just going to have to be a bit hard. ”
Shen Yanjun could probably guess the reason why Tong Lu really couldn't quit.
They are reluctant to tell others about this, they all quit themselves behind closed doors, Qian Zhu'er's temperament, where can she give up, often she is the first to collapse than Tong Lu, and every time something is halfway through, she will unravel people unbearably.
Tong Lu seemed to be thinking.
Shen Yanjun said again, "I told you last time that life is very long, and you still have a long time to go. But life is also very short, a hundred years have passed in a blink of an eye, what kind of life you want to live, what kind of person you want to become, you have to think about it carefully, think carefully. ”
Tong Lu nodded slowly, "Then it's bothering cousin." ”
Shen Yanjun smiled, "Zhu'er has an injury, let's use it in the house for dinner, don't go out, I'll go to my mother's side and say, you go to me early tomorrow morning, and in the next period of time, I will find another place for you to live, whether this is the commander's mansion or an inconvenient place." ”
Since Tong Lu nodded, he naturally listened to him for everything, and had no opinion on this.
He knew there was going to be a hard time, but he really didn't want to live like this.
Qian Zhu'er looked at Shen Yanjun and said, "Cousin, can I go over and take care of him?" ”
Shen Yanjun directly refused, "He's going to quit smoking, not to enjoy happiness, you just live in the mansion." ”
Shen Yanjun said it coldly and hard, and Qian Zhu'er didn't dare to say anything more.
Shen Yanjun only looked at Tong Lu and said, "There is one more thing, I will help you quit now, and when you return to Nanjing, your father will ......."
Tong Lu knew what Shen Yanjun was going to say, his father could pit him once and pit him a second time.
He suddenly lifted his robe and knelt down towards Shen Yanjun.
It was said that the man had gold under his knees, and Adjutant Zhao was shocked by his actions.
"Young Master Tong."
Tong Lu stretched out his hand to block Adjutant Zhao's next words.
He looked at Shen Yanjun and said, "Ask my cousin to be fulfilled." ”
Shen Yanjun asked him, "What are your plans?" ”
Tong Lu said, "If this good smoking can quit, I don't plan to go back to Nanjing." ”
"I can send you out, and then I'll tell your father that you're going to play somewhere else." But it's too early to tell, and once you've decided, I'll be able to help you. ”
After listening to Shen Yanjun's words, Tong Lu turned his head to look at Qian Zhu'er.
It had been decided a long time ago that he wanted to leave the Tong family, the boy was ambitious, he didn't want to be trapped in the city of Nanjing, doing the same thing as his father.
It's just that......
Qian Zhu'er is not a man, she doesn't have as much ambition as him, the Tong family is in Nanjing, and the Qian family is also in Nanjing, so she wants her to leave home and follow him to a strange place, not the granddaughter-in-law of the Tong family, not the Miss Qian family, and from now on live a life that ordinary people can't even live with food and clothing.
Qian Zhu'er looked back at Tong Lu, gritted her teeth, and said with certainty, "I will go wherever you go, I will follow you all my life." ”
Shen Yanjun didn't stay long, got up and left.
He is willing to help Tong Lu, somewhat for the sake of Qian Zhu'er's face.
On the way back, Adjutant Zhao asked him, "Major, will this move offend the Tong family?" ”
Shen Yanjun said, "Even if you don't exonerate yourself in the open, you will be guilty in private." ”
As he spoke, he sighed and said, "That kid is lucky. "Married such a lady who was determined to him, and ran into Pan Yuliang again.
If Pan Ruyun could be like Qian Zhu'er at the beginning, no matter whether Chong Xiaolou was poor or convicted, she would follow him with all her heart, maybe her life today would be different.
However, people are still different from each other.
When Shen Yanjun came back, Hongyi was serving food to Pan Yuliang, and Pan Yuliang was very happy to see him.
"Just in time for dinner."
Shen Yanjun untied the wind and discipline buckle as he walked, and went to wash his hands before sitting back at the table.
When he was under the table, Pan Yuliang asked anxiously, "How is it?" You beat Tong Lu. ”
Shen Yanjun's hand that was about to take the chopsticks paused.
Adjutant Zhao, who was about to say something to Shen Yanjun before he had time to leave, coughed uncontrollably, and Shen Yanjun immediately shot a flying knife at him in his eyes.
Adjutant Zhao couldn't help but smile and bent over, "Major, my subordinates will come back tomorrow." ”
As he spoke, he anointed the soles of his feet and ran away.
Pan Yuliang didn't know what the two of them were fighting, so he asked again, "What about you, did you beat him?" ”
A trace of embarrassment appeared on Shen Yanjun's face, "That, you just rushed me over just to beat him?" ”
Pan Yuliang said, "Of course, isn't it possible for me to let you enhance your brotherly relationship?" ”
Shen Yanjun coughed and said, "That'...... I misunderstood what you meant. ”
Pan Yuliang sighed, and said very happily, "You won't really go to enhance the brotherly relationship with him, right?" ”
Shen Yanjun took her hand and said, "No, didn't I solve the matter of the big smoke." ”
Pan Yuliang said unhappily, "You can beat him up by the way when you solve other things." ”
She purely wanted to vent her personal anger so that Qian Zhu'er could vent her anger.
Shen Yanjun persuaded, "Didn't you say that you were going to give him a big cigarette quit?" If he hurts someone, he may not be able to carry it. When this is over, I will let him come to you and call you. ”
Pan Yuliang became happy at this time, picked up the chopsticks, "Let's eat." ”
Pan Yuliang slept a lot during the day today, and he was unexpectedly excited at night.
Whether it is taking a bath or soaking her feet, she maintains a high stride, Pan Yuliang's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and her legs and feet are swollen for a longer time, when she stands and sits, she can't see her feet, and when she is half-lying down, she is terrible.
Looking at his feet like a large radish, Pan Yuliang's good mood instantly turned from sunny to cloudy.
But as soon as her legs are raised now, her body is like a rocker, Shen Yanjun is afraid that she will be unstable, so he can only let her half lean on the bed, and he will pinch her feet again.
Every now and then, Pan Yuliang always has a temper tantrum, but she is so swollen now, if she doesn't push her away, she can wake up and cry when she sleeps well at night, saying that she is uncomfortable.
Shen Yanjun was willing to make her really uncomfortable, even if he cried, he could only coax her to pinch her feet.
After breakfast on the second day, Tong Lu followed Shen Yanjun and Adjutant Zhao to the camp.
Shen Yanjun didn't ask Adjutant Zhao to find another place for Tong Lu, Chongxiaolou's matter is already a lesson from the past, even if he finds a remote courtyard, it can still be discovered by others.
Therefore, Shen Yanjun directly asked Adjutant Zhao to find him a small dark room in the camp where he was locked up when the soldiers were punished.
The room was very small, and there was an iron bed, and there was nothing else, except for the iron bed, and the remaining space was only enough for one person to turn around.
There was a small window that was high up almost on the roof, and there was no light in it, and as soon as the door was closed, the small window became the only place where it was closed.
And this kind of room also has a characteristic, that is, the walls are made very thick, no matter what the people inside do, the people outside can't hear a sound at all.
Shen Yanjun still took Tong Lu over in person with great brotherly morality, and he was also very satisfied with the small room that Adjutant Zhao was looking for.
"Someone will bring you three meals a day, you have to stay here until you smoke the big cigarettes, no one will come here within a radius of a few miles, you are really here to call the sky should not be, the earth is not spiritual."
Tong Lu glanced into the room, the dark room was a bit terrifying.
Shen Yanjun said again, "Tong Lu, once you go in, unless you come out like a man, I won't open the door, if you want to regret it, take advantage of it now." ”
Tong Lu shook his head, "Since I've come here, I won't regret it." ”
Shen Yanjun looked at him seriously, and patted him on the shoulder after a while, "I look forward to your rebirth." ”
As he spoke, he lifted his legs and walked away.
Adjutant Zhao made a gesture of invitation to Tong Lu, "Young Master Tong, you go to rest first, there will be someone watching at the door for the time being, because it will take a long time to tie up later, so I won't tie you up first, if it happens, people outside will come in, and then tie it up." ”
Tong Lu nodded, raised his legs and stepped in.
Pan Yuliang was worried that Tong Lu would be bored when he was sober, so he asked Shen Yanjun to bring him a few books, and Shen Yanjun brought them, but they were all in his own office.
The reason why nothing else is put in this little black room is to prevent the people who are locked in from being unable to stand up and think of cutting themselves.
There is not even a candlestick inside, and the black hand can't see the five fingers, how can you still read a book?
Where is the body, but the mind! After you enter that kind of place, it seems that there is nothing around you, and it is so quiet in the dark that you can only hear your own voice, and how many people can stand it in the red dust?
Once you go, you feel like you'll never have a second chance to enter a place like this again, that's the real purpose of confinement.
Whip a whip, beat a board, they are all rough-skinned and thick-skinned men, and they can forget the pain when they get rid of their scars. It's not as good as this method works.
After Tong Lu entered the door and sat calmly on the only bed, Adjutant Zhao pulled the door, and it was only pitch black inside.
Tong Lu Shen Yan talked to Commander Shen about this, Tong Lu is someone else's child to Commander Shen, whether he is a child of someone else's family, whether he is successful or not, whether he is abolished or not, in fact, it is not that important, just to remind him.
"Don't make an accident, just do it in moderation."
Shen Yan is as good as a stream, "Yes, father, I will pay attention." ”
Mrs. Shen's side Shen Yanjun didn't tell her in advance, and when Mrs. Shen remembered and asked, Shen Yanjun said that the people over there in Nanjing had dragged him to Liaocheng, which was a good place to go for the summer summer, but the summer was over, and Mrs. Shen didn't know what to go there at this time.
But the things that people in the officialdom do are not stupid or two, and Mrs. Shen didn't think much about it.