Chapter 44: Debunking
Xia Lian's condition has not improved, Zhou Heng came to the Guogong Mansion a few more times, Ji Yunshu asked Ying'er to send him to the gate all the time, and no longer gave him a chance to see Xia Lian. and asked the people in the house to conceal Xia Lian's illness, and completely did not let Zhou Heng know. After a few days like this, I saw that Zhou Heng became more and more anxious every time he came to the Guogong Mansion, but he was afraid that she would be suspicious and did not dare to ask.
At this time, Jiang Jiyang thought about it again and again, and told Ji Yunyuan about Ji Yunshu's abnormality that night, Ji Yunyuan also found that his sister was not quite right recently, and her spirit was not very good, so she asked her sister only to say that she was bored at home and wanted to go out to relax, and it happened that the weather had cooled down recently, so Ji Yunyuan decided to take a few sisters to the suburbs.
Ji Yunyun's foot injury recovered very well, and she was already able to walk on the ground, she walked around the yard, and when she went back, she heard that Ji Yunyuan was waiting for her in the house.
"Big brother is here." Ji Yunyun went in, and Ji Yunyuan was sitting on a circle chair drinking tea.
"Second sister is back, it seems that your foot injury has completely healed." Ji Yunyuan put down the teacup, looked at her clever figure and said with a smile.
Ji Yunyun pursed her lips and smiled, and asked, "What is the matter with my eldest brother coming to me?" ”
"Oh, since the incident with the bandits, you and Shu'er haven't been out much, it just so happens that I'm fine tomorrow, I want to take you to the outskirts of the city to play, are you free tomorrow?" Ji Yunyuan asked.
"It's free, it's free." Ji Yunyun nodded happily, she was about to be bored these days when she couldn't walk.
"Okay, you're ready to get ready, and tomorrow you'll have breakfast to save the door." After Ji Yunyuan finished speaking, he got up and left.
On the second day, I went out early in the morning after breakfast, Ji Yunlan heard that she was going out to play, and Baba's was going to be together, Ji Yunyun and her and Ji Yunshu were in the same carriage, several maids were in a carriage, and Ji Yunyuan rode a horse in front.
"I saw that one named Xia Lian just now, didn't she go to the laundry room, why did you bring her with you?" On the carriage, Ji Yunlan asked Ji Yunshu puzzled.
Ji Yunyun looked at Ji Yunshu with some surprise, she got into the carriage early and didn't see it, but she didn't know that Xia Lian was also in the accompanying maid.
"I've got my own idea, and you'll know when the time comes." Ji Yunshu smiled faintly, lifted the curtain of the car, and looked outside.
What is she going to do? Ji Yunyun had a bad premonition in his heart.
When he arrived in the suburbs, Ji Yunyun found that there were not only a few of them, but also Zhao Yan, Zhou Fu and Zhou Heng. Seeing them arrive, Zhao Yan smiled and said, "Why are you here now?" Ji Yang had already gone hunting first. ”
Zhou Fu was pregnant, Zhao Yan wanted to accompany her and was not allowed to hunt, and Zhou Heng was not interested in hunting. Ji Yunyuan helped his sisters get out of the carriage, and when he saw Zhao Yan and Zhou Heng there, he turned over and went to the forest.
"How did you get here?" Seeing Zhou Fu, Ji Yunshu pulled her aside and frowned and asked.
Zhou Fu looked at her strangely, "Why can't I come?" Every day I am bored in the house, I go out for a walk, and talk to you about how good it is. ”
Ji Yunshu was still frowning, "You better go back, you're pregnant, it's better to stay in the house." ”
"How do you make a tune with the people of the Hou Mansion?" Zhou Fu glared at her unhappily, "I finally begged Zhao Yan to let him take me out, so I don't want to go back now, I don't know when I will go out next time." ”
Ji Yunshu wanted to speak and stopped, but when she couldn't persuade her, she hesitated for a moment and had to give up.
Ji Yunyun heard their conversation on the side, the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, and she was about to pull Ji Yunshu over to ask carefully, but Zhou Fu called Zhou Heng over and asked Zhou Heng to accompany Ji Yunshu to go for a walk and talk.
Seeing that the two were far away, Ji Yunyun had no choice but to wait for her to come back and ask. Turning her head and glancing at Xia Lian, her condition had just improved two days ago, and her eyes were still a little pale, looking at the direction in which Zhou Heng and Ji Yunshu left, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Ji Yunyun frowned, and instructed Chun Tao behind him: "Bring a few maids to clean up the pavilion next to you, and we'll sit later." ”
Chun Tao answered, called a few maids, including Xia Lian, and went.
Surrounded by green mountains, in addition to the pavilion next to it, there is also a gurgling stream, Zhao Yan had an idea, clapped his hands and decided to cook tea and wine in the pavilion, and then find some dead branches and leaves, and later slaughtered the prey that Jiang Jiyang and Ji Yunyuan hunted back and roasted it.
Zhou Fu and Ji Yunlan listened and agreed with great interest, so Zhao Yan sent someone back to get the tea set, and then sent someone to find a clean open space next to it, and asked the little maids to go to the forest to find branches and leaves that could be burned.
When the tea set was retrieved, Jiang Jiyang and Ji Yunyuan also came back from hunting, this time the hunting was quite rich, and both of them had a lot of prey hanging on their horses.
A few easy to slaughter prey were selected and handed over to the little maid to take to the stream to deal with, and for a while the little maids were busy, some were handling the prey, some were looking for branches in the forest, and some were making fires in the clearing. Ji Yunyuan sat in the pavilion while making tea, looking at the surrounding scenery and talking.
Ji Yunshu also came back and sat in the pavilion with them to drink tea. A few people talked for a while, and Zhou Fu looked around and asked, "Eh, what about my brother, he was still there just now, why are people missing for a while?" ”
Zhou Heng's little servant hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The young master said that the jade pendant on his body is missing, it should have fallen in the place where he went, and he went back to look for it." ”
"Why did you go looking for it alone, and you didn't bring anyone with you?" Zhou Fu muttered, and saw Ji Yunshu suddenly touch his ears, and said in surprise: "Ah, my earrings are also gone." ”
As she spoke, she stood up, "I hung up a branch when I came back just now, it should have fallen at that time, I want to go back and find it." ”
"Brother, you go with me." She looked at Ji Yunyuan.
Ji Yunyun glanced into the maid, didn't see Xia Lian's figure, instantly understood what she was going to do, and said loudly: "I will also accompany you." ”
Ji Yunlan looked at Ji Yunshu, and then at Ji Yunyun, and felt that something terrible was about to happen, and said again and again: "I'll go too." ”
Jiang Jiyang, who had been silent, also suddenly said, "I'll go too." ”
Ji Yunshu's face was originally calm, and when he heard his words, he glanced at him in surprise.
Zhou Fu glanced at a few people inexplicably, "Isn't it just looking for an earring, why are so many people going." Then I'll go too. ”
Ji Yunyun smiled and said to her: "Cousin Fu, you are pregnant, what if you trip over a stone in the forest, you just wait here, we will be back soon." ”
Zhao Yan didn't worry about her going, taking her out was already the limit, so Zhou Fu had to wait for them to come back in the pavilion with Zhao Yan.
Ji Yunshu led them into the forest, her face was calm, but her hands were clenched into fists tightly hidden in her sleeves, and her nails were pinched into the palms of her hands.
Ji Yunyun stepped forward to hold her hand and said softly: "Big sister, the road ahead is a little difficult, hold my hand, don't fall." ”
Ji Yunyuan looked at the road in front of him that was flat and there was not even a stone, and looked at his two younger sisters in confusion.
After walking for a while and not seeing Ji Yunshu's earrings, Ji Yunyuan couldn't help but ask, "Sister, where did you hang the ...... just now?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw two hugging and entangled figures under the tree in front of him, and he was stunned to see the figures clearly, and he was angry, and shouted: "Zhou Heng! ”
Zhou Heng turned his head, saw them, quickly pushed Xia Lian away, and took two steps forward to explain: "Cousin, listen to me......"
"Say what?! How dare you be sorry for my sister! Ji Yunyuan saw Xia Lian's appearance clearly, and he was even more angry, "It's still with her maid!" ”
Xia Lian didn't expect to be discovered, she knelt on the ground with a puff, her face was pale, "Young Master, girl, it's not the ...... you see."
"So what do you think the facts should be? With so many pairs of eyes, are they all blind? Ji Yunlan rolled her eyes and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "You have been going to enter the mansion to serve the eldest sister before, I have some doubts that your purpose is not pure, but I didn't expect you to be really restless, and you dared to hook up with the young master of the Zhou family behind the back of the eldest sister." ”
Ji Yunshu didn't say a word from beginning to end, Zhou Heng was flustered, no matter the others, he stepped forward to grab Ji Yunshu's hand, "Cousin, don't listen to other people's nonsense, I have nothing to do with Xia Lian, it was a misunderstanding just now, she tripped and accidentally fell into my arms." ”
Hearing that he was all caught, he also quibbled that it was a misunderstanding, did he have to catch the two of them in bed to admit it? Ji Yunshu showed a sneering look on his face, and turned around to leave.
Zhou Heng wanted to chase, but Ji Yunyuan pulled out the sword at his waist to block in front of him, and glared at him fiercely, "Stay away from my sister in the future!" ”
After speaking, he chased Ji Yunshu away.
Ji Yunyun and Ji Yunlan also ignored the two of them anymore, turned around and left. Jiang Jiyang glanced at Zhou Heng thoughtfully, followed by a few people and left.
The wild things that had been roasted were not in the mood to eat, Ji Yunyuan helped a few younger sisters to get into the carriage and go home, Zhou Fu asked the reason suspiciously, and Ji Yunyuan replied stiffly, "Ask your brother." Then he mounted his horse and left.
After returning to the Guogong Mansion and sending Ji Yunshu back to the courtyard, Ji Yunyuan hurriedly went to find Zhou, and Zhou was shocked. first looked for Ji Yunshu, then found Ji Yunyun and Ji Yunlan to ask, and finally determined that Zhou Heng and the maid named Xia Lian had already had an affair, and rushed to Zhou's mansion angrily.
Zhou Fu also knew about this incident, and was so angry with Zhou Heng that he slapped him hard and asked him to apologize to Zhou.
Because he followed several small maids, soon the house also knew about the fact that the young master of the Zhou family was entangled with the maids in the house behind the back of the eldest girl. The old lady was so angry that she drove Xia Lian out of the mansion, and asked the mansion not to mention the family affairs of the two families.
Zhou and Ji Mingzheng asked their daughter's opinion, and seeing that Ji Yunshu was unwilling to marry Zhou Heng again, they agreed to the matter, and the relationship between Zhou and Ji and the two families was stopped.
Ji Yunyun went to Ji Yunshu's courtyard to talk to her every day after breakfast, and stayed for a day, so after two days, Ji Yunshu smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about me being unhappy, come and accompany me when you see the sky." ”
Ji Yunyun looked at her and asked, "Big sister, took Xia Lian to the suburbs that day, have you already made the decision not to marry Zhou Heng?" ”