Chapter 20: Joy and Sorrow
"Presumably Jiang Gongzi won't say it, otherwise he won't come alone!" Yan Lin said calmly, as soon as he pushed the door like this, someone must inform him.
He has known Jiang Yue for a long time, and he met at a temple fair, but he has always regarded Jiang Yue as a simple and lovely little girl, and he didn't think about it at all, but later he heard at home that his father wanted him to get married as soon as possible so that he could move out, so he had thoughts about Jiang Yue, the Jiang family was powerful, and he could take advantage of the situation if he married the daughter of the Jiang family.
"Yan Gongzi is thoughtful, and he came alone to worry about his cousin's reputation, as for Yan Gongzi, if I call Jia Ding now, I will say that you Yan Lin has bad intentions towards my sister, what do you say?" Jiang Yucheng looked like a steady winner.
"Cousin! Don't do it! No one has bad intentions towards me, so my cousin should go to the front hall and entertain guests! Jiang Yue was anxious and said angrily to Jiang Yucheng.
Yan Lin pulled Jiang Yue behind him and whispered a few times in her ear before she put her mind at ease.
"Jiang Gongzi wants to say it directly, but I will not shirk anything within my ability, but I will never do anything that hurts the principles of heaven by killing people and setting fires." At this time, he naturally understood that Jiang Yucheng was asking for something, so he took this as a threat.
"It's definitely not necessary to kill people and set fires, as long as Brother Yan helps in the next small favor at a critical time, of course, if my cousin can help me more at home, if I have the opportunity, maybe I can let the two of them finally become married." Jiang Yucheng said with an evil smile, killing two birds with one stone.
"If this is really the case, it is only right to do Jiang Gongzi a favor." Yan Rui said, but he was very disgusted with him in his heart, he hated being threatened by people under the fence.
"Okay, I'll find someone to contact you then, then I should go to Qinghe Courtyard to invite the old lady, do you want to go with my cousin?"
Jiang Yue shook her head.
"By the way, if my cousin doesn't go, remember that I came and went to drink, and I met my cousin on the way to relax." After speaking, Jiang Yucheng went to the wine cellar and took the jar of aged pear blossom brewing, and walked quickly towards Qinghe Courtyard.
Jiang Sanye waited for the old lady in Linglong Garden for a long time, and he already wanted to send someone to urge him, at this time the poems were almost written, and those who should be appreciated have also been appreciated, just waiting for the wine and banquet, but there is only one protagonist who has not arrived for a long time, and let them wait like this without giving an explanation, no matter how dull the person is, he also feels that the atmosphere is a little wrong.
"Where have you been, and how did you come back?" Yan Rui looked at Yan Lin who came and asked, his sharp eyes caught a glimpse of a blade of green grass glued to the hem of Yan Lin's clothes.
Yan Lin followed his gaze and took down the blades of grass, and said indifferently, "Linglong Garden is picturesque, I wanted to look around, but I didn't expect to get lost, but fortunately I met a maid on the road, so I walked back, which made my brother worried." ”
After Yan Lin finished speaking, he nodded to Li Chengzhang on the side, and sat down at the table.
At this time, a fat old woman hurriedly ran in and shouted, "It's not good, the third master is not good, the old lady is dead!" Killed! ”
As soon as this statement came out, the audience was shocked!
The people of the Jiang family immediately panicked, the woman's voice was so loud that even the female relatives could hear it clearly, Jiang Yucheng's mother panicked for a while, her body couldn't stand up several times, and the maid behind her hurriedly helped.
"Give me silence, what are you panicking about!! Bring her to me. Seeing that the situation was already like this, Jiang Sanye simply called the woman on the spot to ask for clarification.
As these words fell, both the Jiang family and the guests who were doing it stopped.
"Who are you? Tell me clearly, what does it mean that the old lady was killed?! Jiang Sanye glared at her angrily.
"Third master, the slave maid is in charge of cleaning the old lady's yard, and as soon as the slave and maid entered, they found that the old lady was dead, and there was a knife stuck in her chest, she must have been killed!" The woman trembled for a while before she could speak clearly, only to feel that the third master's expression seemed to be about to eat people.
Jiang Sanye, a good and decent person, had such a big incident in his own family, and this woman said it in front of so many guests who didn't know anything like this, how could he not be angry!
The magistrate of Lin'an County rolled his eyes and said, "Lord Jiang, it is important to find out the murderer now, in order to comfort the old lady's soul in the sky." ”
"Take this woman down and inquire about it, by the way, Yucheng? Didn't I ask him to go to Seihein before? Jiang Sanye closed his eyes and said sadly, I don't know if he listened to the words of the county.
"Third master, the young master is still in Qinghe Courtyard, as soon as the young master went over, he found that the old lady had gone, so he asked the little one to come and tell him." The one who spoke was the little guy who followed Jiang Yucheng, who seemed to have run over, covered with sweat, but he didn't expect that this matter would be said loudly by a woman.
"What Lord Lin said is that only now that the murderer can be worthy of his father, please be more considerate here, stay in Yan Mansion for a few more hours, and when the real murderer is found, you can leave." Jiang Sanye ignored it after hearing this, got up and said it to everyone, he thought that he had said it very appropriately.
"Isn't Master Jiang suspecting that we are murderers!?" A scholar asked with some dissatisfaction, which was also the thought of many people present.
"Lord Jiang has no such intention, it's just that Old Lady Jiang died, Lord Jiang was sad, and he was bent on finding the murderer, so many people present today will inevitably have unscrupulous people mixed in, in case this murderer is hiding inside, I don't know who else he will harm at that time, only by finding out the murderer Jiang family and everyone can feel at ease." Lord Lin of Zhixian County said while playing a round field.
Having said that, there are still many people present who are dissatisfied, and it has nothing to do with them in the first place. Who would have thought!?
Yan Rui frowned and looked at everything in front of him, and said in his heart that he didn't know when he would be able to return to the house now, the old lady of the Jiang family died, how could it be an acquaintance who committed the crime, the Jiang family guarded many servants, and the old lady Jiang's courtyard must have more people guarded, and strangers couldn't enter the old lady's courtyard, this Lord Jiang actually suspected the person who came to congratulate him today.
Yan Rui took a sip of the tea in the cup, this matter has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't want to make a fuss, if the county is not stupid to a certain extent, he can find out if he takes some time to investigate slowly, but he doesn't know what happened over there, Yan Rui looked at the past like a partial garden, and vaguely saw the figure wearing a cinnamon hairpin.
"I'll go to my father's side to see, and I won't accompany the ladies." Madame Jiang choked up, and her daughter held her in one hand and comforted her quietly.
All the ladies expressed their understanding, and in the blink of an eye, the happy event turned into a funeral, and no one could accept it. "Women are emotional after all, and they don't ask when they can leave.
After Mrs. Jiang left, Li Tianyan pulled Li Mudao to sit down in a corner.
"Why is my mother's face so bad?"
"Tan Yu just made a marriage with the young master of the Jiang family today, but the old lady died, can Tan Yu marry him well when the time comes?"
Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, their daughter married into her husband's family, but in the eyes of her mother, she is still her own baby.
"Mother, don't worry, you can't blame the fourth sister for this, the Jiang family is a scholarly family, how can they be so unreasonable." Li poured out his words and persuaded.
"You also know that temperament, Yan'er, no matter what she did to you before, she is your sister, if she has any difficulties, you have to help her." Mother Li said.
"Mother, I'm her sister, this can't change."
Li Tianyan couldn't promise her directly, you must know that she originally wanted to kill Li Tianyan in order to avenge the previous Li Tianyan, but she promised to take care of Li Tianyan's family, so she let her go twice, if Li Tianyu had an accident, she really couldn't help her.