Chapter 21 Whereabouts unknown
When Tang Xiaotang and the three of them sat in this remote and simple post house hut, eating a simple dinner warmly, the Tang family, far away in the south, had just received the news sent back by Ma Xiaotian - the eldest lady of the Tang family, Tang Haitang, jumped ship with her personal girl Xiaocui, and her whereabouts are unknown.
The Tang family, who received the news, immediately became panicked.
The hall of the Tang family is a scene of singing and dancing.
The eldest young master of the Tang family, Tang Haitang's eldest brother, and now the head of the Tang family, Tang Shaoqing, is sitting in the hall with his wife Wang, drinking and listening to music to watch the dancing girl perform dance.
When the family handed him the letterhead sent by the Ma family, he still thought that his sister had married Ma Xiaotian, and the Ma family sent someone back to send him a letter to report the good news of safety.
He didn't reach out to answer the letter.
Holding Wang in his arms with one hand, leaning on the collapse, he was already a little drunk, his eyes were misty, and his cheeks were slightly red. The butler took the letterhead from the messenger for him and carefully presented it to the family.
"Huh? Nian ......"
Tang Shaoqing's beauty was on the side, listening to the little song with her eyes closed and humming a little song drunkly, enjoying the indulgence of this moment, naturally she was too lazy to free her hand to take the letterhead, and instructed the housekeeper to read the content of the letter to him.
"Yes!"
The butler received the order of the master of the house, and hurriedly answered the word, then bowed his head and respectfully stepped aside, carefully removed the wax mark on the seal of the letterhead, and took out a white brocade.
Shaking off the brocade cloth, the housekeeper was just about to read it to Tang Shaoqing word by word to listen to "Tang Mansion ......"
The butler, who was originally squinting his eyes and pulling the brocade cloth from his face with both hands at a large distance, suddenly stopped after reading the words at the back. The distance between the brocade cloth and his face was shortened, his eyes were almost attached to the brocade cloth, and he read the letter from beginning to end in one go, and then gasped and breathed a sigh of relief, before he dared to look at Tang Shaoqing with wide eyes, "Master, no, the eldest lady jumped ship halfway, and her whereabouts are unknown!" The Ma family said that the marriage with our Tang family was written off, and it had nothing to do with it! ”
"Hmm"
Tang Shaoqing, who had already opened his eyes, was still intoxicated by the beauty and the little song, and the slightly drunk alcohol made him not listen carefully to what the housekeeper said, and habitually hummed, and waved his hand to signal the housekeeper to step back, not to block him from watching the performance of the dancing girl.
And the Wang family in Tang Shaoqing's arms could hear it clearly, and she understood everything the housekeeper said.
"What! Tang Haitang, she jumped ship and her whereabouts are unknown!? ”
As he spoke, Wang immediately broke free from Tang Shaoqing, who was holding him, and sat up. Because she was too strong and too fast, Tang Shaoqing, who was squinting and intoxicated to watch the performance of the dancing girl, had no embankment, and was pushed down by her, and her head hit the handrail on the side of the collapse.
There was a "bang", followed by Tang Shaoqing's scolding and complaining.
Ignoring Tang Shaoqing's complaints, Wang stepped forward with both hands and pulled him up, "Shaoqing, Shaoqing, Begonia jumped ship and ran away from marriage, the Ma family told us that the marriage would be settled, and the two families would have nothing to do with each other from now on!" What can I do? ”
Wang shook Tang Shaoqing in a panic, she was afraid, not afraid that Ma Xiaotian would come to the door to ask for someone, nor was she afraid of the dowry silver chicken and egg in hand, she was afraid that Tang Haitang would not die. Why is she afraid of Tang Haitang, she knows it in her heart.
Wang Ying'er deliberately wanted to send Tang Haitang out of the Tang Mansion, thinking that the Ma family had unknowingly let her aunt poison her, but Tang Haitang escaped.
She was afraid that Tang Haitang would return to the Tang Mansion.
I'm afraid that when she comes back, her own affairs will be revealed.
"Oops...... Oops......"
Tang Shaoqing's head was knocked down, and half of the wine was sobered, and he was dragged and shook by the Wang family like this, and the half of the wine was also sober.
Rubbing his head painfully, he recalled what the housekeeper and Wang said, "Begonia jumped ship?" Missing? ”
"What!"
Tang Shaoqing struggled to stand up, stood straight on the top, looked down at these people in front of him with wide eyes, searched around, and finally looked at the housekeeper with blazing eyes, repeating in his mouth, "Begonia jumped ship?" Missing!? ”
"Say it to me again! Who? Who is missing? ”
Tang Shaoqing stood on a high place, bowed his head and pointed at the housekeeper with a trembling hand, his words were incredible.
After all, Tang Haitang is his own sister, when the Ma family was defeated, he was reluctant to let his sister marry and endure hardships, so he ignored his father's instructions and disobeyed his father and became a villain. That's because she feels sorry for her little sister.
Later, Ma Xiaotian of the Ma family gained power, and he didn't want to mention the family affairs with the Ma family again.
It was the Wang family, who kept blowing the wind on the pillow in his ears, saying that the Ma family is now well-off, and his sister is blessed to marry in the past, which is better than the Tang family, which is now in the middle of the family.
He was also worried that Ma Xiaotian would be hindered by his previous practice of falling into the well, and he would not be good to his sister, but it was the Wang family who persuaded him, Ma Xiaotian was a well-known filial son, even if he hated the Tang family, he would not violate his father's wishes, and Haitang would not embarrass her when he married.
But how so?
Why did Begonia jump ship? Now that her sister is missing, where is she? Is it dead or alive?
When the housekeeper heard Tang Shaoqing ordering him to say it again, he carefully picked up the words that did not stimulate him and said, "The Ma family said that the marriage with our Tang family will be written off, and the well water will not interfere with the river water, and there will be nothing to do with it in the future." ”
"I'm asking you, who's missing!!"
Tang Shaoqing was irritated by the housekeeper's dare not be just himself, and his attitude was irritated by the left and right, and he roared and shouted to the housekeeper.
"Yes, yes, yes, our eldest lady, she, she jumped ship and ran away from marriage...... The Ma family searched the nearby waters and the village roads on both sides, but found no body or the whereabouts of the person, so the whereabouts of the young lady are unknown. ”
The housekeeper was so frightened that he didn't dare to hide the contents of the letterhead anymore, and blurted out the details word by word.
"Ahh How so?! ”
Tang Shaoqing suddenly sat down decadently after Tang Haitang fell into the water and disappeared, and his whereabouts were unknown. At the moment, he was thinking of the pain of his beloved sister after falling into the water, and the ridiculous things he had done to his sister before he got married. couldn't help but feel sad, remembering that he listened to Wang's instigation, so he was blinded and forced his sister to marry.
"It's all you! It's you slut! If I hadn't listened to you, how could I have been so confused that I sent my sister to Ma's house! ”
Thinking that all these ridiculous things he had done were instigated by the Wang family, Tang Shaoqing, who had just been in love with the Wang family, immediately turned his face, grabbed the arm of the Wang family beside him, and pulled her over with force when he lost his mind.