Chapter 4: Escape from the Wolf's Den 2
Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Zheng, who were standing next to the curtain, changed their faces greatly, and Zheng pushed Mrs. Sun from behind, and explained with a forced smile: "Five Niangzi Fu has a great life, and ......" Princess Jiang Jun raised her hand to stop, didn't look at her, only pulled Li Tian and said with concern: "I heard that Rongxuan Courtyard burned to the ground?" ”
"Well, I didn't rest in Rongxuan Courtyard yesterday," Li Tian obediently snuggled up to Princess Jiang Jun, and there was a hint of fear in his voice: "I fainted yesterday evening, and the two aunts asked me to send me to Ruiyun Pavilion to rest, who knows," Li Tian looked up at Princess Jiang Jun, and tears fell in strings: "In the middle of the night, I dreamed that my grandmother kicked me, hit me, pushed me, and drove me away, I was terrified, grandma...... Grandma ......has never been like this, my aunt knows that my grandmother loves me the most, I woke up scared, I didn't dare to stay in Ruiyun Pavilion, so I came out to the mourning hall to guard, the night was cold, I got under my grandmother's coffin bed......"
"When I came early in the morning, she crawled out from under the coffin bed and scared me." Mrs. Xu answered, stroked Li Tian's head with pity, and Princess Jiang Jun turned her head to look at the mother-in-law standing next to her and asked, "Ruiyun Pavilion has also gone to water?" ”
"Back to the princess, Ruiyun Pavilion will go first." The mother-in-law bowed and replied, the corners of Princess Jiangjun's mouth went down, and she glanced at Mrs. Sun and the others with disdain, there was no trace of surprise on her face, she just looked at Li Tian and said softly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature, you can't always be sad day and night, this mansion ...... Your grandmother isn't here, and there's nothing left to stay, so let's go back with me for a few days. ”
"My aunt is kind, but I am wearing filial piety...... I want to go home. Li Tian looked up at Princess Jiang Jun and said in a mournful voice, Princess Jiang Jun turned her head to look at Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu sighed and nodded: "She is the girl of the Li family, it is best to go back." ”
Princess Jiang Jun sighed, turned her head to look at Mrs. Sun and said lightly: "The old lady is gone, it is not suitable for Sister Tian to live in your mansion again, and it is inconvenient for your mansion to hold a funeral now, I will send Sister Tian back to the Yongguo Mansion, and you will let people clean up...... Forget it, it's all burned clean, there's nothing to pack up, let's go, my aunt will send you back. ”
Mrs. Sun looked at Mrs. Zheng, Mrs. Zheng looked at Princess Jiang Jun, no one wanted Li Tian to go, but no one dared to say half a 'no'.
Li Tian came out to the front of the spirit, respectfully kowtowed to his grandmother's spiritual position, stood up, and kowtowed to Yan Chengzhi and Mrs. Sun and others, came back and stood beside Princess Jiang Jun, hesitated, took another half step forward, and bent his knees at Mrs. Sun and said: "Thank you aunt for taking care of me all these years, my grandmother and mother's relics have been burned, only the books in the library building in the northwest corner of the back garden are collected by my mother before her death, can you let me take them away for a thought?" ”
Mrs. Sun put her hands together and looked around in a panic: "Huh? That, I have to ask your uncle. ”
"Then go and ask, we'll wait." Princess Jiang Jun said impatiently, Mrs. Sun staggered back two steps and lifted the curtain out, and Brother Yan Chengzhi knelt on the left side of the coffin bed, and heard the words clearly, seeing Mrs. Sun coming out, she said with a gray face: "That's her mother's thing, and you should take it to think about it," Before he finished speaking, Yan Chengzhi's heart crossed with a bright light, and after a slight pause, the following words changed: "It's just that the study building has been locked, and it is very dirty inside, so I have to take care of it, and I will send someone to the Yongguo Mansion in a few days." ”
"How many days?" Li Tian chased after him, his voice was full of uneasiness and eagerness, Yan Chengzhi's heart flashed with a strong surprise, and he hurriedly suppressed the surprise and said: "Five days, no, no, seven days, seven days at most." ”
"Hmm," Li Tian reluctantly agreed.
Li Tian, who was burned, had nothing to clean up, and with two empty hands, he took his nurse and girl from the people to the second door to get on the car.
Mrs. Sun hesitated and sent two steps, and Princess Jiang Jun glanced at her and said, "It's important to keep filial piety and mourn, so you don't need to send it." Mrs. Sun breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back in her mother-in-law's arms, and fell back to the coffin.
Li Tian and Princess Jiang Jun, Mrs. Xu and others arrived at the second gate, and Princess Jiang Jun turned her head around and asked, "Where is Yue Niang?" Mrs. Xu followed inexplicably, Yue Niang's identity was secret, except for Princess Jiang Jun, no one outside knew about it.
"I'm going to arrange a place for my grandmother to rest outside the city." Li Tian pulled the handkerchief and replied in a whisper, Princess Jiangjun's face sank suddenly, and the nurse Mama Xiong hurriedly bowed down and explained: "Back to the princess, early yesterday morning, the eldest lady had to give this almost to Yue Niang, the fifth lady had not eaten or drunk for three days, and she cried so much, she was in a trance, she nodded whatever the eldest lady said, the slave maid and Yingluo's eyes were almost squeezed out, the fifth lady was only stunned when she saw it, and the slave and maid suddenly ran away in the afternoon, and she only squatted and couldn't get up...... When I saw the fire in the middle of the night, I thought it was ...... are all blessed by the Bodhisattva, if the five ladies have a good one, the slave and maid will not be able to resist the death. Mama Xiong's face was pale and her lips were pale, and it seemed that she had pulled it really hard yesterday.
"What a trick! It's too scheming, first transfer all the people around Sister Tian'er, it's too bad! In the past, I only heard people say, but I didn't think that there were such vicious people in the world! This is Sister Tian's life. Mrs. Xu was simple-minded, and didn't think much about why Princess Jiang Jun only cared about Yue Niang's whereabouts, and after listening to Mama Xiong's words, she only pulled Li Tian to be angry and pitiful, Princess Jiang Jun frowned, looked at Yingluo and ordered: "Go to the concierge and confess, as soon as Yue Niang comes back, let her hurry to the Yongguo Mansion to find Wu Niang." Yingluo went to pass the word, and Princess Jiang sent the reluctant Mrs. Lin Ketuo Xu back to the Nanning County Palace, and took Li Tian in a car to send her to the Yongguo Mansion.
As soon as the group went out, the second master, Yan Chengqing, hurriedly got up and said, "Just keep this big brother in the Lingtang, I'll go read the book for my niece." Yan Chengzhi's face turned blue, and he roared: "Seeing that the condolences are coming, let people see, a person who is in mourning is not careful, do you want to die?!"
Yan Chengqing hesitated, kneeling down reluctantly and procrastinatingly, while squeezing his eyebrows at his wife Zheng across the coffin, Yan Chengzhi pulled Yan Chengqing gritted his teeth and said: "Give me a good cry and mourning, and go over together at night!"
"Just wait for the big brother's words." Yan Chengqing had to say a few more words in a weird way, the steward outside was loud, someone came to condole, and several people were busy howling.
Yan Chengzhi really had seven or eight points of sadness in his crying, until the old woman died of illness, and the Rongxuan courtyard couldn't even get a needle into it, and when he was called in, the old woman even changed her clothes, and as soon as the spiritual bed was lifted out of the courtyard door, he emptied Rongxuan Courtyard and let people lock the courtyard door, but the mourning people have never been broken, and he can't get rid of the second child, the dowry book of the old woman and her dead daughter, the account book of the past years, those land deeds, house deeds, and the body deeds of the next person, he hasn't even seen the shadow, and he has worked hard all these years, He didn't know how many shops, Zhuangzi, and silver the old woman and the dead man's daughter had, but what he knew was that there were a few places on the surface, and those places were only worth a few silvers......
Yan Chengzhi felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratch in his heart, where did the silver and things go? Rongxuan Courtyard is burning this strange fire, is it that little girl? That little girl is only thirteen years old, and she hasn't become a fine, how powerful can she be...... Was it arranged by the old woman before she died? No, how could she be willing to burn everything with a torch, she could make that little girl also poor?
There must be a famous hall in the library, and if the silver ticket of the title deed is sandwiched in the book...... There must be something in the book, and it must be carefully turned through before it can be released!
Yan Chengzhi was frying in his heart, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the back garden, Yan Chengqing was staring at him with a wrong eye, and followed his gaze to the back garden, the two of them were neatly like a pair of grasshoppers strung on a bamboo stick. In the next ten days, the pair of grasshoppers were trapped in the coffin during the day and cried, and at night they sat face to face in the study building and flipped through the books one by one, until Mrs. Lin went to the funeral.
In the wide carriage of the Nanning County Palace, Princess Jiang County lovingly brushed the hair of her sideburns for Li Tian, but her eyes when she looked at Li Tian were full of inquiry.
"Did you eat last night? What about this morning? ”
"No, I fainted last night, I dreamed in the middle of the night that my grandmother beat me and drove me away before waking up, Yingluo saw that I was very thirsty, so I had to go out to find water, I didn't dare to close my eyes, as soon as I closed my eyes, I saw my grandmother murdering me, I ...... I was very scared, I had never been so scared, so I ran out to look for Yingluo, and I didn't go far when I came out, Ruiyun Pavilion caught fire, and I didn't eat in the morning. Li Tian looked frightened, and then he was afraid.
Princess Jiang Jun's eyes flashed with a hint of awe, and she subconsciously looked around, and after just two glances, she realized the gaffe, hurriedly retracted her gaze, took a box from the back of the carriage and opened it, and motioned to Li Tian: "It's all over, don't be afraid, eat a few pieces of dim sum and cushion it first." ”
Li Tian looked very hungry, reached out and took a piece of salt and pepper crisp, but the bite was fast after a small bite, Princess Jiang Jun hurriedly poured a glass of warm water and handed it to her: "Don't worry, slow down, drink saliva and swallow." Li Tian took the cup, took a sip of water and a sip of snacks, and ate three or four pieces in a row before he breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Princess Jiang Jun and said embarrassedly: "I'm hungry." ”
"Uncle and aunt know, just pad it first, it's not good to eat too much of this snack, let the kitchen boil some soup for you when you get home." Princess Jiang Jun paused, sighed very lightly and said, "At the other end of the Yongguo Mansion, have you sent someone to pass the word?" ”
"Well, Mama Xiong went, the eldest aunt didn't see her, the eldest sister-in-law came out, the eldest sister-in-law asked Mama Xiong to go back first, she told the eldest aunt, and then sent someone to pick me up, and I waited for two days......" Li Tian lowered his head, and his voice was so low that he could barely hear it: "I probably want to wait for the first seven." The Yongguo Mansion didn't want her to go back, Li Tian sighed in annoyance, she didn't want to go back to the Yongguo Mansion either, didn't she really have nowhere to go.